Girls’s Swimming & Diving: Four Scots Acknowledged by CSC with Academic All-District Honors

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Four Macalester College girls’s swimming & diving staff members have been named to the Division III Academic All-District Team, as chosen by the College Sports Communicators. Senior Nadia Lanz (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) makes her third look on the Academic All-District Team, whereas senior Emma Henry (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith) and sophomores Molly Nuckolls (Lawrence, Kan./Free State) and Maya Téllez (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) are receiving their first Academic All-District honor.

A repeat choice on the Academic All-District staff, Lanz completed third within the 400-yard particular person medley on the MIAC Championships to earn All-MIAC standing for the second time in her profession. She additionally obtained All-MIAC honorable point out with a fifth-place end within the 200-yard backstroke. Lanz, who is also a two-time MIAC All-Academic honoree, is majoring in psychology and academic research.

Henry concluded her standout profession by incomes All-MIAC honors with a second-place end within the 100-yard butterfly on the MIAC Championships. A six-time All-MIAC honoree, she additionally was fourth within the 50-yard freestyle to obtain All-MIAC honorable point out in that occasion this winter. Henry additionally broke the varsity file within the 100-yard particular person medley in her closing swim as a Scot. She is majoring in political science and historical past and has made the All-MIAC Academic staff twice.

Nuckolls gained the MIAC title within the 200-yard butterfly this winter and likewise positioned second within the 500-yard freestyle. She additionally was All-MIAC within the 800-yard freestyle relay this 12 months and the 1650-yard freestyle final 12 months. Nuckolls is majoring in linguistics.

Téllez turned in a pair of All-MIAC performances within the particular person occasions this 12 months, taking second within the 200-yard particular person medley and third within the 200-yard freestyle. She additionally was on the Scots’ 800-yard freestyle relay staff that completed second. Téllez is a neuroscience main at Macalester.

Student-athletes should be at a sophomore, junior or senior, have a cumulative grade-point common of not less than 3.50 and have both competed in 5 of their staff’s competitions or completed within the prime eight on the convention championships to be thought of for Academic All-District and All-American accolades.

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