The North Carolina women’s swimming and diving team finished 42nd of 43 teams at the 2019 NCAA Championships this weekend in Austin, Tx., while the Tar Heels' 200-yard freestyle relay team earned honorable mention All-America honors on the second day of the event.
What happened?
The freestyle relay team finished in 16th with a time of 1:29.04. Senior Zhada Fields, junior Brooke Bauer, sophomore Caroline Hauder, and first-year Grace Countie gave the Tar Heels the only two points they earned during the entire four-day competition.
Despite only getting points in the 200-yard freestyle, the young UNC team had other solid performances to build off of.
Hauder and Countie also competed individually. Hauder placed 51st in the 200 yard IM, and 49th in the 100 yard breaststroke. Countie finished 40th in the 50 yard freestyle and 46th in the 100 yard backstroke.
First-year Emily Grund qualified for all three diving events after a strong performance in the NCAA Zone B Championships last week. She was able to crack the top 25 for her performance in the three meter, finishing 22nd with an overall score of 298.65. She also placed 33rd in the one meter, and 40th place in the platform.
Junior Bryana Cameron was able to finish among the top-20 in the 300 yard butterfly prelims. She placed tied for 19th with time of 1:55.92, which was only 3 seconds off her seed time. She was only three spots away from getting into the finals.
The Tar Heels finished the weekend in 42nd place, placing ahead of one other team.
Who stood out?
