GREENSBORO, N.C. -- On the final day of the 2016 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship, two Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes posted All-American performances.
Trinity University's Lindsay Hagmann and Sarah Kate Mrkonich earned All-American honors with their top-eight performances in the meet.
Hagmann placed seventh in the 100-yard freestyle event, touching the pad in 50.79 seconds. She posted the exact same time in the morning preliminaries, qualifying for the finals.
Mrkonich was a seventh-place finisher in 3-meter diving, scoring 410.75 points in the finals. Freund finished 12th on the high board consolation finals, with a score of 417.45. Hagmann and Mrkonich are All-Americans by virtue of their finishes, while Freund earns Honorable Mention All-America recognition for the second time this week.
With their excellent finishes, the Tigers finished in a tie for 17th place with Pomona-Pitzer (CA) Colleges in the team standings.
"Scott Trompeter, Stan Randall, and I are really proud of the way our women competed all week long," said Head Swim Coach John Ryan. "All of them were All-American or Honorable Mention All-American, and their 17th-place finish is a testament to a lot of hard work all season long. Andrew, Lindsay, Danielle, and Sarah Kate all distinguished themselves, and represented Trinity well here in Greensboro. It was a good week to be a Trinity Tiger."
Trinity senior Andrew Thiesse placed 19th in the men's 200-yard backstroke Saturday with a time of 1:49.53, just missing Honorable Mention All-America honors in the event.
Colorado College senior Olivia Dilorati wrapped up her stellar career Saturday by breaking her own school record in the 100-yard freestyle race during the preliminaries. Dilorati, who finished third in the 100 butterfly on Thursday, placed 33rd in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.10, lowering her previous school record of 52.15 set last month at the SCAC Championships.
"It is hard to believe that Olivia's career at CC is over," head coach Anne Goodman James said. "She has been an amazing and consistent performer for us, and someone who has been incredibly invested in our team as a whole.
"It will be so different without her strong leadership and sincere caring for everyone around her. We are just so proud of Olivia and her storied career."
The NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championship ended Saturday. The Denison University men and Emory University women took home the team titles.
