Feb. 16, 2007
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Junior Stephanie England became the first female diver in school history to garner All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, finishing third on the three-meter springboard with a score of 293.25 to lead Georgia Tech at the Women’s ACC Championships on Friday night.
Junior Evan Stowers tallied a fourth-place finish on the men’s one-meter board with a score of 333.65 to lead Tech at the Men’s ACC Diving Championships.
Freshman Hannah Krimm became the second Yellow Jacket to final on the women’s three-meter board, finishing eighth with a score of 258.55.
Senior co-captain Alison Walker was the only other scorer for the Jackets, finishing 15th in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:05.89. Freshman Lisa Pucci swam in the bonus consolation finals, posting a time of 1:06.96 to finish in 20th place.
The Yellow Jacket 400 medley relay team of Ryann Kopacka, Walker, Jing Li and Agatha Kwasnik finished 10th with a time of 3:55.70.
North Carolina continues to lead the championship meet with a score of 497 points. Tech stands eighth after three days with a score of 111 points, trailing seventh place Maryland by just over 100 points.
The conference championship will wrap-up on Saturday 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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