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Day Three at Women's ACC Championships
Duke Divers Defend Title in Day 3 of ACCs
2/19/2011 5:51:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
ATLANTA, Ga. - The Duke women's swimming and diving team headed into Friday's competition boasting a day's best for the program, but it was the divers who came out victorious on the day's events that shined above all performances.
Junior Abby Johnston and sophomore Nick McCrory both grabbed first Friday evening, defending their titles from last year. Johnston posted a 'Zone'-qualifying mark of 429.05 on the three-meter springboard, capturing her third consecutive title in the event. McCrory posted a 440.30 on the one-meter, claiming his second consecutive title in the event. Both scores were a season best for the divers in the events.
The Duke swimmers picked up their game on Friday, posting several impressive finishes for the program. In the 100 breast, Freshman Christine Wixted bested her own season time with 1:01.31 in the event, and grabbing an NCAA "B" cut in the event. Wixted also broke the Duke school record in the 100 breast as well. Following narrowly behind her, sophomore Emily Barber posted a "B" standard as well with her best time of 1:01.84.
Later in the evening, sophomore Francesca Tocci broke the school record with a time of 55.32 in the 100 back, narrowly missing a "B" cut by .15 of a second.
"We're sitting in seventh place and we have our work cut out for us tomorrow," said head coach Dan Colella. "But we have a day of opportunities to do some serious scoring. We're hoping for a great session tomorrow morning."
The rankings after day three currently stand as such:
| 1. | North Carolina | 519 |
| 2. | Virginia | 482 |
| 3. | Florida State | 294 |
| 4. | Miami | 269 |
| 5. | Maryland | 267 |
| 6. | Virginia Tech | 232 |
| 7. | Duke | 164.5 |
| 8. | North Carolina State | 114.5 |
| T9. | Georgia Tech | 108 |
| Clemson | 108 | |
| 11. | Boston College | 48 |
Saturday marks the final day of competition with the women's and men's platform diving events, as well as the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and the 400 free relay.
For live results of each day's competition, please see:
http://www.theacc.com/livestats/c-swim/
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