From Emory University Athletics
The Emory University Swimming & Diving teams competed at the Royal Open this past weekend in the final tune up for the NCAA Division III Championships in March.
Freshman Kellen Stillman paced the team, turning in two NCAA B Cuts in the 500 and 200 Freestyle. In the 500 Free, Stillman finished second at 4:32.30 and added a fourth place showing in the 200, touching at 1:40.08 and had a prelims time of 1:39.82.
Junior Zachary Chen and freshman Connor Duggan had second place showings for the Eagles with Chen in the 200 Backstroke with a NCAA B Cut of 1:48.69 and Duggan in the 400 IM at 3:59.53, also a NCAA qualifying mark.
Seniors Henry Copses, John Copses and juniors Alex Kohlman, Tyler Curran added NCAA B Cuts for Emory at the meet: Kohlman in the 200 Free (3rd, 1:40.07), J. Copses in the 200 Breast (2nd, 2:03.71) and H. Copses (15:58.06) and Curran (16:00.42) in the 1,650 Freestyle time trials.