For the first time in program history, the Emory University men's swimming & diving team won back-to-back national championships as the Eagles hoisted the Walnut & Bronze once again at the end of the season.
A loaded veteran core pushed the Eagles back to the top of podium as Emory outlasted Kenyon College at the 2023 NCAA Championships by a score of 532-495.5. Across the four-day meet in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Eagles garnered 24 All-America First Team honors and 13 All-America Second Team finishes. In addition, Emory established new Division III records in the 200 Medley and 800 Freestyle relay events.
A driving force in the team's national championship was the five event titles the Eagles won at the meet. Junior Jake Meyer and graduate student Jason Hamilton swept the individual breaststroke championships with Meyer winning the 100 for his first-ever individual title while Hamilton won his third straight national crown in the 200. Behind Meyer and Hamilton, the Eagles secured eight All-America finishes in the two breaststroke events to lead the way to the team title.
Senior Pat Pema came through with a dominating meet as he earned six All-America honors. Pema won gold in the 500 Freestyle, finished in the silver position in the 200 Freestyle and was part of the Eagles' national record-setting win in the 800 Freestyle Relay along with Hamilton, Crow Thorsen and Nicholas Goudie.
Another national record was set earlier in the meet as the opening night saw Meyer, Ryan Soh, Jeff Echols and Colin LaFave claimed Emory's second straight national championship in the 200 Medley Relay. Blistering splits by Echols and LaFave aided the Eagles in making history as the group broke a six-year old national record, going under the previous top DIII time of 1:26.14 set by former Eagle standouts Sage Ono, Andrew Wilson, Cooper Tollen and Oliver Smith.
The national meet also saw the end of an impeccable diving career from Lucas Bumgarner as he earned two more national runner-up finishes. Bumgarner closes the book on one of the best diving careers in UAA history, totaling eight All-America finishes including four second place showings, seven-time UAA champion, and became the first diver in conference history to be named the Diver of the Year four times after leading the Eagles to another UAA title in February. He'll leave the Eagles as the school record holder in all four diving events.
At the UAA Championships, the Eagles overtook Chicago on the final day to capture their 24th straight league championship.
Across the four-day meet which was hosted in Atlanta for the second straight year, Emory compiled nine event championships and 21 All-UAA honors. The Eagles erased a 12-point deficit on Saturday to defeat the Maroons by 25.5 points – the third closest meet in UAA history.
In addition to NCAA and UAA honors, the Eagles secured several prominent academic honors throughout the course of the season. Pema became the latest Eagle to be a recipient of the prestigious NCAA postgraduate scholarship while Meyer, Bumgarner and Ryan Gibbons earned Academic All-America honors by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) organization. Bumgarner also added to his ledger by being one of eight Emory student-athletes chosen to the Emory 100 Senior Honorary. Furthermore, the Eagles led all NCAA programs with 30 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans.
The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2022-23 season:
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NCAA Division III Champion |
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500 Freestyle, 800 Freestyle Relay |
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200 Breaststroke, 800 Freestyle Relay |
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100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay |
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200 Medley Relay |
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800 Freestyle Relay |
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200 Medley Relay |
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200 Medley Relay |
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800 Freestyle Relay |
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All-America (Top-Eight Finisher at NCAA Division III Championships) |
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200 Freestyle Relay (3rd), 400 Freestyle Relay (3rd) |
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100 Breaststroke (6th) |
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1-Meter (2nd), 3-Meter (2nd) |
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200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (5th) |
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400 IM (4th) |
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800 Freestyle Relay (1st), 50 Freestyle (3rd), 100 Freestyle (3rd), 400 Freestyle Relay (3rd), 200 Freestyle (4th), 400 Medley Relay (5th) |
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200 Breaststroke (1st), 800 Freestyle Relay (1st), 100 Breaststroke (3rd), 400 Medley Relay (5th) |
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200 Medley Relay (1st), 200 Freestyle Relay (1st), 400 Freestyle Relay (3rd), 100 Freestyle (6th) |
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200 Breaststroke (4th) |
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100 Breaststroke (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 200 Breaststroke (2nd) |
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200 IM (8th) |
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500 Freestyle (1st), 800 Freestyle Relay (1st), 200 Freestyle (2nd), 200 Freestyle Relay (3rd), 400 Freestyle Relay (3rd), 100 Freestyle (T-4th) |
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200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (5th) |
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800 Freestyle Relay (1st), 400 IM (3rd), 500 Freestyle (8th) |
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All-America Second Team (Finished 9th – 16th at NCAA Division III Championships) |
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200 IM (11th), 200 Backstroke (12th) |
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200 Breaststroke (11th) |
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200 Fly (15th) |
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200 Backstroke (10th) |
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50 Freestyle (10th), 100 Backstroke (10th) |
