CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 14, 2019) – The Northern Arizona swimming and diving team finished the first day of the National Invitational in 33rd place with 12 points. The Lumberjacks first day of competition consisted of eight events, with six of them being individual and two being relays.
"We weren't at our best today, and there were a lot of factors causing that such as sickness," NAU head coach
Andy Johns said.
The Invitational kicked off on the morning of March 14 with the six individual prelim events of the 50 butterfly, 50 breaststroke, 500 freestyle 50 backstroke 200 Individual Medley. Of these six events, only two Lumberjacks moved onto the finals,
Hope Williams and
Monique King. Williams in the 50 breaststroke and King in the 500 freestyle.
In the finals, King finished in 18th place in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:53.51. The 18th places scored NAU three points on the day. In the 50 breaststroke finals, Williams finished in 20th place with a time of 29.74 to score the 'Jacks one point.
Northern Arizona also raced in the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 medley relay. In the 200 freestyle relay, the 'Jacks finished in 24th place with a time of 1:35.66. The relay team was made up of
Miranda Nichols,
Katy Smith,
Fernanda Montiel, and King. In the 400 medley relay, the Lumberjack team made up of Montiel, Williams,
Kate Bier, and Nichols finished in 17th place with a time of 3:46.62.
"I think the last relay swam well," Johns said. "We showed a lot of life and promise that we will have better swims moving forward."
Looking Forward
Northern Arizona will be back in action on March 15 in the National Invitational where the team will look to improve upon today's results.
