Mavericks Set For Splash at D-II National Champion
Mar 9, 2010 | General, Women's Swimming & Diving
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CANTON, Ohio – The UNO swimming and diving team will take to the pool at the NCAA Division II National Championship beginning Wednesday, March 10 at 9:30 a.m. CT. The Mavericks are sending eleven qualifiers to the meet. The meet is being hosted at the C.T. Branin Natatorium on the campus of Lock Haven University.
#Laura Kemp# will be UNO's busiest swimmer with six individual events and three relays. She'll take part in the 200 and 500 yard freestyle races, the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke events as well as the 200 and 400 individual medleys. She'll also race in the 200 and 400 medley relays and the 800 freestyle relay.
#Cait Hopkins and Colleen Klaiber# also will have full schedules. Both compete in three individual events and four relays. Hopkins has UNO's top times in the 50 (24.36), 100 (52.83) and 200 (1:53.9) free style events.
#Amy Bechdolt# will swim in four individual events including the meet's longest swims, the 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle. This year, she's posted team-best times of 10:40.1 and 18:07.4 in the 1,000 and the 1,650 respectively.
UNO's first event of the nationals will be the trials of the 200 yard individual medley with Kemp set to compete. She has UNO's best time in that event this year at 2:11.9. She was named the female swimmer of the year at the Midwestern Collegiate Championships held at HPER Pool last month.
The Mavericks also will take part in the 50 yard freestyle trials on Wednesday with #Lisa Elworth#, #Cami Hansberry#, #Lucy Zamecnik# and Klaiber all qualifying for the event.
Following an intermission, the Mavericks will compete in the 200 yard medley relay, and Bechdolt will take to the pool in the 1,000 yard freestyle. Finals will be held at 5 p.m. CT that night.
The events run through Saturday, March 13.
