NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Sarah Henry Wins Closest 400 IM Final in NCAA History
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Texas A&M’s Sarah Henry put an exclamation mark on her oft-injured career by joining a handful of other Aggie NCAA champions with a 400-yard IM victory at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships.
Henry, a senior who has battled through multiple ACL tears in her career, overtook the field with a 4:02.47 to win the NCAA title this evening.
That swim tied her with Alecia Aemisegger of Princeton for 13th all time in the event’s history.
Henry also joined Julia Wilkinson, Alia Atkinson, Breeja Larson and Paige Miller as an NCAA titlist from Texas A&M.
Sarah Henry, Texas A&M
On winning an NCAA title as a senior
“It means everything to me. My sophomore year I tore my ACL so I didn’t even know if I could swim breaststroke after that and just to win a 400 IM title is just amazing.”What are you feeling about having it be your last year?
“It’s just the cherry on top. I’ve had a fantastic experience at A&M and to get the title for them and myself, I couldn’t have it any other way.”
Georgia had a really strong final with Hali Flickinger (4:02.73) and Amber McDermott (4:03.34) placing second and third. Flickinger moved up to 15th all time in the event’s history with that second-place swim.
Henry’s .26 second margin of victory is the closest ever in NCAA history.
The previous record had been held by Texas’ Patty Sabo with a 4:16.58 to 4:16.87 (.29 second difference) victory against Florida’s Mary Wayte in 1986.
Georgia moved back into the lead, 239-209, against California following the event.
1 Henry, Sarah SR Texas A&M-GU 4:02.98 4:02.47PD1-A 20 r:+0.77 26.47 56.25 (29.78) 1:27.23 (30.98) 1:57.69 (30.46) 2:32.34 (34.65) 3:07.05 (34.71) 3:34.73 (27.68) 4:02.47 (27.74) 2 Flickinger, Hal JR Georgia-GA 4:04.32 4:02.73PD1-A 17 r:+0.75 26.07 55.56 (29.49) 1:26.60 (31.04) 1:56.97 (30.37) 2:32.68 (35.71) 3:08.63 (35.95) 3:36.21 (27.58) 4:02.73 (26.52) 3 McDermott, Ambe SR Georgia-GA 4:05.62 4:03.34 D1-A 16 r:+0.92 26.27 56.00 (29.73) 1:26.00 (30.00) 1:55.61 (29.61) 2:31.31 (35.70) 3:06.92 (35.61) 3:35.36 (28.44) 4:03.34 (27.98)
1. Georgia 239 2. California 209 3. Stanford 129 4. Louisville 125 5. Texas A&M 116.5 6. Virginia 106 7. Tennessee 96 8. Texas 82 9. Southern California 60 10. Wisconsin 59 10. Missouri 59 12. NC State 51 13. Arizona 44 14. Florida 38 15. Auburn 34 16. Minnesota 32 17. Florida Gulf Coast 26.5 18. Notre Dame 24 18. UNC 24 20. Kentucky 21 21. Florida State 19 21. Penn State 19 23. Purdue 14 24. Illinois State University 12 25. Nevada 9 26. So. Methodist 8 27. Indiana 7 27. Miami University (Ohio) 7 29. UCLA 6 29. University of Miami (Florida) 6 31. Ohio State 5 32. San Diego State 4 32. Kansas 4 32. Iowa 4 35. Michigan 3 35. Hawaii (W) 3
2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving, Live Results – Results