2022-23 Women's Swimming & Diving Season Recap

Posted: Jul 18, 2023

The Emory University women's swimming & diving team maintained its place as one of the top programs in the country, posting another top-two finish nationally to end the 2022-23 season.

For the second straight NCAA Championships, the Eagles finished as the national runner-up after scoring 385 compared to Denison University's 464.5 as the Bid Red claimed its first team title since 2001.

Over the four-day national meet, the Eagles saw national championships won in three events while securing 17 All-America First Team and 10 All-America Second Team honors. The second place finish is the 21st-straight meet the Eagles have finished among the top four teams at the meet and is the fourth national runner-up finish in team history.

Sophomore Ariana Khan headlined the team at the NCAA Championships as she became the first women's diver to win a national title in over 30 years, winning the 3-meter event. She, along with Diving Coach Tomsaz Rossa, earned two of the prominent awards of the meet as both were named the Diver and Coach of the Year by the CSCAA. Khan is the first diver in program history, for either the women or men, to earn the prestigious award.

In addition to Khan, the Eagles won relay national championships to highlight the national meet. Megan Jungers, Anna Glowniak, Taylor Leone and Caroline Maki made history in the 200 Medley as the group set a new Division III record at 1:39.59. Leone and Maki added a national title the following evening as they teamed with Penny Celtnieks and Sammie Kass for gold in the 200 Freestyle.

Leone and Maki, the two unsung leaders in the pool over the duration of the season, finished the national meet as the All-America leaders with seven each.

The duo paced the team to its 24^th consecutive UAA championship a month prior with Maki taking home UAA Swimmer of the Year honors, just as Leone did at the 2022 conference championships. Maki became the 12^th Eagles to win the honor over the last 13 UAA meets after winning six event championships and setting UAA records in three different events.

All told at the UAA Championships, the Eagles won 11 event titles and had 22 All-UAA performances as Emory won comfortably with 1,872 points compared to Chicago's second place total of 1,638.

At the conclusion of the meet the coaching staff of Jon Howell, Cindy Fontana, John Petroff, Bob Hackett and Rossa 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.

Furthermore, notable Eagles were recognized for their academic pedigree to go along with their success in the pool. Leone was one of three swimmers to garner a spot on the Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Communicators (CSC), joining Maki and Sloane Donovan, as well as became the sixth Emory Eagle to ever be named the National Academic All-American of the Year for their respective sport.

Maki also was honored as one of eight student-athletes to be chosen as Emory 100 Senior Honorary recipients and one of three on the team to be chosen for the honor along with Glowniak and Rose Gertzman. Furthermore, the Eagles saw 21 athletes chosen as CSCAA Scholar All-Americans, including 18 on the First Team.

The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2022-23 season:

NCAA Division III Champion
Penny Celtnieks	200 Freestyle Relay
Anna Glowniak	200 Medley Relay
Megan Jungers	200 Medley Relay
Sammie Kass	200 Freestyle Relay
Ariana Khan	3-Meter
Taylor Leone	200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay
Caroline Maki	200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay

CSCAA Women's Diver of the Year
Ariana Khan

CSCAA Women's Diving Coach of the Year
Tomasz Rossa

All-America First Team (Top-Eight Finisher at NCAA Division III Championships)
Moshelle Borjigin	400 Freestyle Relay (4^th), 800 Freestyle Relay (5^th)
Penny Celtnieks	200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 100 Backstroke (6^th)
Jada Chatoor	1650 Freestyle (6^th)
Anna Glowniak	200 Medley Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (2^nd), 100 Breaststroke (7^th)
Penelope Helm	800 Freestyle Relay (5^th)
Isabel Huang	800 Freestyle Relay (5^th)
Megan Jungers	200 Medley Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (2^nd), 100 Backstroke (2^nd)
Sammie Kass	200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 400 Freestyle Relay (4^th), 800 Freestyle Relay (5^th)
Ariana Khan	3-Meter (1^st), 1-Meter (2^nd)
Taylor Leone	200 Medley Relay (1^st), 200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (2^nd), 50 Freestyle (4^th), 400 Freestyle Relay (4^th), 100 Fly (6^th), 100 Freestyle (6^th)
Caroline Maki	200 Medley Relay (1^st), 200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (2^nd), 100 Freestyle (2^nd), 400 Freestyle Relay (4^th), 50 Freestyle (5^th), 100 Fly (5^th)

All-America Second Team (Finished 9^th – 16^th at NCAA Division III Championships)
Fiona Arwood	100 Breaststroke (13^th), 200 Breaststroke (14^th)
Moshelle Borjigin	200 Freestyle (12^th)
Sloane Donovan	1650 Freestyle (12^th)
Isabel Huang	200 Backstroke (13^th)
Megan Jungers	200 Backstroke (10^th)
Ali Kaiser	100 Breaststroke (16^th), 200 Breaststroke (16^th)
Tess Klugherz	3-Meter (16^th)
Savannah Sowards	100 Backstroke (13^th)

UAA Swimmer of the Year
Caroline Maki

UAA Coaching Staff of the Year
Jon Howell			Head Coach
Cindy Fontana, John Petroff & Bobby Hackett			Assistant Coaches

