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She compiled an overall dual-meet record of 46-41 and a 35-40 mark in Ivy League competition. The Bears finished fourth at the Ivy League Championships this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thank Kate for her leadership of our women&#8217;s swim and dive program,&#8221; Vice President for Athletics and Recreation <strong>M. Grace Calhoun<\/strong> said <a href=\"https:\/\/brownbears.com\/news\/2026\/3\/30\/womens-swimming-diving-brown-university-announces-leadership-change-in-womens-swimming-and-diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a press release<\/a>. &#8220;We are grateful for her contributions and wish her well in her next chapter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/ivy-league-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ivy League Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brown qualified two swimmers <a href=\"https:\/\/brownbears.com\/news\/2026\/2\/21\/womens-swimming-diving-lukinac-400-relay-team-win-gold-womens-swimming-and-diving-finish-fourth-at-2026-ivy-league-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for NCAAs this season<\/a> \u2013 <strong>Natalie Garre,<\/strong> a Division III national champion at Bowdoin College who transferred in, and <strong>Morgan Lukinac.<\/strong> Garre placed 35th in the 1,650 free and 50th in the 500. Lukinac was 40th in the 200 free and 41st in the 100 free.<\/p>\n<p>Brown finished fourth among the Ancient Eight at the league championships this year with 1,137 points, just 16 back of Harvard for third and within 100 of runner-up Penn. It\u2019s the fourth straight year they\u2019ve finished fourth in the league. In all, Kovenock led Brown to five fourth-place results; when she did that for the first time in 2019, it was the Bears\u2019 best finish since 2005. She also in 2018 led the team to consecutive winning dual-meet seasons in the league for the first time since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>A Connecticut College graduate, Kovenock arrived at Brown after five seasons as an assistant at Notre Dame. 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