Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving

March 15, 2008

Tiger Divers Repeat Honorable Mention All-America Performances

Oxford, Ohio – Two Trinity University divers earned Honorable Mention All-America honors Saturday on the 3-meter board at the NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at Miami University.

First-year diver Hayley Emerick of Portland, Texas (Gregory-Portland), finished ninth with a score of 443.65 and senior Lauren Walstad of Katy (Katy) was 10^th with a mark of 434.90.

Emerick registered a score of 420.35 in Thursday’s 1-meter competition and qualified as an Honorable Mention All-American. She previously was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Female Diver of the Year. Emerick won the 1-meter (475.40) and 3-meter (496.05) boards – at Southlake in February - setting SCAC records in both events.

Walstad came in at No. 14 on the 1-meter board with a score of 374.10. Walstad became an Honorable Mention All-American for the third consecutive year. She was a two-time SCAC Female Diver of the Year, earning the recognition in 2006 and 2007.

Leta Gatton, a senior from Brownsville (Hanna), placed 18^th in Saturday’s 200-yard freestyle swimming with a time of 52.78 seconds. Earlier in the meet, Gatton swam the 100-yard freestyle in 1:54.65 and a No. 17 finish. Gatton missed the consolation final group by just .13 seconds. She won the two SCAC events, capturing the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.46 seconds and the 200 freestyle at 1:53.77. Both times broke SCAC records in each event.

Meanwhile, senior Ryan Cook of Katy (Taylor) will compete in his fourth NCAA Division III Men’s Diving Championship, to be held next Thursday through Saturday, also at Oxford.

Cook has been an All-American twice on the 3-meter board and an Honorable Mention All-American in the 1-meter event.