Emory Women Crush 800 Free Relay NCAA D3 Record

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Women’s 800 Free Relay

NCAA Record: 7:18.15 – Thompson, Todhunter, Geller, Wilson (Williams – 2012)
2016 Champion: 7:18.50 – Thompson, Cheng, Bergh, Wawer (Emory)

It was a sweet moment for Emory and a bitter-sweet moment for Kenyon, as both teams finished beneath the existing NCAA record of 7:18.15.

The two teams held a tight battle throughout the entirety of the race, but a strong anchor leg from Emory’s Cindy Cheng propelled Emory to a narrow victory and a new national record. Teammates Fiona Muir (1:47.84), Julia Wawer (1:50.15), Marissa Bergh (1:50.04), and Cheng (1:46.95) stopped the clock at a sizzling 7:14.98 to erase the 2012 record set by Williams.

Kenyon’s Julia Green (1:50.30), Delaney Ambrosen (1:49.45), Hannah Orbach-Mandel (1:47.79), and Abby Wilson (1:47.54) turned in a second place finish of 7:15.08 for the silver.

Nicole Zanolli (1:49.09), Niamh O’Grady (1:50.96), Cara Lopiano (1:51.40), and Hannah Eastman (1:50.47) of Wash U in St. Louis completed the top three with a final time of 7:21.92.

Chicago finished fourth with a 7:22.15, followed by Williams’ 7:22.47.

Calvin (7:28.72), MIT (7:29.95), and NYU (7:30.28) completed the top eight.

  1 Emory                               7:21.36    7:14.98   40  
     1) Muir, Fiona SO                2) Wawer, Julia JR              
     3) Bergh, Marissa SR             4) Cheng, Cindy JR              
                 24.38        51.86 (51.86)
      1:19.69 (1:19.69)   1:47.84 (1:47.84)
        2:12.82 (24.98)     2:40.54 (52.70)
      3:09.00 (1:21.16)   3:37.99 (1:50.15)
        4:03.18 (25.19)     4:30.78 (52.79)
      4:59.13 (1:21.14)   5:28.03 (1:50.04)
        5:52.18 (24.15)     6:19.05 (51.02)
      6:46.73 (1:18.70)   7:14.98 (1:46.95)
  2 Kenyon                              7:19.82    7:15.08   34  
     1) Green, Julia FR               2) Ambrosen, Delaney SO         
     3) Orbach-Mandel, Hannah SO      4) Wilson, Abby SO              
                 26.18        53.89 (53.89)
      1:22.17 (1:22.17)   1:50.30 (1:50.30)
        2:15.52 (25.22)     2:42.90 (52.60)
      3:11.24 (1:20.94)   3:39.75 (1:49.45)
        4:04.46 (24.71)     4:31.93 (52.18)
      4:59.50 (1:19.75)   5:27.54 (1:47.79)
        5:52.24 (24.70)     6:19.13 (51.59)
      6:46.60 (1:19.06)   7:15.08 (1:47.54)
  3 Wash U. MO                          7:24.24    7:21.92   32  
     1) Zanolli, Nicole JR            2) O'Grady, Niamh JR            
     3) Collins, MariMac SR           4) Sapp, Lauren SO              
                 26.44        54.17 (54.17)
      1:21.69 (1:21.69)   1:49.09 (1:49.09)
        2:14.58 (25.49)     2:42.85 (53.76)
      3:11.80 (1:22.71)   3:40.05 (1:50.96)
        4:04.99 (24.94)     4:32.98 (52.93)
      5:02.08 (1:22.03)   5:31.45 (1:51.40)
        5:56.75 (25.30)     6:24.59 (53.14)
      6:52.93 (1:21.48)   7:21.92 (1:50.47)
  4 Chicago                             7:28.03    7:22.15   30  
     1) Wall, Alison SR               2) Scheidl, Maya SR             
     3) Lopiano, Cara SR              4) Eastman, Hannah SO           
                 25.84        53.70 (53.70)
      1:21.73 (1:21.73)   1:49.37 (1:49.37)
        2:13.35 (23.98)     2:40.70 (51.33)
      3:09.64 (1:20.27)   3:39.43 (1:50.06)
        4:05.41 (25.98)     4:33.92 (54.49)
      5:02.82 (1:23.39)   5:31.33 (1:51.90)
        5:57.01 (25.68)     6:25.43 (54.10)
      6:53.86 (1:22.53)   7:22.15 (1:50.82)
  5 Williams                            7:29.03    7:22.47   28  
     1) Wessell, Madeline FR          2) McNamara, Alison SO          
     3) Pierce, Megan SR              4) Jones, Lauren SR             
                 26.49        54.06 (54.06)
      1:21.83 (1:21.83)   1:51.65 (1:51.65)
        2:18.67 (27.02)     2:47.27 (55.62)
      3:15.62 (1:23.97)   3:43.77 (1:52.12)
        4:09.18 (25.41)     4:37.12 (53.35)
      5:05.69 (1:21.92)   5:34.26 (1:50.49)
        5:58.92 (24.66)     6:26.43 (52.17)
      6:54.23 (1:19.97)   7:22.47 (1:48.21)
  6 Calvin                              7:31.58    7:28.72   26  
     1) Smith, Madelyn SO             2) Serino, Anna SO              
     3) Murphy, Kendall SO            4) VanHarn, Abby JR             
                 26.83        55.42 (55.42)
      1:23.96 (1:23.96)   1:52.71 (1:52.71)
        2:18.97 (26.26)     2:47.11 (54.40)
      3:15.68 (1:22.97)   3:45.48 (1:52.77)
        4:11.43 (25.95)     4:39.98 (54.50)
      5:09.19 (1:23.71)   5:38.63 (1:53.15)
        6:03.24 (24.61)     6:31.69 (53.06)
      7:00.05 (1:21.42)   7:28.72 (1:50.09)
  7 MIT                                 7:31.09    7:29.95   24  
     1) Jedryka, Veronika SR          2) Thielking, Mary JR           
     3) Pan, Katharine FR             4) Chambers, Adelaide SO        
                 25.70        54.02 (54.02)
      1:23.06 (1:23.06)   1:52.58 (1:52.58)
        2:18.02 (25.44)     2:46.17 (53.59)
      3:14.80 (1:22.22)   3:43.62 (1:51.04)
        4:08.69 (25.07)     4:37.07 (53.45)
      5:06.82 (1:23.20)   5:37.34 (1:53.72)
        6:03.82 (26.48)     6:32.36 (55.02)
      7:01.10 (1:23.76)   7:29.95 (1:52.61)
  8 NYU                                 7:32.25    7:30.28   22  
     1) Leung, Noel SO                2) Wakabayashi, Grace SO        
     3) Bergh, Hannah JR              4) Bub, Hannah FR               
                 26.11        54.38 (54.38)
      1:23.32 (1:23.32)   1:51.75 (1:51.75)
        2:18.46 (26.71)     2:47.05 (55.30)
      3:15.71 (1:23.96)   3:44.39 (1:52.64)
        4:10.50 (26.11)     4:38.64 (54.25)
      5:07.24 (1:22.85)   5:36.71 (1:52.32)
        6:02.13 (25.42)     6:30.69 (53.98)
      7:00.53 (1:23.82)   7:30.28 (1:53.57)