The Emory men’s swimming and diving team claimed second place for Division III at the NCAA Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Saturday, March 22.
On day one of the tournament, the Eagles won silver in the 400 Medley relay with a team of Nolan Lahmann, Henri Bonnault, Jeff Echols and Colin Zexter.
McKee Thorsen had a season-best time of 1:47.9 in the 200 Individual Medley and senior Dylan Yin also set a career record of 19.94 in the 50 Freestyle. Solly Berkenwald added an All-America title to his rookie year, placing eleventh in the 3-meter.
On day two, Yin followed up on Wednesday’s performance with a podium finish in the 100 Fly and Echols was the first of four All-America second-teamers on Thursday, thanks to placing twelfth in the 100 Fly with a time of 48.18.
Day three saw the Eagles make history, being crowned as the 200 Medley Relay national champion for the fourth consecutive season. The team of Lahmann, Echols, Yin and Bonnault dropped a 1:26.72 and tied Tuft University.
Bonnault claimed his first-ever individual crown in the 100 Breaststroke, with a time of 52.61. Thorsen also made a podium appearance as Emory’s top performer in the 200 Fly, where he finished fifth overall with a time of 1:46.00. Zachary Spicer netted his first All-America honor, placing seventh in the 100Backstroke with a time of 48.03. Berkenwald also made it to the podium with a score of 497.50 in the 1-meter.
Day four of the tournament was headlined by Liyang Sun, who won the third national title for the Eagles at the 2025 NCAA Championship. Sun capped off his Emory career with a milestone win in the 200, throwing down a time of 1:56.54 in the finals. Graham Zucker also turned in a podium finish for the 200 Backstroke, placing seventh with a time of 1:47.62.
Across the four-day tournament, Emory claimed three national titles, 10 First Team All-America honors and 13 Second Team All-America awards.
The national runner-up finish marks the 23rd consecutive season the Eagles finished among the top five teams at nationals. It was also the seventh consecutive season Emory was the national champion or runner-up.

The women’s swimming and diving team captured fifth at the 2025 NCAA Division III tournament.
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The women’s swimming and diving team ended its season with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships.
On day one of the tournament, Ava Kennedy was the top performer, claiming national runner-up in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 22.66. Penelope Helm was on the podium with her third straight third-place finish in the 500 Freestyle, touching at 4:51.02.
Helm returned to the podium again on day two, winning bronze in the 200 Freestyle with a new personal-best time of 1:48.59. Three other Eagles finished in the top 13 in the event: Katherine Swan, Elodie Mitchell and Natalie Boorjian.
Ariana Khan represented Emory in the diving curriculum and secured a sixth-place finish with a score of 424.25, while Meredith Liu had a personal-best time of 4:23.27 in the 400 Individual Medley, which earned her seventh place.
Boorjian, Kennedy, Caitlin Crysel and Louisa Wendt teamed up for the 200 Freestyle Relay and finished fifth, in 1:31.98.
The team added three more podium finishes on day three, which began with Megan Jungers, Katie Cohen, Allison Greeneway and Kennedy teaming up for an eighth finish in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:40.94. Cohen also took home a sixth-place finish in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:02.65, her first-ever individual top-8 finish at the NCAA Championships.
In the night’s final event, Mitchell, Swan, Boorjian and Helm claimed bronze in the 800 Freestyle Relay, with a time of 7:18.93.
On the final day of the tournament, Jada Chatoor capped off her Emory career with an eighth-place finish in the mile, recording a time of 16:54.55. Cohen again reached the podium, this time in eighth place for the 200, with a time of 2:16.54.
The tournament ended with the Eagles coming in sixth for the 400 Freestyle Relay, with the team of Crysel, Helm, Kennedy and Wendt turning in a time of 3:21.86.
Across the entire tournament, the women’s team recorded 14 First Team All-America honors and 18 Second Team All-America awards.
This marks Emory’s 22nd finish inside the top five at nationals out of the last 23 seasons and the 25th time in program history.