2014 NAIA National Championships – Women’s Meet
- Dates: Wednesday, March 5 – Saturday, March 8, 2014; prelims 10:00 am, finals 6:00 pm
- Location: Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK (Central Time Zone)
- Defending Champions: Oklahoma Baptist University (results)
- Live Results: Available
- Live Video: Available
- Championship Central
While Oklahoma Baptist dominated the seond day of the 2014 NAIA National Championships, qualifying 14 finalists (including 12 in A finals) for tonight’s contest, SCAD Savannah (7/7), Brenau (5/2), and Olivet Nazarene (4/4) are still looking to make the most of every swim, as every point counts when you are battling for runner-up.
Soka University had one of the most successful mornings point-wise, outswimming their seeding in both relays and placing freshman Taylor Karnilaw into the consols of the women’s 200 free. Biola and Brenau also improved their positions with better-than-expected morning performances.
Ups/Downs
|
A Final |
B Final |
|
| Asbury |
0 |
1 |
| Biola |
1 |
5 |
| Brenau |
5 |
2 |
| Concordia |
3 |
4 |
| Emmanuel |
0 |
2 |
| Lindsey Wilson |
1 |
2 |
| Morningside |
0 |
1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist |
12 |
2 |
| Olivet Nazarene |
4 |
4 |
| SCAD Savannah |
7 |
7 |
| Soka University |
0 |
1 |
| The College of Idaho |
1 |
2 |
| Thomas University |
0 |
1 |
| Union College |
3 |
2 |
| University of the Cumberlands |
3 |
2 |
| Wayland Baptist |
0 |
2 |
200 free relay: Concordia led the way with a three-second drop from their seed time, going 1:36.23 to earn the middle lane in tonight’s final. OBU qualified second, Biola third, then SCAD, Union, ONU, Cumberlands and Brenau.
400 IM: Courtney Hayward of Brenau, who won the 500 free last night, was the top qualifier in the 400 IM with 4:33.67. OBU’s Jannette Morales was second, followed closely by ONU freshman Tiffany Ray. The rest of the championship final will include: Norra Stroh (SCAD), Carly Colin (Concordia), Nicole Wilson (OBU), Mckayla Stevens (Idaho), and Victoria Peskova (OBU).
100 fly: Biola’s Christine Tixier, who has won this event in each of the last two years, turned in the morning’s fastest time (55.19). She will be joined in the championship final by Lisa MacManus (OBU), Michelle Billeaud (Brenau), MacKenzie Bailie (Concordia), Laura Stephenson (Lindsey Wilson), Mikala Nelson (Concordia), Charlotte Parent (Cumberlands), and Heather Partlow (SCAD).
200 free: Defending champion Laura Galarza is top seed tonight after clocking a 1:51.36. Qualifying second was her teammate Lexie Keller; third was Caroline Lepesant of SCAD. Rounding out the top eight are Sam Elam (ONU), Callie Harrigan (Union), Haley Thompson (SCAD), Shelby Rumker (Brenau), and Andrea Antonissen (OBU).
100 breast: Defending champion Kerryn Mullin of OBU put up a 1:04.45 in prelims to qualify first. Melissa Peplinski (Cumberlands) was second, just 1/100 ahead of OBU’s Heidi Greener. The rest of the championship final consists of Mary Katherine Jabbia (Brenau), Claire Partlow (SCAD), Sydney Harris (ONU), Kasey McCormick and Jule Stein (both of Union).
100 back: Lisa MacManus of OBU will be looking to defend her 2013 title in the 100 back tonight out of lane 4, having qualified first in 55.30. Challenging her will be Brenau freshman Talia Sola, OBU’s Alena Titenkova, ONU’s MacKenzie Anderson, Ines Remersaro of OBU, Hannah Legg of SCAD, Cumberlands’ Lucy Gregory Cumberlands, and SCAD freshman Becky Dionne.
400 medley relay: Brenau earned the center of the pool in tonight’s final with a 3:53.57 prelims swim. Biola was second, then SCAD, ONU, OBU, Union, Concordia, and Lindsey Wilson.
Standings After Day One
Women
- Oklahoma Baptist 267
- SCAD Savannah 158
- Olivet Nazarene University 150
- Concordia University 128
- Brenau University 90
- Biola University 80
- University of the Cumberlands 79
- Union College 63
- The College of Idaho 47
- Lindsey Wilson College 33
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