(Portions of this story taken from Colorado College and Trinity website)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Trinity University
junior Ruth Hahn won the NCAA Division III Championship in
three-meter diving Saturday at 2012 NCAA Division III Swimming and
Diving Championships at the IU Natatorium. Official Men's Site | Official Women's Site | Results
Hahn stood in fourth place after Saturday afternoon's
preliminaries, but she scored 481.00 in the finals to win Trinity's
third NCAA title in the sport of diving.
The national championship was the second of the 2012 NCAA
Championships after Colorado College’s Jordan DeGayner
claimed the men’s 200-yard freestyle title on Thursday and is
the 29th overall individual SCAC national championship.
Other highlights from the final day of competition included Centre
sophomore Clark Weber who earner all-American honor in the
women’s 1,650 freestyle.
Weber finished in 17:07.12 claiming sixth place. She earned
honorable mention all-America in the event as a freshman a year ago
in Knoxville.
Freshman Danielle Wahl finished 10th in the 1,650-yard freestyle
to lead the Colorado College contingent on the final day of the
2012 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.
Wahl completed the race in a time of 17:13.90, which was just .74
seconds behind Kenyon’s Dominique Chevalier in the race for
ninth place. She finished 2.18 seconds ahead of New York
University’s Margaret Rippe.
Senior Jordan DeGayner of CC concluded his collegiate career by
finishing sixth in the consolation finals and 14th overall in the
100 free. His clocking of 45.51 was only .62 seconds behind the
10th overall time of 44.89 turned in by Carleton’s Erik
Klontz.
Sewanee swimmers Courtland Day and Phillip Link earned NCAA
all-American honors in the 200-yard breaststroke. For Link and Day,
the two Tigers finished inside the top-16 in the prelims. Day
finished 10th (2:03.74) while Link was one spot behind his teammate
in 11th (2:03.94).
Later Saturday, in the consolation finals, Link finished in 13th
place with a time of 2:05.02 while Day placed 15th after he touched
the wall in 2:06.23.
Trinity Tiger swimmer Melanie Gustafson finished 16th in the 1,650 freestyle race, also earning Honorable Mention All-America status in the event.
The 2012 Division III Swimming and Diving Championships closed out Saturday evening with Denison taking home the title on the men’s side while Emory was crowned champion on the women’s.
Russell Kramer, SCAC Director of Communications and New Media, is on site covering all the action at the 2012 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Swimming Championships. He caught up with several of Saturday's participants from the SCAC, as well as some of the conference's coaches, to get their thoughts following the events. Those interviews are listed below:
Ruth Hahn, Trinity University (Listen)
Clark Weber, Centre College (Listen)
Courtland Day, Sewanee-The University of the South (Listen)
Phillip Link, Sewanee-The University of the South (Listen)
Danielle Wahl, Colorado College (Listen)
Melanie Gustafson, Trinity University (Listen)
Centre head coach Dean Brownley (Listen)
Trinity head diving coach Stan Randall (Listen)
Colorado College head coach Anne Goodman James (Listen)
Sewanee head coach Max Obermiller (Listen)
