NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hayley Emerick broke her own
women's 1-meter SCAC championship diving mark and Trinity
University swept the first five places in the event to take the
early lead after the inaugural session of the 2009 SCAC Men's and
Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Official
Championship Website
The swimming portion of the championships gets underway with
prelims on Thursday morning.
Emerick defended her 2008 one-meter diving title and broke the SCAC
Championship record she set a year ago with a score of 489.95
points.
Teammate Lindsay Martin finished second in the event for the third
consecutive year, scoring 456.05 points.
Trinity divers swept places first through five and also had seventh
and ninth place finishes in surging to 103 points after day
one.
Colorado College picked up 19 points as is in second place in the
team competition. Austin College follows with 17 points and
DePauw University is fourth with 13 points. Hendrix College is in
fifth place with two points.
Complete results from Wednesday evening's women's one-meter diving
results are available here.
Competition continues through Saturday evening at the Tracy
Caulkins Competition Pool at the Centennial Sportsplex.