PROVIDENCE, R.I. – SMU senior Rachel Nicol registered an eighth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke to lead the American Athletic Conference contingent at the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships March 19-21 at the Greensboro Aquatics Center in Greenville, North Carolina.
Nicol reached the championship final of the 100 breaststroke to finish as an All-America selection. She turned in a time of 59.89 seconds in the final after she registered a 59.49 finish in the preliminaries. SMU’s Tara-Lynn Nicholas took 12th in the 100 breaststroke as she was the fourth-place finisher in the consolation final with a 59.46.
SMU’s Marne Erasmus and Isabella Arcila registered 15th-place finishes to earn honorable mention All-America status at the NCAA meet. Erasmus was 15th in the 100 butterfly, while Arcila was 15th in the 100 freestyle for the best of her three individual performances.
Cincinnati sophomore Jackie Keire, the Most Outstanding Swimmer at the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship, finished 16th in the 200 freestyle to earn All-America honorable mention honors.
SMU also earned an All-America performance in the 400 medley relay as the quartet of Arcila, Nicholas, Erasmus and Nathalie Lindborg took 13th in 3:33.67.
SMU was 31st in the team standings with 27 points, while Cincinnati took 46th with one point. Representatives from all six American Athletic Conference women’s programs participated in the NCAA meet.
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships
March 19-21, 2015
Greensboro Aquatics Center • Greensboro, N.C.
Team Scores
1. California 513, 2. Georgia 452, 3. Stanford 363, 4. Texas A&M 231, 5. Virginia 229, 6. Louisville 197, 7. Texas 164, 8. Southern California 163, 9. Florida 129, 10. Indiana 126, 11. Tennessee 125, 12. Minnesota 118, 13. Wisconsin 103, 14. Missouri 100, 15. Arizona 99.5, 16. Kentucky 95, 17. North Carolina State 79, 18. Auburn 66, 19. North Carolina 56.5, 20. Penn State 56, 21. Notre Dame 55, 22. Michigan 49, 23. UCLA 47, 24. Florida State 45, 25. Miami (Florida) 42, 26. Florida Gulf Coast 37.5, 27. Virginia Tech 36, 28. Denver 33, 29. Alabama 31, 30. Purdue 29,
31. SMU 27, 32. Miami (Ohio) 24, 33. Nevada 16. 34 (tie). LSU and Arizona State 15, 36 (tie). Oregon State and Illinois State 12, 38. Iowa 10, 39. San Diego State 9, 40. Ohio State 5, 41 (tie). Kansas and Hawaii 4, 43. UMBC 2.5, 44 (tie). Arkansas and Pittsburgh 2,
46. Cincinnati 1.
American Athletic Conference Results
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Cincinnati |
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Jackie Keire |
500 Freestyle |
23rd |
4:42.54 |
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200 Freestyle |
16th |
1:48.63 |
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100 Freestyle |
43rd |
49.39 |
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UConn |
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Taryn Urbanus |
1-Meter Diving |
30th |
279.70 |
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3-Meter Diving |
37th |
281.90 |
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East Carolina |
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Megan Sellers |
100 Breaststroke |
49th |
1:02.59 |
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200 Breaststroke |
50th |
2:18.54 |
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Houston |
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Taylor Olanski |
Platform Diving |
17th |
255.20 |
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SMU |
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Isabella Arcila |
50 Freestyle |
17th |
22.15 |
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100 Freestyle |
15th |
48.38 |
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100 Backstroke |
40th |
53.68 |
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Marne Erasmus |
100 Butterfly |
15th |
52.53 |
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Nathalie Lindborg |
50 Freestyle |
43rd |
22.67 |
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100 Freestyle |
31st |
48.96 |
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Tara-Lynn Nicholas |
100 Breaststroke |
12th |
59.46 |
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200 Breaststroke |
47th |
2:14.99 |
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Rachel Nicol |
100 Breaststroke |
8th |
59.86 |
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200 Breaststroke |
24th |
2:10.57 |
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Relays |
200 Freestyle Relay |
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DQ |
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200 Medley Relay |
18th |
1:37.78 |
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400 Medley Relay |
13th |
3:33.67 |
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Tulane |
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Mia Schachter |
50 Freestyle |
54th |
23.04 |
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100 Freestyle |
47th |
49.49 |
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100 Breaststroke |
32nd |
1:00.87 |