Heller places fourth in 100 freestyle prelims at NCAA Championship

March 12, 2013

University Relations

Jamie Foland
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Fresh off winning the program's first ever national title, junior Bente Heller (Hamburg, Germany/Communication) kept the momentum going on the final day of the national meet as she qualified for another championship final at the 2013 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday at the CrossPlex Complex.

Heller completed the 100 freestyle in 50.70 seconds, which was good enough for fourth place heading into tonight's final. She was just four one-hundredths from of third, .35 shy of second and under half a second off the lead pace in the event.

This will be the third final Heller will race in at this year's championship meet. On Friday, she won her first career national championship by claiming the 100 backstroke and also placed seventh in the 200 free on Thursday night.

Sophomore Margot Adams (Anchorage, Alaska/Political science) also competed in the 100 free Saturday morning and took 36th place with a lifetime-best time of 52.45 seconds.

Tune in to ncaa.com at 2:30 p.m. (AKST) for the final session of the 2013 championship.