From Emory University Athletics
With the squad split between a pair of dual swimming and diving meets on Saturday afternoon, the top-ranked Emory women earned wins at the University of the South, while falling at the NCAA Division I University of Georgia.
Emory dropped its first dual meet of the season, falling 163-127
to the top-ranked NCAA Division I women's program.
Freshman Ming Ong registered three NCAA 'B' cut times for
the Emory women in Athens, finishing third in the 200-yard
individual medley (2:06.19), and fourth in each of the 100-yard
butterfly (57.25 seconds) and 400-yard individual medley
(4:31.13). Senior McKenna Newsum-Schoenberg added
'B' cut times in both the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.52, third place)
and the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.04, fourth place), and recorded
the fastest 1,000-yard freestyle time of the year by an Eagle,
finishing third in the event with a time of 10:17.81.
Freshman Cindy Cheng claimed provisional qualifying marks
in both backstroke events, finishing fourth in the 100-yard
backstroke with a time of 56.83 seconds and third in the 200-yard
backstroke with a time of 2:05.27. Other 'B' cut times for
the Emory women came from sophomore Annelise Kowalsky in
the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.33, second place),
junior Elizabeth Aronoff in the 200-yard breaststroke
(2:22.76, second place), and the Eagles' 200-yard medley relay team
of sophomore Claire Liu, Kowalsky, sophomore Marcela
Sanchez-Aizcorbe and senior Nancy Larson (1:45.29,
third place). Junior Kellen Hope contributed with an NCAA
qualifying score of 276.68 in the one-meter dive, finishing second
in the event.
The Eagles were victorious versus against Sewanee by a 138-128
score.
Junior Mikayla Carnley won three individual events
– the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:46.33), the 100-yard
backstroke (1:00.05), and the 500-yard freestyle (5:14.00).
Other multiple individual event winners for the women included
junior MacKenzie Brosnahan in the 50-yard freestyle
(24.95 seconds) and 100-yard freestyle (55.18 seconds),
freshman Megan Campbell in the 200-yard butterfly
(2:10.92) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:28.34) and junior Megan
Freeman in the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.30) and 200-yard
individual medley (2:15.96). Adding first-place finishes for
the Emory women on Saturday in Sewanee were senior Lexi
Tutor in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.79),
freshman Kike Afolabi-Brown in the 200-yard freestyle
(2:00.77) and freshman Alison Mai in the 200-yard
backstroke (2:12.29).
Emory swept both relays, with freshman Sia Beasley, Campbell,
sophomore Kristine Rosenberger and Brosnahan winning the
200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:51.56, and Afolabi-Brown,
Rosenberger, freshman Alexandra Brown and Brosnahan
finishing first in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of
1:40.08.
With the split on Saturday, Emory wrapped up the campaign with an
8-1 mark.