Harrison Places 32nd in 500 at NCAA Championships
March 17, 2016 | Women's Swimming
ATLANTA, Ga. – Senior Sammy Harrison of the Oregon State swimming team opened competition at the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championships with a 32nd-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday from the McAuley Aquatic Center.
Harrison registered her 32nd-place finish among the field of 68 swimmers with a time of 4:43.81, marking the fourth-fastest time in school history. The Henderson, Nev. native now owns five of the top-10 times in the event in school history, with four of those times coming this season. Harrison owns a top time of 4:41.85 this season, and set the program record with a time of 4:39.10 last season.
Her finish in the event was second amongst all Pac-12 swimmers, improving upon a third-place finish in the event at the Pac-12 Championships. The only Pac-12 competitor to edge Harrison on Wednesday was Arizona's Bonnie Brandon (4:43.58).
The 500-yard freestyle is the first of three events Harrison was invited to compete in this weekend. She continues her NCAA Championships campaign with the 200-yard freestyle on Friday at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET), and wraps up competition with her signature event, the 1,650-yard freestyle, on Saturday. Heats for the 1,650 begin at 12:45 p.m. PT (3:45 p.m. ET), while Harrison's heat, the third heat, will likely commence at about 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. PT).
ESPN3.com will cover the finals for the 1,650-yard freestyle live on Saturday. ESPNU will air a two-hour show on Tuesday, March 29 with coverage across each event of the women's championships. Live coverage of all sessions not carried by ESPN can be found through host Georgia Tech's website at this link.
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