The Emory University women's swimming & diving team put an end to its season Saturday night as the NCAA Championships concluded at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Eagles ended the four-day meet with 433.5 points on the strength of two national championships, two program records, 19 First Team All-American efforts and 11 Second Team All-America finishes. New York University won its first-ever national title with 517 points and Kenyon University rounded out the top three on the team leaderboard with 380 points.
On the final night of competition, the Eagles added to their ledger with one more national title, another program record, four podium finishes and five Second Team All-America nods.
Junior Emma Lunn capped off her stellar debut season wearing a gold cap as she claimed the national championship in the 200 Backstroke with a winning time of 1:58.83.
In the 200 Breaststroke, junior Katie Cohen continued to rewrite the Emory record books as she recorded her second program record of the met with her national runner-up effort with a time of 2:11.80 to smash the five-year-old record by more than three seconds.
Emory added podium finishes in the 100 Freestyle with sophomore Caitlin Crysel taking eighth with a time of 50.86 and in the 400 Freestyle Relay, the group of Crysel, graduate student Sammi Thiele, junior Natalie Boorjian and senior Ava Kennedy placed seventh at 3:23.91.
To go along with Lunn's title, the 200 Backstroke also featured a pair of strong efforts in the consolation final with senior Emily Noll winning the race with a mark of 1:59.05 while freshman Holly Brundage touched right behind her in 10th at 2:00.01.
Sophomore Maddy Lu turned in an 11th place finish in the 200 Breaststroke, posting a time of 2:19.32, and in the 1650 Freestyle, the Eagles had two Second Team All-Americans with seniors Morgan Main (17:08.93) and Meredith Liu (17:09.57) finishing back-to-back in 11th and 12th positions.
The Eagles' national runner-up performance is the team's third in the past five national meets while also marking the 23rd top five team finish over the previous 24 NCAA Championships.
