Leo tallies third All-America honor on remaining day of NCAA Championships

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Concordia-St. Paul junior Sophie Leo turned probably the most embellished swimmer in program historical past after tallying her third All-America honor after ending ninth within the 100-freestyle on the ultimate day of the 2025-26 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on the Deaconess Aquatic Center on Saturday night.

Sophie Leo continued her record-setting NCAA Championships, writing extra historical past for the junior as she cemented herself as the most effective swimmer in Golden Bear historical past. 

Leo earned her third All-America honor of the meet after ending ninth within the 100-Yard Freestyle to hit her fourth lifetime finest time of the meet and her fourth damaged faculty report. 

The junior gained the comfort remaining with a time of 49.68, after qualifying for finals with a time of fifty.53 throughout prelims. The remaining time if competing within the A-Final would have positioned seventh. 

Leo certified for the NCAA Championships with a time of fifty.31 and was slotted seventeenth on the invite listing. 

Kristina Orban from Nova Southeastern completed with a time of 49.34 to grow to be the NCAA National Champion. 

Between her 4 days of competitors and three finals appearances, Leo recorded 29 complete factors for the group rating, placing the Golden Bears at twentieth out of 35 groups. That is 13 locations greater than final season’s thirty third place group rating.

In complete, Leo earned three All-America honors together with a First-Team achievement, two Top-10 placements, three journeys to finals, 4 faculty information, 4 lifetime finest occasions and was the comfort winner of the 100-Free.

The junior completed the meet with the best finishes of student-athletes from the NSIC and was the one swimmer to succeed in finals 3 times and safe three All-America honors. Augustana completed T-Twenty first place with 28 factors and Minnesota State completed twenty ninth with 14 factors.

This concludes the 2025-26 Golden Bear swimming and diving season with extra momentum than ever as they wrap-up their sixth season as a program. Head coach Rachel Busch took the group to new heights this season and in addition noticed her first profession finals and All-American performances on the NCAA Championships.