2017 NCAA Division III Championships: Emory Women Claim 200 Medley Relay

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Women’s 200 Medley Relay

NCAA Record: 1:40.58 – Celia Oberholzer, Laura Duncan, Hannah Cooper, Jennifer McLeod (Kenyon – 2015)
2016 Champion: 1:40.77 – Cindy Cheng, Annelise Kowalsky, Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Fiona Muir (Emory)

Emory’s Marissa Bergh raced to an amazing 22.55 anchor leg to bring home the victory for the Eagles. This was the second-fastest anchor leg across the board. She was preceded by Cindy Cheng (25.30), Kowalsky (28.67) and Sanchez-Aizcobe (24.31).

Despite a second-place finish, Denison’s team also swam a fast relay finishing with a 1:41.33. Freshman Kt Kustritz split a 27.82 on the breaststroke leg to keep the Big Red in the mix.

Third-place Williams had three solid splits and one incredible anchor leg by recent NCAA Division III 50 freestyle Champion Emma Waddell. Her swim of 22.26 was easily the fastest of any swimmer and surged the Ephs past Kenyon, Johns Hopkins and Connecticut College.

                            === Championship Final ===                            
 
  1 Emory                               1:41.01    1:40.83   40  
     1) Cheng, Cindy JR               2) Kowalsky, Annelise SR        
     3) Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Marcela SR  4) Bergh, Marissa SR            
                 25.30        53.97 (28.67)
        1:18.28 (24.31)     1:40.83 (22.55)
  2 Denison                             1:42.09    1:41.33   34  
     1) Kirby, Casey FR               2) Kustritz, Katherine FR       
     3) Le, Angela FR                 4) Kane, Carolyn SR             
                 25.94        53.76 (27.82)
        1:18.42 (24.66)     1:41.33 (22.91)
  3 Williams                            1:42.72    1:41.60   32  
     1) Jackson, Olivia SR            2) White, Caroline FR           
     3) Hare, Maia SO                 4) Waddell, Emma JR             
                 26.21        54.89 (28.68)
        1:19.34 (24.45)     1:41.60 (22.26)
  4 Kenyon                              1:42.58    1:41.98   30  
     1) Otazu, Summer FR              2) Wilson, Julia JR             
     3) Hopf, Hollie FR               4) Wilson, Abby SO              
                 25.53        54.04 (28.51)
        1:19.01 (24.97)     1:41.98 (22.97)
  5 Johns Hopkins                       1:42.19    1:42.06   28  
     1) Rincon, Natalia SO            2) Lin, Sonia FR                
     3) Brown, Abigail SR             4) Petersen, Kristen FR         
            1:19.10 ( )     1:42.06 (22.96)
  6 Conn College                        1:42.98    1:42.47   26  
     1) Wilber, Maeve SO              2) Erb, Mary FR                 
     3) Gribbel, Lily FR              4) Haskell, Olivia SO           
                 26.23        54.41 (28.18)
        1:19.12 (24.71)     1:42.47 (23.35)
  7 W & L                               1:43.78    1:43.36   24  
     1) Rollo, Emily SR               2) Hageboeck, Emily FR          
     3) MacQueen, Alison FR           4) Fuller, Cassidy JR           
                 26.42        55.95 (29.53)
        1:20.12 (24.17)     1:43.36 (23.24)
 -- NYU                                 1:43.08         DQ  
     1) Li, May SO                    2) Collins, Honore FR           
     3) Lin, Kathy FR                 4) Gibbs, Elise SR              
                 26.13        55.23 (29.10)
        1:19.68 (24.45)          DQ (22.89)

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