Emory University juniors Ellie Thompson and Elizabeth Aronoff and seniors Nina Zook and Nancy Larson combined to give the Eagles their second event win at the 2015 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Shenandoah, Texas, as the quartet claimed the National Title in the 400-yard medley relay on Thursday night.

Thompson, Aronoff, Zook and Larson became the just the second Emory women's relay to win the 400-yard medley relay, as their time of 3:41.44 broke the school record set by the 2011 squad that claimed the National Championship in the event.

It marked the 14^th National Championship in a relay event in the history of the Emory Women's Swimming and Diving team, and the 40^th title overall.  Larson claimed her fourth career National Championship with the win, while Aronoff earned her second.  It was the first Division III Title for both Thompson and Zook.

The 400-yard medley relay championship keyed a strong second day for the Emory women, as the squad, looking for its sixth-consecutive team title and eighth overall, increased its lead in the team standings.  The Eagles now lead all women's programs with 323.5 points, followed by Denison University in second with 252 points and Williams in third with 213 points.  Emory's women totaled eight individual all-America honors, two relay all-America finishes and an addition two honorable mentions during the second day.

The Emory men, who recorded all-America finishes in a relay and an individual event, in addition to a pair of honorable mentions on Thursday, now sit in third-place with 145 points, trailing both Kenyon College (287 points) and Denison (209 points).

The Emory women opened the second day with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay, as sophomores Claire Liu, Marissa Bergh, Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe and Larson claimed an all-America honor with a time of 1:31.93 in the finals of the event.

Three more Eagles claimed all-America honors in the women's 400-yard individual medley, led by a third-place finish from freshman Ming Ong with a time of 4:20.49.  Seniors Megan Beach and Michelle York each earned all-America honors in the event for the third-straight year, with Beach finishing fifth after recording a time of 4:23.35 in the prelimaries and York taking seventh-place following her time of 4:24.42 in the preliminaries.

Emory had four all-America finishers in the 200-yard freestyle, including freshman Julia Wawer (third place, 1:49.50), freshman Cindy Cheng (sixth place, 1:49.54 in the preliminaries), freshman Rebecca Upton (seventh place, 1:50.06 in the preliminaries) and Larson (eighth place, 1:50.74 in the preliminaries).  Junior Carolyn Bonfield added an all-America honorable mention finish, placing 15^th with a time of 1:51.16.

The Eagles also received an all-America performance from freshman Megan Campbell in the 100-yard butterfly, who finished eighth in the event after swimming a time of 55.55 in the preliminaries.  Zook claimed an all-America honorable mention certificate with a 10^th-place finish after notching a preliminary mark of 55.58 seconds.

The Emory men were also paced by their 400-yard medley relay team of sophomore Mitchell Cooper, junior Andrew Wilson, senior Hayden Baker and freshman Alexander Hardwick, which finished second in the event.  The team's time of 3:13.55 was a 1.58-second improvement on the previous school record (set at last year's NCAA Championships), and was second only to the winning time in NCAA Division III history.

Sophomore Christian Baker added the only individual all-America honor for the Emory men on Thursday, finishing fifth in the 200-yard freestyle after recording a time of 1:37.95 in the preliminaries.  Claiming all-America honorable mentions on Thursday were Cooper in the 400-yard individual medley (13^th place, 3:57.25 in the preliminaries) and Hayden Baker in the 100-yard butterfly (12^th place, 48.81 seconds in the preliminaries).

Through the first two days of the meet, the Eagles have combined for a pair of National Championships (the women's 400-yard medley relay and Wilson in the men's 200-yard individual medley), eight individual all-America honors, five relay all-America finishes, and 11 all-America honorable mention certificates.

Day three of the NCAA Championships on Friday will feature the 200-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, and 800-yard freestyle relay.  Fans can follow the action with live video at http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule and follow the results live at http://www.collegeswimming.us/results/28723/.  A full recap of Emory's performances and results will be posted to EmoryAthletics.com following the completion of competition on Friday.