Swimming Wraps Up Season With Two Scoring Efforts at CSCAA National Invite

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Swimming Wraps Up Season With Two Scoring Efforts at CSCAA National Invite

Mar 10, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Meet Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Tulane swimming and diving team wrapped up its 2017-18 season with two scoring efforts and two new entries into the school record books at the CSCAA National Invitational on Saturday.

The team finished 13th place as a group, scoring 110.5 points.

Kate McDonald got Tulane five points in the 200 breast finals, taking 12th place in 2:16.70. Johnson was 15th in 2:18.83, scoring 1.5 points for the Green Wave.

The Tulane 400 free relay represented the program well, taking 18th place with a time of 3:29.24. Paris Zhang swam the opening leg in 52.00 seconds, Inger-Ane Schefte finished the second leg in 51.50, Olivia Johnson swam her third leg in 53.55 and McDonald anchored in 52.19 seconds.

"I am coming away from this meet happy and excited about the future of our program," Coach Katie Robinson said. "Coming into this meet we weren't sure what to expect from a competitive standpoint from our small squad of women. We put our hearts and souls into fast swims at conference and sometimes it's hard to repeat fast swims a few weeks later. We raced tough and learned a lot while having such a fun time."

PRELIMS
McDonald had the best finish of the prelims for Tulane, taking 10th in the 200 breast with a time of 2:16.79. Already the school record holder in the event, McDonald's prelim time became the sixth-fastest overall time in team history and put her in the evening B final. Her evening time bumped that down to the seventh-fastest overall in team history.

Johnson also advanced to the B final with a 15th-place showing in a time of 2:19.78.

In the 100 free, Paris Zhang took part in the final individual race of her junior season. She swam the distance in 51.26 seconds for 31st place. In the final individual race of her Tulane career, Kaitlin Simpson finished 63rd in 52.59. Inger-Ane Schefte was 67th in 52.84.

"I am especially proud of Katlin, who finished her collegiate swimming career here," Robinson said. "It was incredible for us to swim as fast as we did and I can't wait to come back next year with a bigger squad ready to rumble with the other teams."