Freshman Danielle Boothe swam lifetime bests in the 100 fly and 100 breaststroke during Friday's prelims.
Live results Live video The 2015 CCSA Swimming & Diving Championships continue, with day three under way at Georgia's Gabrielsen Natatorium. Tonight's evening session starts at 6 p.m. with the men's 400 IM B final.
Defending champion Liberty is in second place with 461 points, trailing Florida Gulf Coast, which has scored 626 points. The Lady Flames will have 17 individual finals swims (eight A finals, eight B finals, one C final) and one relay.
Liberty opened the morning with the 400 IM, as Emily Duff swam a season-best 4:24.64 to qualify in fifth for the A final. Sarah Browning qualified for the B final.
The Lady Flames earned four finalists in the 100 fly. Natalie Beale clocked 55.71, a season best, to place fifth, and Kendall Hart will also swim in the A final. Ranndi Grubbs and Danielle Boothe both made the B final for Liberty.
Meghan Babcock's fastest time of the campaign, 1:51.15, qualified her in third for the 200 free A final, while Kristin VanDeventer also had a top-eight swim. Freshmen Ashlee Sall and Rachel Hoeve will be in the B final.
Prudence Rooker placed fourth in qualifying for the 100 breaststroke in a season-best 1:02.92. Rachel Wasko will swim in the B final, while Danielle Boothe will appear in the C final.
Liberty finished the morning session with four finals qualifications in the 100 back. Kendall Hough broke Liberty's existing program record in lifetime-best and NCAA B cut 54.18 to qualify second. Victoria Tschoke will join her in the A final. Natalie Beale and Chloe Thomas will swim in the B final. Tonight's finals will feature pool-side, live blog coverage as the Lady Flames compete in Athens. Look for coverage to begin shortly before the 6 p.m. finals start with an interactive blog, where all are invited to interact with questions and comments.
Day 3 – Finals (6 p.m.) 400-yard Individual Medley (A – Emily Duff; B – Sarah Browning) 100-yard Butterfly (A – Natalie Beale, Kendall Hart; B – Ranndi Grubbs, Danielle Boothe) 200-yard Freestyle (A – Meghan Babcock, Kristin VanDeventer; B – Ashlee Sall, Rachel Hoeve) 100-yard Breaststroke (A – Prudence Rooker; B – Rachel Wasko; C – Danielle Boothe) 100-yard Backstroke (A – Kendall Hough, Victoria Tschoke; B – Natalie Beale, Chloe Thomas) One-meter Diving (Men) 400-yard Medley Relay "A" Scoring For the first time this year, there will be three scored finals (A, B & C) of each individual event at the women's CCSA Championship, with 24 individuals scoring. With that comes a change in the scoring system. Individual events will be scored as follows: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22-20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Relay events will be scored as follows: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44-40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
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