THURSDAY RESULTS | FRIDAY MORNING PROGRAM | FRIDAY MORNING TIMELINE
HOUSTON, Texas – The 2020 Western Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships came to an abrupt stop on Thursday after a water main break in Houston forced the closure of the University of Houston.
Due to the break, Thursday's evening session was canceled. After a vote of the coaches, the morning's preliminary races were scored as timed finals.
Heather Carbon is moving on to the final in the 3-meter dive, which will take place on Friday. She qualified third overall with 269.40 points.
Allison Shimp is also moving on in the 3-meter dive after finishing 13
th in the preliminaries with 218.95 points.
Katie Hale finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle. Her time of 23.13 is a personal best, and moves her into a tie for second in program history in the event.
Rylie Jones,
Natalie Crocker and
Emily Deitz all planned to move on after finishing in the top-24. Jones was 17
th with a personal-best of 23.84 seconds. Crocker was 19
th with a PR of 23.93 seconds and Dietz finished 24
th in 24.13 seconds.
Brianna Lucien placed seventh in the 500-yard freestyle with a new personal-best time of 4:58.14.
Bindi Pedersen,
Aimee Iwamoto and
Kaling Phung had all qualified for the third heat of the finals in the 200-yard individual medley. Pederson set a new season-best at 2:07.19 to finish 19
th and Iwamoto was close behind in 20
th at 2:07.32. Phung swam the fastest time of her freshman season, 2:08.19 to finish 23
rd.
Campus will remain closed on Friday, forcing a shortened session of adjusted events, linked above. The WAC will attempt to stream Friday's events, but spectators will not be allowed in the facility.
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