From NYU Athletics
New York University's women's swimming & diving team
is in fourth place after the third day of competition at the
University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships. The meet is
being held over four days Wednesday-Saturday, February 11-14, at
Emory University's Madeline Jude Brown Aquatic Center in Atlanta,
GA.
The Violets finished Friday's sessions with 757 points. Host
Emory leads the competition (1,385) followed by Washington
University-St. Louis (876) and the University of Chicago
(806).
Senior captain Emily Doerner finished first
in the 100-yard butterfly preliminaries with a NCAA-qualifying and
NYU record-breaking time of 55.29, and then proceeded to beat that
time with her winning performance in the finals -- she set the new
NYU record at 54.63. On the second day of competition, Doerner
broke the NYU 100-yard backstroke record and participated on two
record-breaking relay teams.
"We swam unbelievably well tonight," said NYU Head Coach
Trevor Miele. "We had some really amazing swims,
and I am really proud of our effort tonight."
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Sophomore Elise Gibbs placed third in the
100-yard breaststroke preliminaries (1:04.60), achieving a NCAA-cut
and breaking the previous NYU record of 1:05.33. Sophomore Krista
Traub also earned a NCAA-qualifying time in the
100-yard breaststroke (1:05.45). In the finals, Gibbs placed fourth
(1:04.86) and Traub finished seventh (1:06.21).
- Doerner, Gibbs and Traub also competed on the second-place
200-yard medley relay team (1:43.26) along with freshman Serena
Yan.
- Freshman Isabelle Kitze placed third
in the 100-yard butterfly preliminaries (56.50) and finals (55.86),
achieving NCAA B-cut times in both events.
"I am looking forward to another huge day tomorrow to close
out the meet," added Miele.