Kong Breaks Program Document and Earns All-America Honor Once more as Pioneers Proceed Sturdy Exhibiting at NCAA Championships

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Junior Tehani Kong delivered an All-America efficiency Friday to guide the Cal State East Bay Pioneers on day 4 of the NCAA Division II Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships on the Deaconess Aquatic Center.
 
Kong earned Second Team All-America honors within the 200 free after putting ninth general within the finals with a time of two:00.99, setting a brand new program report within the occasion. The junior certified for the comfort closing earlier within the day with a ninth-place prelim swim of two:02.19 earlier than enhancing her time by greater than a second within the night session to safe 9 factors for the Pioneers.
 
Alexia Fajardo simply missed the cutoff for the finals within the 200 free, putting 18^th with a time of two:04.51.
 
Freshman Maggie Clemens additionally competed Friday within the 500 freestyle preliminaries, ending twenty third general with a time of 5:03.15. Teammate Malana Kollath positioned twenty ninth within the occasion after touching the wall in 5:05.34.
 
Later within the night session, Kong returned to the pool to guide the Pioneers within the 200 freestyle relay alongside Fajardo, Clemens and Kollath. The quartet posted a time of 1:37.34 to complete seventeenth general.
 
Through 27 occasions, the Pioneers sit 18th within the group standings with 31 factors because the nationwide championships proceed by Saturday.