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NCAA Championships - Day 1
No. 2 Women's Swimming takes fifth in 800 free relay at NCAA Championships
03.20.2019 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorn relay dropped the third-fastest time in program history.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas women's swimming relay team of Quinn Carrozza, Claire Adams, Evie Pfeifer and Joanna Evans dropped the third-fastest time (6:55.80) in school history in the 800 free relay for a fifth-place finish on the first night of the NCAA Championships at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
UT won the second heat of the event after Evans (1:43.46 split) ran down Alena Kraus of Louisville on the final leg of the relay. It's the third-straight top-five finish for the Longhorns, and back-to-back fifth-place finishes for Carrozza, Adams and Pfeifer who were members of last year's relay that set a school record in the finals with a time of 6:53.42.
Texas events on Thursday
- 200 free relay
- 500 free - Joanna Evans, Evie Pfeifer
- 50 free - Anelise Diener, Julia Cook, Grace Ariola
- 1-meter diving
- 400 medley relay
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