March 21, 2013
INDIANAPLOIS, Ind. - San Diego State swimmers competed in two events during opening day of the 2013 NCAA Championships in Indianapolis on Thursday as the 400 medley relay team advanced to the "B" final where it scored two points. It marks the third time in four years that San Diego State has recorded points at the national championship meet.
Four seniors comprised the Aztec relay squad that swam a 3:36.15 in the prelims to advance to the evening finals. The foursome of Leona Jennings, Katelyn Weddle, Gemma Johnson and Meghan Zimmer showed their consistency as they recorded a time of 3:36.16 in the B Final for an eighth-place finish to earn SDSU two points.
San Diego State's other competitor on Thursday was junior Mikaela Macklin, the Mountain West Swimmer of the Year, who palced 20th in the prelims of the 200 individual medley with a mark of 1:57.84. Her time was just .17 second away from qualifying for the finals.
Action at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships continues on Friday (March 22) with prelims getting underway at 11:00 a.m. (ET) and the finals session commencing at 7:00 p.m. (ET).
A total of seven SDSU swimmers will be in action Friday in three individual events and one relay. The individual competitors include Katelyn Weddle (100 breaststroke), Leona Jennings (100 backstroke) and Mikaela Macklin (400 individual medley). Representing SDSU in the 200 medley relay will be the quartet of Chelsea Bailey,Gemma Johnson, Katelyn Weddle and Whitney Weisz.
For live results of the meet click here.
TEAM SCORES School Points 1 Georgia...........163 2 Tennessee.........150.5 3 Arizona...........127 4 California........102 5 Stanford...........90.5 6 Southern Cal.......90 7 Florida............74 8 Texas A&M..........72 9 Texas..............6510 Minnesota..........4111 Wisconsin..........3712 Missouri...........3013 Indiana............2614 North Carolina.....2315 Auburn.............2116 Notre Dame.........1717 Massachusetts......1518 So. Methodist......1218 Columbia...........1220 Penn St............1021 Miami (FL)..........921 Purdue..............923 Florida St..........723 Virginia Tech.......723 Eastern Michigan....726 Buffalo.............426 Virginia............428 Arizona State.......328 Louisville..........330 Ohio State..........230 San Diego State....230 Yale................230 UCLA................234 West Virginia.......1