Seven members of the Emory University men's tennis and swimming & diving teams were recognized this week for their standout performances during the week of September 29 – October 6.
For men's tennis, three Eagles were honored after collecting regional titles while swimming & diving swept all four weekly honors as they returned to competition for the first time in 2025-26.
Sophomore Ruilin Feng earned his first ITA South Regional singles championship this past weekend as he won all six of his matches in straight sets. Feng defeated opponents from Centre, Berry and Sewanee prior to topping teammates Matthew Johnstone and Dean Kamenev in the semifinals and finals. Additionally, Feng advanced to the round of 16 in doubles as he played alongside Kamenev.
The doubles tandem of Johnstone and sophomore Ajay Kartik captured the ITA South Regional title Monday evening, defeating teammates John Lasanajak and Daniel Kim 6-2, 6-4 in the championship match. Johnstone and Kartik did not drop more than four games in any of their four matches in their run to the finals before securing the straight set victory.
Sophomore Elodie Mitchell led the women's swimming team to a dual meet win on Saturday against Division I's Queens University of Charlotte. Mitchell claimed two of the team's nine individual event wins on the afternoon and swam the lone NCAA B Cut time for the Eagles during the meet. Mitchell recorded a NCAA qualifying mark with her win in the 200 Fly, taking first at 2:03.96, and later added a win in the 500 Freestyle as she touched at 5:08.35. In her other event on the day, Mitchell placed second in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:53.61.
Freshman Carson Kalish had a standout debut for the Eagles in the men's opener against Queens University of Charlotte. Kalish collected one of the men's five event wins during the meet as he took the top spot in the 200 Fly at 1:51.69. Kalish added additional top performances in the 200 IM (2nd, 1:53.48) and 100 Fly (3rd, 50.35) and was part of Emory's top relay team in the 400 Medley as the Eagles' A group finished second at 3:20.39.
At the West Florida Invitational in Moultrie, Georgia, sophomore Solly Berkenwald and graduate student Ariana Khan highlighted the Emory divers in action. Berkenwald picked up where he left off during his rookie season as he took first place in each of the meet's three events. On Saturday, he scored 474.90 over 11 dives on the 1-meter before recording a score of 331.75 in the 3-meter, 6-dive competition. He closed out the weekend with a winning mark of 291.85 in the 1-meter, 6-dives event on Sunday. For Khan, she turned in a pair of top three finishes, taking third in the 1-meter competition with a score of 379.90 across her 11 dives before placing second in the 3-meter field with a score of 230.30 over six dives.
