HAMPTON, Va. — The William & Mary women's swimming team finished as runner-up at the CAA Swimming Championships on Saturday, securing individual championships in three events to give them a total of eight for the meet. The Tribe had 17 total podium finishers, capped off by the first-place finish for the women's 400 freestyle relay team. 

In addition, head coach Nate Kellogg was named the CAA Women's Swimming Coach of the Year.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tribe's first medal came in the women's 100 freestyle when Flynn Truskett won the event with a time of 49.65. Truskett set a new personal record and posted the fourth-fastest time in school history. Caroline Burgeson placed fifth at 50.07.

Sophia Heilen then took home gold in the women's 200 breaststroke, timing out at 2:10.96 for a school record. She beat the previous record set by teammate Ellie Scherer at last year's CAA Championships by over two seconds.

Scherer herself finished in fourth place at 2:13.73.

The Tribe also won the women's 400 free relay on the backs of Flynn Truskett, Ellie Hunt, Sarah Dunham, and Burgeson, clocking in at 3:20.06. That stands as the second-best time in program history.

Elsewhere, Lauren Tucker had a strong showing in the women's 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:56.86, good for fifth place. On the men's side, Jackson Esteves placed fourth with a time of 15:39.76.

Aiden Bond came in fourth in the men's 100 free, clocking in at 43.66. Competing in the women's 200 butterfly, Lauren Klinefelter posted a time of 2:01.89 to finish fourth.

RECAPPING THE MEET
W&M had medalists in 17 competitions with eight individual event winners.

First Place

• Julie Addison, Ellie Scherer, Lindsay Juhlin, Caroline Burgeson — 200 medley relay (1:38.48) SCHOOL AND CAA RECORD
• Claire Neilly — 400 IM (4:14.71) SCHOOL RECORD
• Tess Lankford — 200 freestyle (1:48.42)
• Ellie Scherer — 100 breaststroke (1:00.19) SCHOOL RECORD
• Zoe Arakelian, Flynn Truskett, Sarah Dunham, Caroline Burgeson — 200 freestyle relay (1:30.83) SCHOOL RECORD
• Flynn Truskett — 100 freestyle (49.65)
• Sophia Heilen — 200 breaststroke (2:10.96) SCHOOL RECORD
• Flynn Truskett, Ellie Hunt, Sarah Dunham, Caroline Burgeson — 400 freestyle relay (3:20.06)

Second Place

• Tess Lankford, Meghan Benda, Erin Langenburg, Flynn Truskett — 800 freestyle relay (7:18.60)
• Sophia Heilen — 200 IM (1:59.22)
• Julie Addison, Ellie Scherer, Lindsay Juhlin, Flynn Truskett (3:37.08)
• Lindsay Juhlin — 100 butterfly (53.31)
• Lindsay Juhlin — 100 breaststroke (1:00.91)

Third Place

• Lauren Tucker — 500 freestyle (4:50.32)
• Flynn Truskett — 50 freestyle (22.82)
• Aiden Bond — 200 freestyle (1:36.20)
• Alex Valliere, Logan McDonald, Connor Vargas, Aiden Bond — 200 freestyle relay (1:19.08)

TEAM STANDINGS
The women's team narrowly finished behind UNCW with 1326.5 points. The men's team finished in fifth with 410 points.

Women
1. UNCW 1370.5
2. William and Mary 1326.5
3. Delaware 1267
4. Northeastern University 1048
5. Towson University 899
6. Drexel University 730
7. Campbell University 372
8. Monmouth University 320
9. Stony Brook University 286

Men
1. UNCW 829.5
2. Delaware 737
3. Drexel University 607.5
4. Towson University 485.5
5. William and Mary 410
6. Monmouth University 158.5

CAA CHAMPIONSHIP POST-MEET AWARDS
Most Outstanding Men's Swimmer of the Meet: William Carrico, UNCW
Most Outstanding Women's Swimmer of the Meet: Maeren McGonigal, UNCW

Most Outstanding Men's Diver of the Meet: Ethan Badrian, UNCW
Most Outstanding Women's Diver of the Meet: Erin Murphy, Northeastern

CAA Men's Swimming Co-Coaches of the Year: Bobby Guntoro, UNCW and Nathan Lavery, Drexel
CAA Women's Swimming Coach of the Year: Nate Kellogg, William & Mary
 
CAA Men's Diving Coach of the Year: Gavrilo Blijden, UNCW
CAA Women's Diving Coach of the Year: Lauren Colby, Northeastern

UP NEXT
The NCAA Championships will begin on Wednesday, March 19 for the women and March 26 for the men in Federal Way, Wash.