Fiona Muir of Emory Lowers Emma Waddell’s D3 50 Free Record in Prelims

2018 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, March 21 – Saturday, March 24
• Swimming: prelims 10am, finals 6pm
• Location: IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champions: Emory (x8) (results)
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50 Yard Freestyle – Prelims

• Meet: 22.69—Emma Waddell, Williams, March 15, 2017

Emory junior Fiona Muir took a big .21 chunk out of the NCAA Division III Record and Championship Record with 22.48 in the penultimate heat of women’s 50 freestyle on Wednesday morning. Muir was runner-up in last year’s final, when Williams’ Emma Waddell broke the NCAA Division III record with 22.69.

Muir’s best time coming into the meet was the 22.74 she went at 2017 NCAAs. As a freshman in 2016 she was runner-up with 22.81. All ten of her best performances have come as an Eagle:

• 22.48 – 3/21/2018
• 22.74 – 3/14/2017
• 22.77 – 3/14/2017
• 22.81 – 3/15/2016
• 22.86r – 3/15/2017
• 22.88 – 3/15/2016
• 22.05 – 2/14/2018
• 22.12 – 2/8/2017
• 22.12 – 11/30/2016
• 22.13r – 3/16/2016

Qualifiers:

1. Fiona Muir, JR Emory 22.48
2. Emma Waddell, SR Williams 22.73
3. Kristen Petersen, SO Johns Hopkins 22.99
4. Megan Taylor, JR Emory 23.09
5. Madison Kauahi, JR Pomona-Pitzer 23.11
6. Emmerson Mirus, FR Kenyon 23.13
7. Julia Wawer, SR Emory 23.17
8. Lindsay Hagmann, SR Trinity (TX)
9. Alison Shapira, SO Johns Hopkins 23.31
10. Frances Vandermeer, SO Middlebury 23.41 / Abby VanHarn, SR Calvin 23.41
11. –
12. Margaret Webster, JR Gustavus 23.43
13. Grace Sanchez, JR Cal Lutheran 23.44
14. Lisa Cheng, JR IWU 23.53
15. Jocelyn Crawford, SO, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 23.55
16. Priscilla Wu, SO MIT 23.58 / Lily Gribbel, SO Connecticut 23.58