Bulldogs open NCAA with 100 breaststroke

ATLANTA – Fresno State swimmers Mackenzie Miller Lung and Aliz Kalmar competed of their first occasion of the weekend within the 100 breaststroke at McAuley Aquatics Center on Thursday morning. 

Kalmar bought off to a robust begin as the primary swimmer to the touch in warmth two with a time of 59.88. Through 75-yards of the race, Kalmar was holding for sixth place among the many discipline on a 43.94 break up. Kalmar picked up the tempo on the ultimate 25-yards (15.94), to out contact the 5 swimmers in entrance of her. 

The Central Valley native was out in a 27.33 within the opening 50-yards to return off third from the flip. A 31.56 again half positioned the senior in fifth within the warmth with a time of 58.89. Miller Lung positioned fifteenth within the occasion incomes her All-American Honorable Mention. 

With the brand new championship format, the highest eight swimmers qualify into the finals session, all finalists within the occasion posted a time of 57.95 or sooner with Tennessee’s Siroky as the highest seed with a 56.93. 

Notable 

• Mackenzie Miller Lung earns All-American Honorable Mention within the 100 breaststroke
• Miller Lung grabs two factors for Fresno State within the crew standings
• Mackenzie Miller Lung is the very best positioned finisher from the Mountain West main WSU’s Lundgren (twenty seventh) and SDSU’s Bergdahl (thirty first)
• Aliz Kalmar received the second warmth of the occasion

Results 
100 Breaststroke 
15. Mackenzie Miller Lung – 58.99
29. Aliz Kalmar – 59.88

Up subsequent: NCAA competitors continues for the Bulldogs tomorrow morning on Friday, Mar. 20 with the 200 breaststroke. Prelims are set for 7 a.m. PT with finals at 3 p.m. PT.