Tulane University
AAC Championship
Swimming & Diving Earns Four Top-Five Finishes on Day One of AAC Championship
Feb 25, 2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Day One Results
DALLAS — The Tulane swimming and diving team recorded four top-five finishes on Thursday in the American Athletic Conference Championship, totaling 156 points after one day of action.
Junior Noa Heron finished fifth in the 500-freestyle finals, earning a season-best time of 4:52.04 in the race.
The Green Wave's first swimmer to finish in the 200-yard IM was senior Kate McDonald, recording a time of 2:01.86. Freshman Gianna Spremullo was next up for Tulane, earning a sixth-place finish at 2:01.94.
The team's 400-yard medley relay team, comprised of freshman Danielle Titus, McDonald, sophomore Mya Drost-Parra and senior Courtney Barker, finished third with a time of 3:41.73. That time marks the sixth-best in program history.
In the 200-yard medley relay, Tulane's team of Titus, Barker, Pelka and freshman Riley Hendrix, recorded a fourth-place finish at 1:34.23.
Six student-athletes earned career-best times on Friday.Â
Freshman Winter Craig recorded a time of 5:12.07 in the 500-yard freestyle while Hendrix notched a time of 23.79 in the 50-yard freestyle.
Also earning a career-best time on day one of the championship was Titus, with a time of 2:07.80 in the 200 IM prelims.
Freshman Jennifer Gougelmann recorded her best time yet at Tulane in the 500-yard freestyle finals at 5:04.37.
Green Wave newcomers, in Spremullo and Christiana Williams, finished with respective career-best times of 2:01.94 and 2:08.25 in the 200-yard IM finals.
Houston leads the way with 307 points after day one, followed by SMU with 240 and Cincinnati with 189.
Tulane will be back in action on Friday as the team readies for day two of the AAC Championship, beginning with the swimming prelims at 10 a.m.
CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Friday, February 26 (ESPN+)
Swimming Prelims: 10 A.M. (CT) | Diving Prelims: 12:30 P.M. (CT) | Finals: 6 P.M. (CT)
Event #23Â 1-Meter Diving PRELIMS Men
Event #24Â 3-Meter Diving PRELIMS Women
Event #25Â 200 Yard Medley Relay Women
Event #26Â 200 Yard Medley Relay Men
Event #23Â 1-Meter Diving FINALS Men
Event #13Â 400 Yard IM Women
Event #14Â 400 Yard IM Men
Event #15Â 100 Yard Butterfly Women
Event #16Â 100 Yard Butterfly Men
Event #17Â 200 Yard Freestyle Women
Event #18Â 200 Yard Freestyle Men
Event #19Â 100 Yard Breaststroke Women
Event #20Â 100 Yard Breaststroke Men
Event #21Â 100 Yard Backstroke Women
Event #22Â 100 Yard Backstroke Men
Event #24Â 3-Meter Diving FINALS Women
Event #27Â 800 Yard Freestyle Relay Women
Event #28Â 800 Yard Freestyle Relay Men
Saturday, February 27 (ESPN+)
Swimming Prelims: 10 A.M. (CT) | Diving Prelims: 12 P.M. (CT) | Finals: 5 P.M. (CT)
Event #37Â Platform Diving PRELIMS Women
Event #38Â Platform Diving PRELIMS Men
Event #39Â 1,650 Yard Freestyle Women
Event #40Â 1,650 Yard Freestyle Men
Event #37Â Platform Diving FINALS Women
Event #29Â 200 Yard Backstroke Women
Event #30Â 200 Yard Backstroke Men
Event #31Â 100 Yard Freestyle Women
Event #32Â 100 Yard Freestyle Men
Event #33Â 200 Yard Breaststroke Women
Event #34Â 200 Yard Breaststroke Men
Event #35Â 200 Yard Butterfly Women
Event #36Â 200 Yard Butterfly Men
Event #38Â Platform Diving FINALS Men
Event #41Â 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Women
Event #42Â 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Men
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