Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Holds Down Second Place at Halfway Level of NCAA Championships

The Emory University ladies’s swimming & diving crew put forth a stable second day of competitors on the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, recording 5 podium finishes in addition to 4 Second Team All-America efforts.

The Eagles had been headlined by a trio of divers who reached the finals of the 1-meter occasion on Thursday. Graduate scholar Ariana Khan led the three Emory performers on the board along with her fourth place effort with a finals mark of 430.30. Sophomore Maya Kriz secured her first-ever All-America honor with a sixth place end at 4:20.10 and senior Ren Watt notched eighth place with a rating of 410.70.

In addition to the Emory divers, junior Natalie Boorjian led the Eagles within the swimming occasions as she made it to the rostrum within the 200 Freestyle with a seventh place end with a time of 1:51.26 and within the 200 Freestyle Relay, the group of Ava Kennedy, Caitlin Crysel, Penny Celtnieks and Sammi Thiele got here in sixth place with a mixed time of 1:32.62.

Crysel and Thiele put forth a pair of 11^th place efforts individually on Thursday with Crysel posting a time of 55.13 within the 100 Fly and Thiele going for 4:24.94 within the 400 IM. In the 200 Freestyle, juniors Katherine Swan and Emma Lunn went back-to-back in 13^th and 14^th positions with finals instances of 1:50.74 and 1:50.88.

At the conclusion of evening two, the Eagles remained second within the crew race with 188.5 factors with New York University in entrance at 260. Kenyon rounds out the highest three with 176.5 factors.

The NCAA Championships proceed Friday morning with prelims getting began at 10:00 AM.