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Women's NCAA Championships
Alabama Concludes NCAA Championships with Wiseman Earning All-America Honors
3/23/2024 9:37:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
The UA junior paced a group of five swimmers to a combined 10 All-America accolades, including three from Wiseman
ATHENS, Ga. – Avery Wiseman recorded her third Second Team All-America honor at the 2024 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships to pace Alabama on the final night of competition.
Wiseman went 2:07.37 to capture the third-fastest time in the B final and secure an 11th-place finish overall. The Second Team All-America nod was the third of the meet for the UA junior, who also picked up second-team honors in the 100 breaststroke (10th place) and the 200 medley relay (16th place) earlier in the week.
Overall, Alabama had five student-athletes capture 10 All-America honors as Gaby Van Brunt, Kailyn Winter and Cadence Vincent secured the honor in both the 200 medley relay in addition to the 200 freestyle relay (12th place) alongside Diana Petkova. The Crimson Tide finished 23rd in the team standings with 25 points, recording a top-25 finish for the 10th consecutive season (excluding the 2020 championships which was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic).
From Head Coach Margo Geer
"I'm proud of the team and their effort all week. This group did a great job of being resilient through the ups and downs of the competition. There was so much growth from our freshmen. I'm also very grateful for our upperclassmen – Avery, Diana, Liberty (Williams), Kailyn and Jocelyn (Fisher); it was great to see the team's hard work rewarded. I appreciate the staff and their support this season, and I'm excited for the men's meet next week."
Meet Notes
- In addition to Wiseman's Second Team All-America honors in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, Alabama finished 12th in the 200 freestyle relay and 16th in the 200 medley relay to earn second-team honors in both events
- During the final day of competition, the Tide's 400 freestyle relay team of Petkova, Vincent, Winter and Van Brunt dropped four tenths of a second for a season-best 3:13.54
- The 400 freestyle relay performance placed the quartet 20th in the final event, which was aided by a 48.29 opening 100 freestyle split from Petkova
- Ella Menear swam a personal-best 1:54.71 in the 200 backstroke, ranking her fourth all-time in program history, as the UA freshman finished 36th overall at the national meet
- It was her second personal-best performance at the competition after swimming a time of 52.11 in the 100 backstroke on Friday
- Petkova recorded a season-best performance in the 100 freestyle, bettering her entry time by nearly half a second with a 47.98
- She would finish first in her heat and 23rd overall as Cadence Vincent finished 48th with a 48.79
- Liberty Williams went 16:20.80 to place 38th in the mile, while Jocelyn Fisher concluded her collegiate career in the 200 breaststroke, swimming a time of 2:13.89 for 59th place
Next
- Alabama will send eight swimmers to the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis
- Competition gets underway Wednesday, March 27, with a champion being crowned on Saturday, March 30
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