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COLLEGE STATION, Texas Virginia’s 400 medley relay team earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish Thursday at the 2009 NCAA Championships. The event, which is being held at the Student Rec Center Natatorium on Texas A&M’s campus, runs through Saturday. After day one, Virginia stands in 13th place with 36 points.
The 400 medley relay team of Mei Christensen, Katherine McDonnell, Megan Evo and Kristen Wallace, who broke their own conference and school record this morning in the preliminaries, finished with a time of 3:33.11. It was the first time Virginia competed in the finals of any relay since the 2002 championships (200 free relay) and was the first All-American 400 medley relay since 2000.
Evo collected honorable mention All-America accolades with a 13th-place performance in the 200 individual medley, clocking a time of 1:57.50 in the event. It was her second career All-America performance after earning honorable mention honors in the 200 butterfly a year ago.
The 200 freestyle relay squad also picked up honorable mention All-America honors with a 14th-place finish. The team of Christensen, Wallace, Evo and Hannah Davis, who set the conference and school record Thursday morning, finished with a time of 1:29.78. It was the first time since 2002 Virginia had an All-America performance by a 200 free relay team.
Day two of the NCAA Championships continues Friday with the 200 medley relay, 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke and 800 freestyle relay. Preliminaries are set to begin at 11 a.m. central time.
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2009 Women’s NCAA Championships
Team Standings
| Team | Points |
| 1. Arizona | 141.5 |
| 2. Georgia | 133 |
| 3. California | 126 |
| 4. Stanford | 105 |
| 5. Auburn | 91.5 |
| 13. Virginia | 36 |