Hannah Cooper swam a leg in the Ladies' 400-yard medley relay team which finished
second and she had a fifth-place showing in the 100-yard butterfly. Kenyon is in
fourth place with 195 points with two days remaining in the NCAA Championship.Visit Kenyon's CHAMPIONSHIP SITE for NCAA live coverage, results, bio pages, historical facts, and more.Facebook Photo GallerySHENANDOAH, Texas – The Kenyon College Ladies moved to fourth place in the standings after the second day of the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday night at the Conroe ISD Natatorium.
Williams College jumped ahead to third while Emory Univeristy (Ga.) remained in first with 323.5 points. Denison University sits in second with 252 points.
For the second straight evening, it was a medley relay team that highlighted the Ladies' top performances. In the 400,
Celia Oberholzer,
Katie Kaestner,
Hannah Cooper, and
Jenner McLeod teamed up to take the runner-up spot with a season-best time of 3:41.77.
Junior
Mariah Williamson notched Kenyon's best individual finish when she touched the wall during the 400-yard medley in a season-best time of 4:22.72. The fourth-place finish was also the best for Williamson in that event during the Championships. As a freshman, she completed it in 4:27.40 for eighth place.
Cooper delivered the Ladies' next-highest spot during the 100-yard butterfly event. The senior from Houston, Texas took fifth overall in 55.52.
Rounding out the evening for Kenyon was the 200-yard freestyle relay team of
Jourdan Cline,
Haley Townsend, McLeod, and
Laura Duncan. They finished in fourth completing that event in 1:33.14.
The Ladies have tallied 195 points with two nights remaining in the Championships. Day three of competition will begin March 20 with prelims starting at 10 a.m. and final heats kicking off at 7 p.m.
