Alabama Earns Two More Medals on Day Three of the USA Swimming National Championships, Including Gold from Rhyan White

IRVINE, Calif – Alabama came away with two more medals on day four of the USA Swimming National Championships being held in Irvine, Calif., this week, with a gold from Rhyan White and a bronze from Kensey McMahon.

White won the women's 100-meter backstroke national championship as the only woman under 59.0 in the event, turning in a 58.91 to scoop up the gold. She added that to her silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke from earlier in the week.

McMahon added another bronze medal to her haul at the national championships, taking third in the 400-meter freestyle with a school-record time of 4:08.57, shaving nearly a second off the previous school record of 4:09.39 she set in prelims. Overall, she knocked more than two seconds off the school standard she set in 2019. McMahon also earned bronze in the 800-meter freestyle on the championships' first day of competition.

In other Crimson Tide action, Morgan School won the B Final of the women's 100-meter backstroke with a career-best 1:00.48, finishing ninth overall.

Action concludes Saturday with Alabama putting eight swimmers, two men and six women, in the 1,500-meter freestyle, 200-meter individual medley and the 50 freestyle. Prelims go off at 9 a.m. PT, while finals start at 5 p.m. PT.

Alabama at Summer Nationals (July 26-30)

Day 5 – Saturday, July 30

1500 Freestyle

Women – Kensey McMahon

200 Individual Medley

Men – Charlie Hawke

Women – Rhyan White, Cat Wright

50 Freestyle

Men – Jonathan Berneburg, Ben Hines

Women – Cora Dupre, Morgan Scott, Kailyn Winter

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