San Antonio - Tiger senior Lindsay Martin and junior Haley Emerick earned NCAA Division III Women's Diving
qualifying marks Saturday in a dual meet with the University of the
Incarnate Word at Hixon Natatorium.
Martin, from Longview, Texas (Pine Tree), won the 3-meter board
with a score of 277.15. Emerick, of Portland, Texas
(Gregory-Portland), took the 1-meter event (283.55), and
Emerick was runner-up with a 275.80. Their scores will be submitted
for consideration for the NCAA Championships, slated for March
17-20 at Minneapolis.
The two divers earned All-America honors at the 2009 NCAA
Championships.
Later in the day, Trinity's swimmers beat SCAC rival
Southwestern in dual meets. The Tiger men won 181-57, and Trinity's
women were 167-81 winners.
Sophomore men's swimmer Andrew Battles of Colleyville, Texas (Keller), won the
200-yard freestyle (1:48.05) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:49.14).
Battles competed in last year's NCAA 1,650-yard freestyle.
First-year swimmer Sean Fronczak of Sunnyvale, Calif. (St. Francis),
captured the 100-yard backstroke (55.87) and 200-yard backstroke
(2:06.59). Audel Mehrinfar of Houston (Strake Jesuit College
Prep), also in his first year, took the 100-yard breaststroke
(1:02.80) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:20.49).
The Tiger women had two individual first-year multiple
winners. Ana Price of Springfield, Mo. (Glendale), won the
50-yard freestyle (26.07) and 100-yard freestyle (56.49). Lisa Tucci of Kansas City, Kan. (Notre Dame de Sion),
captured the 200-yard butterfly (2:13.53) and 500-yard freestyle
(5:21.43).
Trinity will compete Nov. 20-21 at the Dallas Invitational, at
Southlake, Texas.
