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Emma Nicklas-Morris of Carnegie Mellon Places Fifth in 400-Yard IM at NCAA Championships

Emma Nicklas-Morris of Carnegie Mellon Places Fifth in 400-Yard IM at NCAA Championships
Posted: Mar 16, 2017

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming and diving team earned 14 more points at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday, March 16 when freshman Emma Nicklas-Morris (Winston-Salem, N.C./RJ Reynolds) swam in the finals of the 400-yard IM.

Nicklas-Morris earned her second All-America honor of the meet when she placed fifth Thursday in the 400-yard IM. Her time of 4:23.22 topped her time of 4:24.36 from the preliminaries and bettered her previous school record of 4:25.31 set at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in February.

With her finish Thursday, Nicklas-Morris became the second women's swimmer to earn All-America status in the 400-yard IM. Jo Wollschlaeger was a three-time All-American in the event in 1989, 1990 and 1991.

Junior Mary St. John (Bethesda, Md./Sidwell Friends School) just missed competing in the consolation finals of the 400-yard IM when she finished 17th in the preliminaries with a time of 4:30.42.

Both Nicklas-Morris and St. John will compete in their final events of the meet on Friday when they race in the 200-yard butterfly. Also scheduled to swim on Friday is junior Kim Hochstedler (Mishawaka, Ind./Penn) who will compete in the 100-yard breaststroke.