March 19, 2015

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The South Carolina women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the first day of competition at the 2015 NCAA Championships on Thursday in the preliminaries at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

Freshman Meredith Vay finished 49th overall in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.78, which is .05 off her personal record.

In the women’s one-meter preliminary freshman Julia Vincent finished in 29th place with a score of 279.80 while senior Patricia Kranz placed 31st with a score of 279.60.

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Head Swimming Coach McGee Moody
“Meredith (Vay) had a great morning. She still has her best events coming up. We are excited to see what she can do the rest of the meet.”

Head Diving Coach Todd Sherritt.
“Patti (Patricia Kranz) missed her first dive but then came back hit every one after that. Unfortunately you can’t miss a dive in this contest, very few points separate the places. Julia (Vincent) had a great meet going. She was scoring sevens or better on each dive, which put her in the top eight. On her last dive she got on the corner and had to reset, that cost her the final. Today was a learning day for us. Tomorrow is our stronger event (three-meter). Overall we did some great dives today but we need to hit them all tomorrow.”

UP NEXT
The Gamecock women continue with day two of the NCAA Championships on Friday. Vay will swim in the 200 freestyle and Kranz and Vincent will compete on there-meter springboard. Preliminaries begin at 11 a.m. with finals to follow at 7 pm.