Stoppa & Walkowiak Compete on Day 2 of NCAA Swim & Dive Championships

Friday, March 16

Columbus, Ohio

9 a.m./5 p.m.

Rutgers University

NCAA Championships

Stoppa & Walkowiak Compete on Day 2 of NCAA Swim & Dive Championships

Mar 16 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Swimming Prelims Results Diving Prelims Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 16, 2018) – Rutgers swimming and diving sent two Scarlet Knights to the preliminaries on Friday at the NCAA Championships at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Center.

Senior diver Addison Walkowiak placed 24^th in the nation in 3-meter diving with her score of 304.95 in the preliminary round. The Top 16 moved on to consolation and championship finals. On Thursday, Walkowiak earned her first career All-America Honorable Mention nod and first-ever All-America honor for Rutgers diving on the 1-meter boards with an 11^th place national finish.

Walkowiak will conclude her championship run on Saturday in platform diving with the prelims set for 12:15 p.m. alongside junior teammate Rachel Byrne.

Junior Francesca Stoppa, making her third appearance at the NCAA meet, began her championship push in the 100-yard butterfly on Friday morning. With a time of 54.32, she placed 49^th in the nation.

Stoppa will be back in action on Saturday morning for the 200-yard butterfly preliminaries.

All four Scarlet Knights will compete on Day 3 with Walkowiak and Byrne on platform diving, Stoppa in the 200 Fly and freshman Sveva Schiazzano in the 1,650-yard freestyle at 3:45 p.m.

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