MARTIN SETS SCHOOL RECORD IN 100 FREE TO CONCLUDE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
W. LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Junior Lindsey Martin concluded her competition at the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships by swimming another personal and Davidson record time in the 100 freestyle in the preliminary competition Saturday morning at Purdue University's Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
Martin finished 28th in her final race of the competition with a personal and college record time of 49.55. She did the same in the 200 free prelim yesterday morning with a time of 1:48.76.
Auburn's Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace won the preliminary with a time of 47.74, and Texas A&M's Julia Wilkinson also went under 48 with a runner-up time of 47.89. Stanford teammates Julia Smit (48.16) and Kate Dwelley (48.20) finished third and fourth, while Florida's Shara Stafford (48.31), California's Liv Jensen (48.44), Georgia's Morgan Scroggy (48.45) and Tennessee's Michele King (48.48) fill out the championship heat.
Hannah Wilson (California, 48.50), Justine Schlunt (Arizona, 48.59), Lauren Perdue (Virginia, 48.61), Megan Romano (Georgia, 48.64), Karlee Bispo (Texas, 48.69), Elizabeth Webb (Stanford, 48.73), Samantha Woodward (Stanford, 48.73) and Erica Dagg (California, 48.89) made it back to the evening session in the consolation final.
Check back for video of Martin's 100 freestyle preliminary swim as welll as a post-race interview.
MARTIN SETS SCHOOL RECORD IN 200 FREE ON DAY TWO AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
W. LAFAYETTE, IND. -- Junior Lindsey Martin continued making Davidson history at the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships, breaking her own college record in the 200 freestyle on the second day of competition at Purdue University's Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
Martin finished 55th in the event's preliminaires with a Davidson and personal-best time of 1:48.76. She previously set the record at last month's CCSA Championships, with a winning, NCAA B-cut time of 1:49.02.
Georgia's Allison Schmitt won the preliminary with a pool-record time of 1:43.29, followed immediately by teammate Morgan Scroggy (1:43.41). Leone Vorster (Arizona, 1:44.41), Julia Wilkinson (Texas A&M, 1:44.62), Megan Romano (Georgia, 1:44.70), Lauren Perdue (Virginia, 1:44.83), Kate Dwelley (Stanford, 1;44.93) and Sara Isakovic (California, 1:45.14) also advanced to the evening's championship final.
Katarina Filova (Virginia Tech, 1:45.25), Shara Stafford (Florida, 1:45.27), Margaux Farrell (Indiana, 1:45.27), Chelsea Nauta (Georgia, 1:45.35), Kristen Heiss (Texas A&M, 1:45.45), Melania Costa Schmid (Florida, 1:45.45), Nikki White (Indiana, 1:45.63) and Lauren Boyle (California, 1:45.64) advanced to the consolation final.
Martin, who will conclude her program with the 100 freestyle preliminary tomorrow at 11 a.m. for a final chance to advance to the evening session, turned in a 100 split of 51.17, the fastest in her heat.
Complete results will be posted when available, and check back for video of Martin's record-setting 200 free swim.
MARTIN FINISHES 30TH IN THURSDAY’S 50 FREE PRELIMINARY
W. LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- In Davidson's first ever appearance at the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships, junior Lindsey Martin finished 30th with a time of 22.75 in the preliminary session of the 50 freestyle on the first day of competition at Purdue University's Boilermaker Aquatic Center Friday.
The top 16 finishers in the event advanced to the evening's final, led by Georgia's Anne-marie Botek with a time of 22.16. Liv Jensen (California, 22.21), Shara Stafford (Florida, 22.22), Samantha Woodward (Stanford, 22.26), Lauren Perdue (Virginia, 22.26), Amywren Miller (Notre Dame, 22.30), Hannah Wilson (California, 22.31), Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (Auburn, 22.32) and Elizabeth Webb (Stanford, 22.32) fill out the championship final.
Michele King (Tennessee, 22.35), Presley Bard (Southern California, 22.35), Whitney Campbell (Louisville, 22.36), Kate Dwelley (Stanford 22.38), Rebecca Thompson (Wisconsin, 22.42), Justine Schluntz (Arizona, 22.44) and Sarah Bateman (Florida, 22.47) advanced to the consolation final.
Martin finished tied for 30th-place with Texas A&M's Sarah Woods with her time of 22.75, just slower than her qualifying time of 22.57.
She will return to action in the preliminary of the 200 freestyle Friday morning and conclude her schedule with the 100 freestyle on Saturday.
