NC State
Women's NCAA Championships
Moore, 200 Free Relay Collect First Team All-America Honors On Second Day Of NCAAs
3/17/2016 8:26:00 PM | Swimming
Bonnema and 400 medley relay earn honorable mention All-America honors
ATLANTA- The NC State women's swimming and diving team made a #STATEment splash in the pool Thursday evening, highlighted by sophomore Hannah Moore and the Wolfpack's 200 freestyle relay team as each garnered first team All-America honors.
Hosted by Georgia Tech inside the McAuley Aquatic Center, Riki Bonnema, Rachel Muller and the Wolfpack's 400 medley relay team also tabbed honorable mention All-America honors on the second day of competition.
The team's strong individual event and relay performances allowed NC State to jump three spots in the overall standings, sitting in a tie for ninth place out of 32 teams with 66 points heading into Friday. Through seven events, 10 members of the Pack have earned a total of 15 All-America honors while three school records have been broken.
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Holloway's Statement
Wolfpack Relays
The 200 free relay of Bonnema, Ashlyn Koletic, Natalie Labonge and Krista Duffield swam a time of 1:28.04 to earn a seventh-place finish and tab first team All-America honors.
NC State capped off its second day of competition with an 11th-place finish in the 400 medley relay, as the team of Alexia Zevnik, Kayla Brumbaum, Labonge and Courtney Caldwell posted a school record time of 3:30.52. Zevnik's 100 back leadoff split time also marked a school record, as she touched the wall at 51.14.
Freestyle
Moore earned her first All-America mention as a Wolfpacker as she collected a sixth-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:38.12. She managed to break her school record in the morning after stopping the clock at 4:37.92.
Additionally Rachel Muller collected honorable mention All-America honors in the event, as she finished 11th in the final standings after touching the wall at 4:39.79. In the prelims session she posted a personal best swim of 4:39.11.
In the 50 free, Bonnema managed to post a 16th-place finish in the B final to earn honorable mention All-America honors with a mark of 22.45.
Springboard Action
Rachel Mumma represented the Pack on the springboards Thursday, as she finished in a tie for 26th place in the one-meter dive with a score of 272.50.
Up Next
The Pack will return to action inside the McAuley Aquatic Center Friday at 10 a.m., while finals are set for a 6 p.m. start. Live results and stream will be available for both sessions, as ESPN3 will broadcast tomorrow's evening portion.
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