GREENSBORO, N.C. – Penn State women's swimming and diving's second day of competition at the Greensboro Aquatic Center Friday was highlighted with a first place finish for Senior+ Daphne Wils in the women's 1-meter dive (315.80) and multiple additions to the program record book in the pool.
"Numerous best times, and just as important are the numerous tough swims," says head coach Tim Murphy. "The team is racing well. We need one more day of the same."
"Solid prelims for all. Even Wei Wei that started with a small hiccup, and then she did five solid dives. Then at consoles and finals, everyone dove better. All the divers held or improved their scores. Lots of good information for training moving forward, but also in a good spot for each athlete," says Penn State diving coach Jeff DiNicola.
Top Swims:
Abby Henderson led the Nittany Lions in the women's 400 IM after cleaning a 2.63 time drop from the prelims for a 4:22.49 finish.
Freshman Catherine Meisner finished seventh in the women's 200 Free at 1:47.09. Meisner's race today holds a sixth place spot in program history for the women's 200 Free, just ahead of Abbie Amdor's (1:47.12) finish in 2019. Meisner also attained an NCAA B-Cut for the women's 200 Free this evening.
Liv Jack completed the women's 100 Breast for an eleventh place finish at 1:01.80.
Senior Emma Harvey (53.63) and sophomore Molly Carson (53.91) took on the women's 100 Back to finish just .28 seconds apart for a tenth and twelfth place finish. Harvey now sits in the eighth for the program's best time in the women's 100 Back. Both Harvey and Carson take home an NCAA B-Cut for the women's 100 Back this evening.
Relays:
The women opened day two of the NC State Invitational for the Nittany Lions with a fifth place finish in the women's 200 Medley Relay. Carson, Jack, Harvey, and Brinker finished at 1:38.45 with a 2.43 second drop in their time from the prelims.
Two Nittany Lion relay teams completed the women's 800 Free Relay for a seventh and ninth place finish. The team of Catherine Meisner, Amdor, Julia Meisner, and Moore wiped 7.43 seconds from their preliminary time for the seventh place finish at 7:19.91. Henderson, Marlin, Redican, and Meadway cleaned over fifteen seconds from their time in the prelims for a ninth place finish at 7:25.80.
Top Dives:
Daphne Wils strikes gold once again with a first place finish in the women's 1-meter dive, scoring a 315.80.
Event Winners:
400 IM – Shannon Meadway, Abby Henderson, Devon Forker
100 Fly – Emma Harvey, Maura Fluehr
200 Free – Catherine Meisner, Abbie Amdor, Morgan Moore, Julia Meisner, Catherine Stanford, Anna Redican, Mary Brinker
100 Breast – Liv Jack, Kylie Rydland
100 Back – Molly Carson, Emma Harvey, Casey Loughlin, Anna Redican, Margaret Mabry
Up Next:
The Nittany Lions will continue onto compete in day three of the NC State Invitational alongside UNC, Duke, Army, Arizona State and Stanford.
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