The Emory University women's swimming & diving team closed out the University Athletic Association Championships with another outstanding night of performances, putting a capper on the program's 24th consecutive conference championship and 30th in team history.
The Eagles claimed four more event championships Saturday night, bringing their four-day title total to 11. Emory rounded out the meet with 1872 points with Chicago finishing second at 1638 and NYU in third at 1530. In addition to the 11 conference titles, the Eagles had 22 All-UAA showings and set four UAA meet records.
After setting conference records as part of the 200 and 400 Medley Relays, senior Caroline Maki wrote herself into the UAA record books with a stellar showing in the 100 Freestyle. In prelims, Maki had a blistering pace of 49.93 to break the record before one-upping herself in finals at 49.72 to win her straight conference crown in the event. After her win in the 100, Maki joined forces with senior Sammie Kass, freshman Claire DePiero and graduate student Taylor Leone to close out the meet with a win in the 400 Free relay, posting a winning time of 3:23.14.
With her two wins on Saturday, Maki brought her meet ledger to six event titles and was later named the Women's Swimmer of the Year. She tied Leone for the title in the 100 Fly on Friday and was part of four championship-winning relays, including the 200 and 400 Medleys that established new UAA records. Maki is the second straight Eagle to win the award and the 12th in the last 13 conference meets.
In addition to Maki and the 400 Free Relay, the Eagles saw championships crowned in the 1,650 Freestyle as Sloane Donovan won her first-ever UAA title with a time of 16:55.00 and in the 200 Breast as junior Fiona Arwood repeated as UAA champion, recording a finals time of 2:15.83.
All-UAA performances were also turned in on Saturday by freshman Meredith Liu in the mile (3rd, 17:07.64), junior Megan Jungers in the 200 Back (3rd, 2:00.34) and graduate student Marianne Allard in the 200 Breast (3rd, 2:20.09).
The final award of the night was awarded to the Emory coaching staff of Jon Howell, Cindy Fontana, John Petroff, Bob Hackett and Tomasz Rosas as they were named the Women's Coaching Staff of the Year, representing the 13th time Howell and his staff has earned the women's award.