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Lauren Bailey of Rochester Wins 4th All-America Honor at NCAA Championships

Lauren Bailey of Rochester Wins 4th All-America Honor at NCAA Championships

From University of Rochester Athletics

Junior Lauren Bailey of the University of Rochester swimming and diving team kept her breakout season going strong by earning her fourth All-America honor in three days at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.
 
Bailey qualified for the 'B' final of the 200 yard butterfly event on Friday morning when she earned a 16th place time of 2:06.49.  She bettered that time by almost a full second when she placed 12th, swimming a 2:05.53 in the finals for the event. With her finish, Bailey earns her fourth All-America honor this week.

Others in the pool on Friday competing in individual events were senior Karen Meess and freshman Alex Veech.
 
Meess swam a :57.89 in the prelims of the 100 backstroke and ended in 28th place, failing to qualify for the finals.  The senior will have one more event on her schedule, as she is slated to swim in the 200 backstroke on Saturday.
 
Veech was unfortunately disqualified in the 100 breaststroke event. She had a successful first trip to nationals earning an All-America honor as a part of UR's 200 medley relay squad from Wednesday.  The freshman just missed another A-A honor Thursday night swimming on the 400 medley relay team which finished in 17th place, one spot out of qualifying for the finals.

Overall, UR is 20th in team scoring with 30 points, which is 1 point behind Hamilton.