Louisville, Ky. - Trinity University Tigers
junior Hayley Emerick of Portland, Texas (Gregory-Portland), won
the women's 3-meter diving competition Thursday at the Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships
for the third straight year.
Emerick, who has also captured the 1-meter board for the past
two years, registered a score of 479.45 at the University of
Louisville's Ralph Wright Natatorium.
Tiger divers placed 1-6, and seven of the top eight, in the
3-meter event. Senior Lindsay Martin of Longview, Texas (Pine
Tree), was runner-up with a score of 459.30. Sophomore Lynne
Bettinger of Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva), placed third (420.00);
first-year diver Ruth Hahn of Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden), was
fourth (419.70); first-year Madison Kahler of Coral Springs, Fla.
(Westminster), was fifth (362.80); and senior Amy Oliver of Houston
(Lamar), came in at No. 6 (336.90). Sophomore Kristin Nordstrom of
The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands), fought her way to the No. 8
slot (277.55).
Emerick, Martin, Bettinger, Hahn, Kahler, and Nordstrom had
previously earned NCAA Division III consideration scores.
The women's 1-meter diving is slated for Saturday, and the men's
3-meter on Friday. Sophomore Kevin Martin of Corpus Christi, Texas
(Ray), won the men's 1-meter board (448.35).
The SCAC swimming finals begin today at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
The swimming and diving championships continue through Saturday.
Trinity's women have won the past six SCAC team championships,
and nine overall. The Tiger men have been runners-up for four
straight years, and have won the team title four times.
