University of Tennessee Athletics
University of Tennessee
Women's NCAA Championship
Small, Banic Lead Vols on Day 2 of NCAAs
March 16, 2017 | Swimming & Diving
SCHEDULE (Eastern Time)
WEDNESDAY
- Swimming Finals (6 pm):
800 Freestyle Relay
THURSDAY
- Swimming Prelims (10 am):
200 Freestyle Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay - Diving Prelims (12:30 pm):
1-Meter Springboard - Swimming Finals (6 pm):
200 Freestyle Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Springboard
400 Medley Relay
FRIDAY
- Swimming Prelims (10 am):
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
200 Medley Relay - Diving Prelims (12:15 pm):
3-Meter Springboard - Swimming Finals (6 pm):
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Springboard
200 Medley Relay
SATURDAY
- Swimming Prelims (10 am):
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Freestyle Relay - Diving Prelims (12:15 pm):
3-Meter Springboard - Early Heats of 1650 Freestyle (3:45 pm):
Final heat of timed finals set for 4:50 p.m. - Swimming Finals (6 pm):
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
Platform Diving
400 Freestyle Relay
INDIANAPOLIS -- Freshman Meghan Small and sophomore Madeline Banic scored for points for Tennessee on Thursday at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
In the finals, Small dropped nearly two seconds off her morning preliminary time, winning the consolation heat of the 200-yard individual medley in 1 minute, 53.91 seconds to earn her first career honorable mention All-America honors.
Banic finished 15th overall in the 50 freestyle in 22.00.
Both UT swimmers had won SEC titles in those events at the SEC Championships last month.
Tennessee's 200 freestyle relay team of Banic, Kira Toussaint, Alex Cleveland and Erika Brown initially placed third in the consolation final but were disqualified.
After two days of the meet, Tennessee is 24th in the team standings with 11 points. Stanford leads with 213 points.
In diving, sophomore Rachel Rubadue finished 23rd with 259.55 points.
"She finished 23rd in an incredibly deep and tight competition," Tennessee diving coach Dave Parrington said. "With two dives to go, she was sitting in 13th. She didn't panic and stayed in contact with the leaders. She had a good mindset, and I think it sets her up well for the rest of the meet."
The championships continue Friday with the 400 IM, the 100 butterfly, the 200 freestyle, the 100 breaststroke, the 100 backstroke, the 200 medley relay and 3-meter diving.