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100 Breaststroke (13th) |
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400 IM (16th) |
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200 Backstroke (13th) |
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200 Backstroke (11th) |
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100 Fly (11th) |
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UAA Diver of the Year |
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UAA Champion |
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400 Freestyle Relay |
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1-Meter, 3-Meter |
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50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle Relay |
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100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke |
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400 Freestyle Relay |
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200 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle Relay |
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100 Backstroke |
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All-UAA (Top-Three Finisher at UAA Championships) |
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400 Freestyle Relay (1st), 200 Freestyle Relay (2nd) |
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100 Breaststroke (3rd) |
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1-Meter (1st), 3-Meter (1st) |
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800 Freestyle Relay (2nd) |
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200 Medley Relay (2nd), 400 Medley Relay (2nd), 100 Fly (3rd) |
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50 Freestyle (1st), 100 Freestyle (1st), 400 Freestyle Relay (1st), 800 Freestyle (2nd), 200 Freestyle Relay (2nd), 400 Medley Relay (2nd) |
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100 Breaststroke (1st), 200 Breaststroke (1st), 200 Medley Relay (2nd), 400 Medley Relay (2nd) |
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400 Freestyle Relay (1st), 200 Freestyle Relay (2nd), 50 Freestyle (2nd), 200 Medley Relay (2nd), 400 Medley Relay (2nd) |
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200 Breaststroke (2nd) |
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200 Backstroke (2nd) |
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200 Freestyle (1st), 400 Freestyle Relay (1st), 800 Freestyle Relay (2nd), 200 Freestyle (2nd), 100 Freestyle (3rd) |
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100 Backstroke (1st), 200 Medley Relay (2nd) |
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400 IM (2nd), 800 Freestyle Relay (2nd), 500 Freestyle (3rd) |
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CoSIDA Academic All-America |
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First Team |
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Second Team |
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Second Team |
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NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient |
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Emory 100 Senior Honorary |
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CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team |
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CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team |
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Jeffrey George |
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Josh Giardinelli |
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Jake Wessell |
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UAA Athletes of the Week |
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Oct. 3 |
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Oct. 3, Oct. 24, Jan. 30, Feb. 13, Feb. 27, March 20 |
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Oct. 10 |
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Dec. 5, March 20 |
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Jan. 23 |
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Jan. 30 |
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Feb. 6 |
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The following were the top marks by Emory swimmers and divers during the 2022-23 season:
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50 Free |
19.97 |
NCAA Championships |
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100 Free |
44.05 |
UAA Championships |
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200 Free |
1:35.92 |
Denison Invitational |
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500 Free |
4:20.41* |
NCAA Championships |
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1000 Free |
9:35.08 |
Vs. Delta St. |
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1650 Free |
15:36.95 |
Emory February Invitational |
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100 Back |
47.56* |
NCAA Championships |
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200 Back |
1:45.34* |
Denison Invitational |
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100 Breast |
52.87 |
NCAA Championships |
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200 Breast |
1:53.77 |
NCAA Championships |
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100 Fly |
47.74 |
NCAA Championships |
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200 Fly |
1:47.42 |
Emory February Invitational |
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200 IM |
1:48.23 |
NCAA Championships |
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400 IM |
3:52.07 |
NCAA Championships |
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1-Meter, 11-Dives |
612.85 |
Emory February Invitational |
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3-Meter, 11-Dives |
593.55 |
UAA Championships |
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200 Free Relay |
1:19.24 |
NCAA Championships |
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200 Medley Relay |
1:25.85*N |
NCAA Championships |
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400 Free Relay |
2:56.76 |
NCAA Championships |
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400 Medley Relay |
3:13.43 |
NCAA Championships |
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800 Free Relay |
6:26.98*N |
NCAA Championships |
* - Indicates Emory record
N – Indicated National record