Edie Patterson Claims Second Team All-American Honors in 500 Free

Indianapolis, Ind. – Edie Patterson and Cora Gilbert competed in a single occasion every for day one of many NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday. 

Starting with girls’s 500 free prelims for the ten a.m. session, Edie Patterson lead the pack within the third warmth, clocking a time of 4:55.63 after coming into the pool with a seed time of 4:59.43. 

At the top of her warmth, she claimed the lead. After the fourth, she dropped to sixth and resulted in ninth place on the finish of prelims.

Senior Cora Gilbert swam in warmth three of eight for the 200 particular person medley, inserting fiftieth with a time of two:08.64 after coming into with a seed time of two:06.88. 

Top 16 moved onto finals, leaving Patterson to compete within the comfort remaining within the night session at 6:00 p.m. She completed tenth, touching in at 4:53.02. Shaving off almost two seconds from her time earlier within the day. tenth place offers Patterson Second Team All-American honors. 

Tomorrow Patterson will compete within the 200 yard freestyle seeded thirty sixth with a time of 1:52.07, whereas Gilbert will compete within the 400 IM seeded thirtieth with a time of 4:34.75.

Prelims begin at 10:00 a.m. with finals kicking off at 6 p.m. within the IU Natatorium.