Auburn women conclude second day of NCAA Championships

March 20, 2015

Vitarius

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Auburn's 200 medley relay team of Jillian Vitarius, Natasha Lloyd, Megan Fonteno and Allyx Purcell earned All-America honors during the second day of action at the 2015 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

Vitarius, Lloyd, Fonteno and Purcell went 1:38.10 to take 16th overall in the consolation final.

Zoe Thatcher, Vitarius, Alex Merritt and McKenna DeBever posted a time of 7:09.91 during the timed finals of the 800 freestyle relay to take 17th overall.

The Tigers have nine individual entries and the 400 free relay left to compete at the NCAA meet. The final day of competition begins with preliminaries for the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 butterfly and the 400 freestyle relay. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. CT Saturday for the final day of competition.

Auburn divers Cinzia Calabretta and Carly Scheper will also compete for the Tigers in the platform competition which is set to begin at 12:45 p.m. CT.

Live results can be found at AuburnTigers.com and live video for the session is available at NCAA.com. Diving results will be available on DiveMeets.com.

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NCAA Results - Day Two

Auburn Swimming & Diving Results
NCAA Women's Championships - Day 2 Finals
March 20, 2015
Greensboro Aquatic Center - Greensboro, N.C.

200 Medley Relay
16. Vitarius, Lloyd, Fonteno, Purcell (1:38.10)

800 Freestyle Relay
17. Thatcher, Vitarius, Merritt, DeBever (7:09.91)

TEAM SCORES
1. California 383, 2. Georgia 299, 3. Stanford 264, 4. Virginia 168, 5. Texas A&M 153, 6. Louisville 151, 7. USC 128, 8. Texas 115, 9. Tennessee 110, 10. Missouri 90 22. Auburn 34

AUBURN ALL-AMERICANS
Ashton Ellzey (1) - 200 FR
Megan Fonteno (2) - 200 FR, 200 MR HM
Valerie Hull (2) - 200 FR, 400 MR HM
Annie Lazor (1) - 400 MR HM
Natasha Lloyd (1) - 200 MR HM
Alex Merritt (1) - 400 MR HM
Allyx Purcell (3) - 200 FR, 400 MR HM, 200 MR HM
Jillian Vitarius (2) - 400 MR HM, 200 MR HM