Seidt’s 100 Back Highlights Day Three of NCAA Championships
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kentucky sophomore Asia Seidt earned her third All-America honor of the 2018 NCAA Championships on Friday evening, placing ninth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.04. Her time was the sixth-fastest time overall of the evening session.
With just one day remaining, the Wildcats are in 19th place with 41 team points.
“We missed a couple opportunities this morning, but Asia came back like a champion tonight in the 100 back and I’m really proud of her,” said Kentucky head coach Lars Jorgensen. “We’ve got a big day ahead of us tomorrow. It’s the final day and we need to finish strong as a team.”
After finishing 16th in the morning prelims, Seidt came back to Friday night’s consolation final with the determination she’s shown all season. The sophomore shaved almost a full second off her prelims time of 52.04 to win the race and place ninth overall in 51.04. Her finals time was the sixth-fastest overall in the evening session.
Multiple Wildcats finished inside the top 25 of their respective events in the morning session, beginning with junior Kathryn Painter who went 4:08.78 to finish 20th in the 400 IM. Junior Geena Freriks swam a season-best time of 1:44.83 in the 200 free to place 19th overall in the event. Sophomore Madison Winstead was 21st in the 100 breast with a time of 1:00.07 and senior Bridgette Alexander came in 21st in the 100 back at 52.46.
The 2018 NCAA Championships will wrap up tomorrow, with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. ET and finals following at 6 p.m. Events will include the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay, 1,650 free and platform diving. The Wildcats have 11 entries on Saturday overall.
The finals session on Saturday will be streamed live by ESPN3 starting at 6 p.m. The prelims session can be streamed on the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships microsite at ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Tape delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be broadcast on Sunday, March 25 at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.
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