Rebecca Searcy
The Wittenberg women's swimming and diving team had one
participant in the 2005 NCAA Division III Championship meet March
10-12 at Hope College in Holland, Mich. Junior Becca Searcy
(Shelbyville, Ky./Shelby County) advanced to the national
meet for the third straight year and she emerged with her fifth
honorable mention All-America designation.
Battling illness that hampered training for the big event, Searcy
placed 14th in the 1650-yard freestyle to earn the national honor.
The top eight swimmers in each event earn All-America honors, while
the 9th through 16th place finishers are named honorable
mention.
Searcy came into the meet with the ninth fastest time in the nation
in the 1650-yard freestyle, 23rd fastest in the 500 free and 18th
fastest in the 400 Individual Medley. She added a 25th place finish
in the 500 free and a 29th in the 400 IM.
Searcy scored three points for the Tigers, giving Wittenberg 50th
place as a team in the meet. The Tiger men do not have any
competitors in this weekend's national meet, also at Hope.
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