UAA Champion
Fiona Arwood	200 Breaststroke
Claire DePiero	200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay
Sloane Donovan	1650 Freestyle
Anna Glowniak	200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Breaststroke
Megan Jungers	200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Backstroke
Sammie Kass	200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay
Taylor Leone	50 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Fly, 400 Freestyle Relay
Caroline Maki	200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 100 Freestyle, 100 Fly, 400 Freestyle Relay

All-UAA (Top-Three Finisher at UAA Championships)
Marianna Allard	200 Breaststroke (3^rd)
Fiona Arwood	200 Breaststroke (1^st), 100 Breaststroke (2^nd), 200 IM (3^rd)
Sarah Grace Byers	400 IM (3^rd)
Jada Chatoor	800 Freestyle Relay (3^rd)
Claire DePiero	200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 400 Freestyle Relay (1^st)
Sloane Donovan	1650 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 500 Freestyle (3^rd)
Anna Glowniak	200 Medley Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (1^st), 100 Breaststroke (1^st)
Penelope Helm	500 Freestyle (2^nd), 800 Freestyle Relay (3^rd)
Megan Jungers	200 Medley Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (1^st), 100 Backstroke (1^st), 100 Fly (3^rd), 200 Backstroke (3^rd)
Sammie Kass	200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 400 Freestyle Relay (1^st)
Taylor Leone	50 Freestyle (1^st), 200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 200 Medley Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (1^st), 100 Fly (T-1^st), 400 Freestyle Relay (1^st)
Meredith Liu	800 Freestyle Relay (3^rd), 1650 Freestyle (3^rd)
Caroline Maki	200 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 200 Medley Relay (1^st), 400 Medley Relay (1^st), 100 Freestyle (1^st), 100 Fly (T-1^st), 400 Freestyle Relay (1^st), 800 Freestyle Relay (3^rd)
Nina Turcanu	800 Freestyle Relay (3^rd)

CSC Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
Taylor Leone

CSC Academic All-America
Taylor Leone		First Team
Caroline Maki		First Team
Sloane Donovan		First Team

Emory 100 Senior Honorary
Rose Gertzman
Anna Glowniak
Caroline Maki

CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
Marianne Allard
Fiona Arwood
Moshelle Borjigin
Penelope Celtnieks
Sloane Donovan
Rosalie Gaudiani
Anna Glowniak
Penelope Helm
Isabel Huang
Ali Kaiser
Sammie Kass
Ariana Khan
Tess Klugherz
Taylor Leone
Meredith Liu
Caroline Maki
Savannah Sowards
Caroline Zhu

CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team
Sarah Daly
Emily Noll
Jane Sanderson

UAA Athletes of the Week
Taylor Leone	Oct. 3, Dec. 5, Jan. 30
Tess Klugherz	Oct. 3
Emily Noll	Oct. 10
Megan Jungers	Oct. 24
Caroline Maki	Jan. 30, Feb. 13
Rosalie Gaudiani	Feb. 6
Marianne Allard	Feb. 20
Ariana Khan	March 20

The following were the top marks by Emory swimmers and divers during the 2022-23 season:

50 Free	22.88	Caroline Maki	NCAA Championships
100 Free	49.71	Caroline Maki	NCAA Championships
200 Free	1:50.51	Penelope Helm	NCAA Championships
500 Free	4:57.55	Penelope Helm	UAA Championships
1000 Free	10:30.23	Sloane Donovan	Vs. Delta St./UWF
1650 Free	16:55.00	Sloane Donovan	UAA Championships
100 Back	53.80	Megan Jungers	UAA Championships
200 Back	1:59.73	Isabel Huang	Denison Invitational
100 Breast	1:02.30	Anna Glowniak	NCAA Championships
200 Breast	2:15.83	Fiona Arwood	UAA Championships
100 Fly	54.27	Taylor Leone	Denison Invitational
200 Fly	2:03.49	Rosalie Gaudiani	Emory February Invitational
200 IM	2:04.81	Marianne Allard	Emory February Invitational
400 IM	4:26.70	Marianne Allard	Emory February Invitational
1-Meter, 6-Dives	545.78*	Ariana Khan	Vs. Emmanuel
1-Meter, 11-Dives	*332.33	Tess Klugherz	Vs. Emmanuel
3-Meter, 6-Dives	491.85*	Lanah Petrillo	Vs. Emmanuel
3-Meter, 11-Dives	509.05*	Ariana Khan	Emory February Invitational
200 Free Relay	1:31.62	Caroline Maki, Sammie Kass, Penny Celtnieks, Taylor Leone	NCAA Championships
200 Medley Relay	1:39.55*N	Megan Jungers, Anna Glowniak, Taylor Leone, Caroline Maki	NCAA Championships
400 Free Relay	3:22.82	Caroline Maki, Sammie Kass, Claire DePiero, Taylor Leone	Denison Invitational
400 Medley Relay	3:40.26	Megan Jungers, Anna Glowniak, Taylor Leone, Caroline Maki	UAA Championships
800 Free Relay	7:25.97	Penelope Helm, Moshelle Borjigin, Isabel Huang, Sammie Kass	NCAA Championships

* - Indicates School record

N – Indicates National Record