From Case Western Reserve University Athletics
The Case Western Reserve University women's 400-yard freestyle relay team of junior Suhan Mestha, senior Inez Moore, freshman Caitlyn VonFeldt and freshman Vanya Ruppart placed third in the event to lead the Spartan women to a sixth-place finish at the 2018 University Athletic Association Championships in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday.
The women's 400-yard freestyle relay team placed third in the event with a NCAA 'B' cut time and new school record time of 3:28.84. That time bests the previous school record of 3:30.71 set at the 2017 Wooster Invitational.
The Spartan women scored 740.50 points to finish sixth overall in the team standings. Emory won the meet with 2,049 points, New York finished second with 1,246.50 points, and Carnegie Mellon finished third with 1,213.50 points. On the men's side, CWRU placed sixth with 772.50 points, while Emory won the meet with 1,725 points. NYU claimed second with 1,519 points and Washington (Mo.) finished third with 1,492.50 points.
The Spartan women claimed two other 'B' cut times on Saturday. VonFeldt placed ninth in the 200-yard backstroke with a NCAA 'B' cut time of 2:01.47, while Mestha finished 10th in the event with a NCAA 'B' cut time of 2:02.16.
Sophomore Sarah Taekman added a 13th-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:24.50, while junior Kelsey Holmberg placed 14th in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 18:11.30.