800 Free Relay
\nOn paper, it looked as if Arizona had the talent and the depth to win the 800 free relay. For once at this exciting NCAA championship meet, an event ran to form. The Wildcat team of Trina Jackson, Sarah Tolar, Jenny Vanker and Emily Mastin stroked to a win in a very fast 7:55.51, more than three seconds ahead of a surprising Wisconsin team in second (7:58.87), followed by Auburn in third (7:59.53).
\n\tJackson trailed Auburn\u2019s Rada Own (1:59.42) by four-hundredths at the end of the first 200 meters, but after that it was all Wildcats. Tolar took the lead on the relay exchange and opened up a big lead with her 1:57.29 split. Jamie Belfor and Ellen Stonebraker brought Wisconsin from sixth to second, but they were unable to overtake the Cats\u2019 Vanker (2:00.77) and Mastin (1:57.99).
\n\tGeorgia\u2019s anchorwoman, Maritza Correia, who won the 200, had the fastest split, 1:57.22.
\n\tStanford was fourth, followed by Georgia, SMU, Teas and Virginia.<\/p>\n
3-meter Springboard Diving
\nLouisiana State\u2019s Ashley Culpepper rallied from fourth place after the preliminary dives to win her second NCAA diving title in two days, taking the 3-meter platform title with a total of 538.25 points, more than 13 points ahead of Sara Reiling of Indiana (525.10). Erin Sones of Stanford was third (522.10), followed by Miami\u2019s Jenny Keim (518.60). USC\u2019s Kellie Brennan was fifth (500.85), followed by Emily Spychala of Miami (495.80), Alabama\u2019s Lane Bassham (494.80) and Michigan State\u2019s Carly Weiden (472.75).<\/p>\n
Team Scores at the end of Day 2:<\/p>\n
1. Georgia \t336.5
\n2. Arizona\t299
\n3. Stanford\t245
\n4. Cal\t\t235.5
\n5. Auburn\t169
\n6. USC\t140
\n7. Northwestern\t129.5
\n8. UCLA\t113
\n8. Virginia\t113
\n10. Texas\t102<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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