COLLEGE SWIMMING / NCAA WOMEN’S FINALS : Evans Sets Another Record, but Texas Takes Team Title
AUSTIN, Tex. — Stanford freshman Janet Evans broke her own American record in the 1,650-yard freestyle Saturday with a time of 15:39.14 at the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships.
But Texas won the meet’s final event, the 400 relay, and reclaimed the national title it lost to Stanford last year.
Texas, which had won five consecutive titles before Stanford’s victory, needed to finish in front of the Cardinal in the 400 to take back the championship.
Leigh Ann Fetter, who had won the 50- and 100-yard freestyles, brought the Lady Longhorns from a yard back in the final leg with a split of 48.13 to win in 3:17.23.
Texas, which trailed the Cardinal by 21 points coming into the final day, finished with 632 points to win the closest championship in the history of the nine-year meet. Stanford had 622.5 points and Florida was third with 477.
Evans’ winning time in the 1,650 on the final day of competition was 5.84 seconds faster than the record she set last year.
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