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Sedera Zbranak

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/25/2019
  • Sport
    Women's Swimming & Diving
  • Bio
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Zbranak set three school record and finished as the runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. On Friday, Zbranak finished second in the 100-yard backstroke, becoming RIT's first swimmer to finish in the top-eight and earn All-American honors in 30 years. Zbranak used a strong rally to finish second overall in the 100-back championship with a school record time of 55.38 seconds. Thursday, Zbranak finished fourth in the consolation final and 12th overall in the 100-yard butterfly, with a time of 55.47 seconds to break her own school mark. On Saturday, Zbranak came out in her preliminary heat of the 100-yard freestyle and rallied for the win, breaking the school record by nearly a second, recording a time of 51.38 seconds. She would just miss qualifying for the consolation final by a mere one, one-hundredth of a second. In addition, she was part of the 200-yard and 400-yard medley relay teams that both finished finished 18th overall.


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