March 18, 2008
Stockton. Calif. - Pacific senior Ja-Neil Bragg (Manteca, Calif.) will compete in two events at the 2007-2008 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. This year the meet will be held in Columbus, Ohio on Mar. 20-23.

This season Bragg qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 Fly, 200 IM and the 400 IM events. Bragg earned her spot in the 400 IM when she delivered a NCAA automatic qualifying time of 4:14.81 during the preliminary round of the Nike Cup held November 16th in Long Beach, Calif. That mark set a new Pacific record in the 400 IM and is the new meet record as well.

One day earlier, Bragg set the Pacific record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.69. That time will be Ja-Neil's seed time for the NCAA Championships.

Bragg's third event at the NCAA Tournament will be the 200 fly on Saturday, she enters that event with a time of 2:02.50.

In 2007, Bragg qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 IM, the 400 IM. She finished in 33rd in the 200 IM preliminary round with a time of 2:01.33. Bragg finished in 21st place in the 400 IM, which is her highest finish at the NCAA Championships in her three trips to the NCAA meet.