Feb. 15, 2007
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Junior Stephanie England finished sixth with a score of 265.85 and freshman Hannah Krimm finished eighth with a score of 246.00 on the one-meter springboard to lead Georgia Tech at the Women’s Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday night in the Koury Natatorium.
Junior Evan Stowers was unable to defend his ACC title on the men’s three-meter board, finishing 10th with a score of 318.80 to lead Tech at the Men’s ACC Diving Championships.
Tech improved to eighth place with 68 points, trailing host North Carolina with 262 points.
Junior Elizabeth Stowe and freshman Jing Li swam in the bonus consolation finals for the Yellow Jackets in the 500-yard freestyle. Stowe finished 17th with a season-best time of 4:54.61, while Li swam a time of 4:59.71 to finish in 21st place.
The 200 free relay team of Agatha Kwasnik, Alison Walker, Mari McLeod and Taylor Flynn clocked a season-best time of 1:36.68.
The conference championship will continue on Friday morning with prelims at 11 a.m., followed by finals at 7 p.m. The entire meet can be followed on www.ramblinwreck.com or can be watched on ACC Select at http://acc.playonsports.tv/.
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