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Women's Swimming and Diving places seventh at NCAA Championships
03.21.2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns earn their fifth straight top-10 NCAA Championships finish and top NCAA showing since 2011.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Texas registered five All-America performances and moved up to seventh place in the final team standings Saturday evening at the 2015 NCAA Championships.
With 164 points, Texas recorded its top NCAA Championships finish under third-year head coach Carol Capitani after placing ninth the previous two seasons. The Longhorns secured their fifth straight top-10 NCAA Championships finish and their best showing at the national championships since 2011, when Texas placed sixth overall.
Kaitlin Pawlowicz opened up the scoring for Texas in the night's first event, the 1,650-yard freestyle, where she placed 12th overall after clocking 16 minutes, 0.22 seconds in the afternoon heats. The senior from Vienna, Virginia, recorded her first honorable mention All-America swim in her final swim as a Longhorn. Earlier this season, Pawlowicz became the first Longhorn in nearly 30 years to break 16 minutes in the 1,650 freestyle.
Sophomore Tasija Karosas added five points for the Horns in the 200 backstroke consolation final with her fourth-place time of 1:52.87. Classmate Madisyn Cox recorded her third All-America swim in as many days and recorded consecutive personal bests in the 200 breaststroke. The Lubbock native clocked a personal best of 2:08.98 for fourth place in the event's consolation final. Cox had reset her personal best in the morning preliminary round at 2:09.80.
Sophomore diver Murphy Bromberg recorded her top finish in two NCAA Championship appearances and the Longhorns' highest-scoring individual performance of the night. Bromberg took sixth in the platform diving championship final with 297.55 points.
The Horns wrapped the evening by taking second in the 400 freestyle relay consolation final, as senior Gretchen Jaques joined Karosas, freshman Mimi Schneider and senior Kelsey LeNeave 3:15.50.
NCAA Championships – Day 3 Texas Finals Results
1,650 Freestyle Timed Final
12. Kaitlin Pawlowicz, 16:00.22
200 Backstroke Consolation Final
4. Tasija Karosas, 1:52.87
200 Breaststroke Consolation Final
4. Madisyn Cox, 2:08.98 (2:09.80)
Platform Diving Championship Final
6. Murphy Bromberg, 297.55
400 Freestyle Relay Consolation Final
2. Texas (Jaques 48.21, Karosas 48.92, Schneider 49.27, LeNeave 49.10), 3:15.50
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