Guzman Named Most Outstanding Diver

Sunday, February 25

Dallas, Texas

East Carolina University

The American Championships

February 25, 2024 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Championship Central Final Stats

IRVING, Texas – The East Carolina women's swimming and diving team finished fourth in the 2024 American Athletic Conference Championships posting a final point tally of 446. Florida International (778.5 points) claimed the team title followed by SMU (666) and Rice (593) rounding out the top three.

ECU sophomore Frida Zuniga Guzman was named Most Outstanding Diver of the championships after winning the 3-meter dive with a conference and school record score of 352.80 becoming the school's first women's diving champion since 1988 when the Pirates were in the CAA. She also took second in the platform dive with a score of 256.35, establishing another school record.

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 🏆 Frida Zuniga Guzman 🏊‍♀️#AmericanSD x @ECUSwim_Dive pic.twitter.com/8VdBgBLM6T
— The American (@American_Conf) February 26, 2024

The Pirates 400-yard freestyle relay team of freshman Carlie Clements, freshman Mikayla Durkin, sophomore Emilee Hamblin and sophomore Heidi Bruining finished fifth with a time of 3:22.79 earning 28 points. In the team diving event, ECU finished fifth with a score of 274.5 and earned and additional 30 points.

Sunday Events

1650-Yard Freestyle
Sadie Covington – Eighth Place (17:09.41 / 11 points)
Danielle McCarthy – 14th place (17:26.63 / 3 points)

200-Yard Backstroke
Elena Dinehart – 13th place (2:02.25 / 4 points / B-Finals fifth place)

100-Yard Freestyle
Mikayla Durkin – 11th place (50.57 / 6 points / B-Finals first place)
Carlie Clements – 12th place (50.68 / 5 points / B-Finals second place)

200-Yard Breaststroke
Kaylee Hamblin – Fifth place (2:12.81 / 14 points / A-Finals)
Heidi Bruining – 10th place (2:15.15 / 7 points / B-Finals second place)

200-Yard Butterfly
Emilee Hamblin – Eighth place (2:03.27 / 11 points / A-Finals)
Sara Kalawska – 11th place (2:03.78 / 6 points / B-Finals fourth place)
Lizzy Linartas – 12th place (2:04.59 / 5 points / B-Finals fifth place)

Team Diving
East Carolina – Fourth place (274.05 / 30 points)

400-Yard Freestyle Relay
East Carolina – Fifth place (3:22.79 / 28 points)