Jones Captures Podium End on Evening Three of NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

ATLANTA – Emily Jones paced Alabama on the third evening of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships because the UA senior secured a podium end.

Jones used a career-best swim to maneuver her into the highest eight and safe her first-team All-America honors within the 100 backstroke. She would end the evening in eighth place with a time of fifty.97.

Additionally, the Tide’s 400 medley relay group of Jones, Charlotte Rosendale, Tessa Giele and Cadence Vincent secured second-team honors off a ten^th-place end.

After the third day of occasions, Alabama sits in 11^th place with 74.5 factors.

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Meet Notes

• Jones used a career-best 50.47 swim to maneuver from the ten^th seed within the 100 again to the seventh general swimmer within the prelims
• Jones recorded a 50.94 cut up because the leadoff swimmer within the 400 medley relay, marking the third time through the day’s occasion that the UA senior surpassed the 51-second mark within the occasion
• With its 10^th-place end within the 400 medley relay, the Tide has earned All-America honors in three relay occasions to this point
• Mackenzie Brandt clocked a career-best 4:39.33 to climb from the 42^nd seed on the meet to 17^th place, falling simply shy of All-America honors

Next

• Alabama closes the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday
• Prelims will begin at 9 a.m. CT with finals getting underway at 5 p.m.
• The Tide will compete within the 100 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 backstroke and 400 free relay

Results

100 Backstroke

500 Free

50 Free

400 Medley Relay