The No. 17-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team continued competition at the 2018 NCAA Championships on Thursday evening at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
Heading into Friday, the Hoosiers sit in 11th place overall with a total of 54 points. IU’s total is eight points better than it was at this point at last year’s NCAA Championships.
For the second-straight year, the Hoosiers won silver in the 400 medley relay, as the team of Morgan Scott, Lilly King, Christine Jensen and Shelby Koontz touched the wall with a time of 3:27.01. The second-place finish is tied for the best in program history in any relay at the NCAA Championships.
King just missed her own record for fastest breaststroke leg in 400 medley history, splitting an incredible 55.67. The senior set the mark with her split of 55.66 at this year’s Big Ten Championships.
The All-America honor is the 13th in King’s historic career and the third for Jensen. Koontz earned her second, while Scott recorded her first.
In the Championship Final of the 200 IM, senior Bailey Andison placed eighth with a time of 1:54.17. Andison earned the seventh All-America honor in her career.
Andison’s finish is tied for the best showing for any Hoosier in the event at the NCAA Championships, matching Allysa Vavra’s eighth place in 2012. Andison and Vavra are the only two women in IU history to make a Championship Final in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships.
In the Consolation Final of the 1-meter dive, redshirt senior Jessica Parratto notched her career-best showing in the event at the NCAA Championships, winning to finish ninth overall with a score of 320.65.
Parratto’s ninth-place finish is the best for any Hoosier in the event at the NCAA’s since Christine Loukas placed fifth in 2006. The Honorable-Mention All-America honors for Parratto gives her 10 total in her illustrious Indiana career.
The 2019 NCAA Championships will continue on Friday morning with the prelims of the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 200 medley relay and 3-meter dive. The action gets underway at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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200 IM
8. Bailey Andison – 1:54.17 (All-America)
1-Meter Dive
9. Jessica Parratto – 320.65 (Honorable-Mention All-America)
400 Medley Relay
2. Morgan Scott, Lilly King, Christine Jensen, Shelby Koontz – 3:27.01 (All-America)
