2024 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEAM SCORES THRU DAY 1
FIU – 118
SMU – 101
North Texas – 68
Tulane – 65
FAU – 62
East Carolina – 61
Rice – 34
The primary night time of the 2024 AAC Championships is within the books. With each SMU and Cincinnati having left for different conferences, the AAC is now a ladies’s solely convention. Via the primary day of the meet, Florida Worldwide jumped out to the lead.
Within the first occasion of the meet, 1-meter diving, FIU grad scholar Paige Burrell set a brand new AAC file, placing up a complete rating of 316.90 in prelims. With that prelims efficiency, Burrell bettered the convention mark of 309.45, which had stood since 2019. Burrell would go on to win the occasion in finals, ending with a rating of 283.60.
FIU would then go on to take the 800 free relay decisively, swimming a 7:09.88 to complete first by practically 6 seconds. Christie Chue (1:46.04), Harli Curthoys-Davies (1:47.45), Nicole Frank-Rodriguez (1:47.96), and Ana Luiza Daisson (1:48.43) teamed as much as make it occur. One other notable break up int he race got here from Tulane freshman Victoria Raymond, who led off her relay with a 1:47.81.
FIU would then make it a clear sweep of the day, taking the 200 medley relay in 1:38.15. freshman Diana Santamaria led off with a 25.10 on again, Chue clocked a 26.75 on the breast leg, sophomore Oumy Diop break up 23.91 on fly, and junior Jessica Shipilko anchored in 22.39. North Texas junior Shaena McCloud had an enormous break up within the medley relay, anchoring her group in 22.19, the quickest free break up within the area. Although the relay was finally disqualified, Rice junior Arielle Hayon put up a really speedy 22.74 fly break up.
