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Sarah Bacon

Bacon Takes Silver on Day One

12/20/2018 10:16:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Sarah Bacon finished out her first day of the 2018 USA Diving Winter Trails by taking second place overall on the 1-meter Springboard with a final score of 515.40. Her silver-medal score was only 16.80 off the leading score from Brooke Schultz of the University of Arkansas. She notched a 55.20 on her reverse 1 ½ somersault pike to earn her best score of tonight's finals.

Kristen Hayden closed out the day with a score of 413.70 giving her a twelfth-place finish on the day. Her best dive of the day also came in the form of her reverse 1 ½ somersault pike. That dive brought her a score of 45.60 for the round.

Both Bacon and Hayden will compete in the 3-meter Springboard competition tomorrow in Atlanta, GA. Morning preliminaries begin at 10:00 a.m. ET and the evening finals kick off at 4:00 p.m.
 
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