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Hale, Katie Starting Blocks 2019 WAC Championships

Women's Swimming and Diving

WAC Championships Halted, Changes Made to Meet Program

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 13th 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 17th with a personal-best of 23.84 seconds.  Crocker was 19th with a PR of 23.93 seconds and Dietz finished 24th 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 19th and Iwamoto was close behind in 20th at 2:07.32.  Phung swam the fastest time of her freshman season, 2:08.19 to finish 23rd.
 
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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Players Mentioned

Heather Carbon

Heather Carbon

Diving
Senior
Major: Food Science
Natalie Crocker

Natalie Crocker

Freestyle
Sophomore
Major: Interior Design
Emily Deitz

Emily Deitz

Back/Free
Sophomore
Major: Medical Sciences
Katie Hale

Katie Hale

Back/Free
Sophomore
Major: Environmental Science-Social Science
Aimee Iwamoto

Aimee Iwamoto

Breastroke/Individual Medley
Senior
Major: Mathematics
Brianna Lucien

Brianna Lucien

All-Around
Senior
Major: General Studies
Rylie  Jones

Rylie Jones

Fly/Free
Freshman
Major: Exercise/Sport Science-Fitness
Bindi Pedersen

Bindi Pedersen

Breast/IM
Freshman
Major: Chemistry-Pre Medicine
Kaling Phung

Kaling Phung

Back/Fly
Freshman
Major: Architecture
Allison Shimp

Allison Shimp

Diving
Freshman
Major: Mathematics

Players Mentioned

Heather Carbon

Heather Carbon

Senior
Major: Food Science
Diving
Natalie Crocker

Natalie Crocker

Sophomore
Major: Interior Design
Freestyle
Emily Deitz

Emily Deitz

Sophomore
Major: Medical Sciences
Back/Free
Katie Hale

Katie Hale

Sophomore
Major: Environmental Science-Social Science
Back/Free
Aimee Iwamoto

Aimee Iwamoto

Senior
Major: Mathematics
Breastroke/Individual Medley
Brianna Lucien

Brianna Lucien

Senior
Major: General Studies
All-Around
Rylie  Jones

Rylie Jones

Freshman
Major: Exercise/Sport Science-Fitness
Fly/Free
Bindi Pedersen

Bindi Pedersen

Freshman
Major: Chemistry-Pre Medicine
Breast/IM
Kaling Phung

Kaling Phung

Freshman
Major: Architecture
Back/Fly
Allison Shimp

Allison Shimp

Freshman
Major: Mathematics
Diving
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