Kemnitz Named Coach of the Year; Ladies’s Swimming Closes Conference Meet in Third

DANVILLE, Ky. – Alicia Kemnitz earned her fifth profession ladies’s swimming Head Coach of the Year award as Lindsey Wilson swimming ended the 2026 Mid-South Conference swimming and diving championships in third place with 438 workforce factors.

The Blue Raiders closed the weekend with 13 top-three finishes, together with two gold medals.

One of these performances got here from Natalia Gorska within the 100 freestyle. The junior, who received the 100 backstroke on Friday night, turns into the fourth totally different swimmer in program historical past to assert a convention title within the occasion. She obtained again to the wall at 52.24 seconds, a personal-best.

Nathalie Medina collected two All-Conference honors in the course of the closing session, putting third in each the 1,650 freestyle — 18:01.63 — and 200 butterfly — 2:09.06. She provides her swims on Saturday to a meet that already together with a top-three end within the 500 freestyle on Thursday. It is the second consecutive yr the sophomore has clinched All-Conference standing in every of her three particular person occasions.

Lindsey Wilson closed the evening within the 400 freestyle relay with the workforce of Medina, Gorska, Hannah Woyscheszik, and Lara Reis. The quartet led to third place at 3:38.17.

Next on the docket for the Blue Raiders is the NAIA National Championships, March 4-7, in Elkhart, Indiana.