Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving

March 10, 2008

Three Tiger Women Selected to NCAA Championships

San Antonio - Trinity had three members of the women's swimming & diving team selected to the NCAA Championships Meet.

The NCAA Meet is hosted by the College of Wooster and will take place at Miami (OH) University in Oxford, Ohio.  The meet begins on Thursday, March 13 and concludes on Saturday, March 15.

Senior Leta Gatton was selected to compete in the 100 and 200 freestyle races.  Senior diver Lauren Walstad, the 2006 and 2007 SCAC Diver of the Year, will compete in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events.  First-year Hayley Emerick, who won this year's SCAC Diver of the Year award, was also chosen for the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competition.   

Gatton won the 200 freestyle at the SCAC Championships this year, besting her own conference meet record with a time of 1:53.77.  The 200 freestyle race at nationals will be on March 13.  In the 100, Gatton was even more impressive, finishing in a time of 52.46 seconds.  Not only did that eventually earn her a spot at nationals in the event - which will take place on March 15 - but it was also the SCAC Championships Meet record and the SCAC Open record for the event. 

Walstad came into the SCAC Championships Meet last month with back-to-back SCAC Diver of the Year awards to her credit, as well as competing in nationals last season.  She finished second in this year's SCAC 3-meter competition and third on the 1-meter board. 

Emerick was selected as the SCAC Diver of the Week twice this year, then came into the conference meet and won on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.  Not only did Emerick win, but she broke the SCAC Championship Meet record and the SCAC Open record in both events.  The records were previously held by Walstad. 

Walstad and Emerick will compete in the 1-meter diving competition on March 13, followed by the 3-meter board on March 15.

Head Coach John Ryan led Trinity's women's team to its fifth consecutive SCAC Championship this year, as well as the eighth title since the 2000 season.  Diving Coach Stan Randall has been with the team since 2002, and has two Trinity divers in the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history.