Women's Swimming and Diving places fifth at NCAA Championships

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Women's Swimming and Diving places fifth at NCAA Championships

03.23.2019 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Longhorns finish in the top five after starting day in ninth.

AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas women's swimming and diving team earned a fifth-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday night at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.

Meet Notes

On the heels of Murphy Bromberg's national title on platform diving and a fourth place finish by the 400 free relay, Texas climbed into fifth place in the final team standings of the NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships on Saturday.
It's the Longhorns third-straight top six finish and second time in three years that UT has finished fifth.
Scoggin's divers tallied 61 diving points on the meet, trailing only UCLA (71) in the 2019 championship.
Carol Capitani has now led Texas to six top 10 finishes and seven Big 12 Championships in her seven years as head coach.
After starting the day in ninth-place, Bromberg's 20 points in diving and the Longhorns 30 points in the night's final event, the 400-free relay vaulted Texas into fifth place.
Bromberg was UT head diving coach Matt Scoggin's 10th NCAA women's diving champion. She is also the 72nd individual champion at the NCAA Championships in school history.
Claire Adams was a member of three All-American-winning relay teams and earned four honorable mention All-American honors at this year's championships. The junior is now an 11-time All-American and eight-time honorable mention All-American.
The fifth-place finish by UT is best result when the Longhorns have hosted the NCAA Championships since 1995 when Texas recorded a third-place finish.

Head Diving Coach Matt Scoggin on the Texas diving performance: "Murphy (Bromberg) shook off a couple tough events Thursday and Friday and there wasn't going to be anyone that could catch her today. She made a decision and dived exactly as she planned. Paola (Pineda) gained some excellent experience as a freshman and will use this to work very hard this summer. Sofia (Rauzi), stepped up to make her first consolation final and scored some crucial game-changing team points. Alison Gibson matures competitively everyday and was in the position for both wins on both boards - her future remains bright. Meghan O'Brien won her very first consolation final and is one of the most improved divers I have ever worked with. I could not be more proud of how hard the divers worked for this!"

2019 TEXAS SWIMMING & DIVING ALL-AMERICANS

Total All-American honors in parenthesis

Total All-Americans: 14

First-Team (9)

Murphy Bromberg, Diving (1): 1st, Platform Diving
Claire Adams, Swimming (7): 10th (HM All-America), 100-backstroke / 11th (HM), 100-freestyle / 4th, 400-free relay / 5th, 800-free relay / 8th, 200-free relay / 12th (HM), 200-medley relay / 13th (HM), 400-medley relay
Grace Ariola, Swimming (5): 16th (HM All-America), 50-freestyle / 4th, 400-free relay / 8th, 200-free relay / 12th (HM), 200-medley relay / (HM*), 400-medley relay
Quinn Carozza, Swimming (1): 5th, 800-free relay
Julia Cook, Swimming (5): 15th (HM All-America), 100-backstroke / 4th, 400-free relay / 8th, 200-free relay / 13th (HM), 400-medley relay / (HM*), 200-medley relay
Anelise Diener, Swimming (2): 4th, 400-free relay / 8th, 200-free relay;
Joanna Evans, Swimming (2): 16th (HM All-America), 500-freestyle / 5th, 800-free relay
Alison Gibson, Diving (2): 3rd, 1-meter Diving / 6th, 3-meter Diving
Evie Pfeiffer, Swimming (3): 7th, 500-freestyle / 13th (Honorable Mention All-America), 1,650-freestyle/ 5th, 800-free relay

Honorable Mention (5)

Olivia Anderson, Swimming (1): 13th (HM All-America), 400-medley relay
Kennedy Lohman, Swimming (2): 12th (HM All-America), 200-medley relay / (HM All-America*), 400-medley relay
Meghan O'Brien, Diving (1): 9th (HM), 3-meter Diving
Sofia Rauzi, Diving (1): 14th (HM All-America), Platform Diving
Remedy Rule, Swimming (2): 12th (HM All-America), 200-medley relay / 13th (HM), 400-medley relay