INDIANAPOLIS – Findlay and Hillsdale student-athletes receiving All-American accolades highlighted a busy four-day stretch at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI last week to conclude the 2018-19 season.
UF finished 26th in the final team standings with 21 points and HC placed 35th with 11 points. Queens (N.C.) University was crowned the overall team champions from both the men’s and women’s scoring.
Findlay received College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Honorable Mention All-American status in both the 200 and 400 medley relays after placing in the consolation final of each event.
In the 200-yard medley relay, the foursome of Christina McFarland, Hanna Cederholm, Katy Kouvaris and Amanda Stiegal, placed 13th with a time of 1:43.13.
The same group then placed 11th on Thursday in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:44.73.
Both marks by the Oilers represented new conference records that were previously set in 2018 by Findlay. McFarland, Kouvaris and Stiegal, were both two-time All-Americans at this year’s meet alone.
By virtue of top-eight placement, Hillsdale’s Anika Ellingson was an official CSCAA First Team All-American and UF’s Cederholm secured Honorable Mention All-American status in the 100 breaststroke.
Ellingson shattered the conference record and the HC school record in the prelims, where she finished sixth and Cederholm was 16th. With 33 total entries in the 100 breaststroke, it was a quite a feat in itself to qualify for the final heats.
Ellingson touched the wall in 1:03.12 to finish eighth overall in the final and Cederholm’s time of 1:03.18 gave the junior her third All-American award of the meet. Ellingson was also a national qualifier in the 200 breaststroke and moved up to 23rd overall in the field.
Tiffin freshman Nicholas Jefferson, the Great Midwest/Mountain East Diver of the Meet at the combined championships in Canton, Ohio, competed in the 3-meter dive. He finished 18th in the prelims with a score of 315.65.
Jefferson was the lone Great Midwest diving student-athlete to represent the league at the national championship meet.