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Johansson Earns Gold, Sets New Conference Record

Johansson Earns Gold, Sets New Conference Record

The implementation of the Miami Hurricanes in the spectacular Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Championship an unprecedented pace in recent night as junior Sofia Johansson broke the conference record and won another gold medal Canes for her performance in the 100-meter breaststroke.

The Ramlösa make a new home Sweden ACC mark the event in 59.81 seconds and was the first event to the swim in less than a minute in the history of the conference. They beat Florida State Melissa Cooper and Christine Wixted Duke to win the gold and you earn 20 points for the Canes.

For his dominating performances in conference championships, Johansson and teammate Kelsi Hall, the home a gold medal was in the 50-yard freestyle on Thursday night, will attend the NCAA championship swimming and diving in the James E. Martin Aquatics Center in Auburn, Alabama beginning on 15th March.

The rods run through the championship have included three trips to the podium in the last two days and a series of impressive performances. Miami is currently in sixth place (244 points) before the last day of the competition.

The last day of the championship begins at 11 a.m. with the preliminaries of the 200-meter backstroke, 100m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, freestyle and 1.650 meters. Preliminary men platform diving and the final will be by 1 clock with the women's platform preliminaries at 03.45 and ends with the finals at 8 p.m. start swimming finals begin at 07.00 p.m.