INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Two individual All-American performances and one All-American relay highlight the final two days of SCAC feats at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships last weekend.
Colorado College junior Kate Brush {pictured} earned Honorable Mention All-American honors following her 13th-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly on day three of NCAA action. Brush, the first CC swimmer to earn All-American honors since Olivia Dilorati in 2016, broke her own school record in the consolation final with a time of 2:02.93. Her performance is the highest individual SCAC swimming finish at Nationals since Trintiy’s Lindsay Hagmann finished 11th in the 100-yard freestyle in 2018.
The Trinity University women’s 800-yard freestyle relay team of Morgen Reyna, Meghan Magill, Caroline Myers and Emma Hagan closed out day three competition with an 18th-place finish in the event. The Tigers hit the wall in a time of 7:37.65.
Trinity senior Katarina Partalas earned her second All-American honor of the week, finishing third in the 3-meter diving competition, highlighting the final day of competition. Partalas, who finished ninth in the 1-meter competition two days prior, posted a score of 457.85 to secure a top-three finish. Her performance marked the highest individual SCAC diving finish at Nationals since Trinity’s Hayley Emerick finished runner-up in both the 1- and 3-meter in 2011. Partalas’ teammate Alexis Radhakrishnan finished 23rd overall with a score of 393.45.
Other individual highlights on the final day of competition included Trinity’s Hagan and Southwestern’s Jesse Stovall in the 100-yard freestyle. Hagan finished 39th with a time of 51.99 and Stovall took home 58th, hitting the wall in 52.78.
In the final event of the 2022 Championships, the 400-yard freestyle relay, both Trinity and Southwestern turned in top-25 finishes. The Tigers, led by Reyna, Magill, Myers and Hagan secured Honorable Mention All-American honors by finishing 13th with a time of 3:27.10. It was the highest SCAC relay finish at Nationals since Trinity finished 13th in the 200-yard freestyle in 2018.
Southwestern’s Stovall was joined by Emma Frey, Zoe Garcia and Delaney Anthony as the quartet finished 25th with a time of 3:32.58.
Trinity finished with a total of 31 points to earn a 22nd-place team finish. The highest SCAC team finish since the Tigers earned 19th at the 2017 NCAA Championships. Colorado College finished with four total points to take home 41st.
