Sophomore
Grace Wenger (Hanover, N.H.) matched
Sara Daher's '17 record for most All-America honors at a single NCAA Championships with seven.
On day one, she took 12th in the 500 yard freestyle with a prelims time of 4:56.00 and a finals time of 4:56.14. It was the best finish in the 500 yard freestyle at NCAAs in program history.
Wenger swam the butterfly in the 200 yard medley relay, helping first-year
Sophie Cassily (Rye, N.H.), junior
Abigail Gibbons (Westtown, N.Y.), and sophomore
Marjorie McLeod (Durham, Maine) earn All-America honors with a 12th place finish. The Bobcats swam the race in 1:43.49 in the prelims and 1:43.80 in the finals.
On day two, she made more history, both individually and with the Bates 200 yard freestyle relay.
Wenger placed sixth in the 200 yard freestyle with a finals time of 1:50.38, the best finish ever in the event for a Bobcat at NCAAs. She swam the prelim in 1:50 flat to clinch a top-8 finish.
Earlier in the day, she anchored the 200 yard freestyle relay team, which broke its own program record with a time of 1:34.01 in the prelim. That was good for a spot in the championship final for the first time in school history. The previous best finish for a Bates women's 200 yard freestyle relay at nationals was 11th. In the final, the team of Gibbons, McLeod, senior
Suzy Ryckman (Riverside, Conn.), and Wenger placed eighth with a time of 1:34.44.
Gibbons, Wenger, and Ryckman weren't done. Cassily joined them for the last race of the day, the 400 yard medley relay. The Bobcats earned All-America honors with a 13th place finish, recording a time of 3:49.27 in the prelim and an impressive 3:48.80 in the consolation final.
On day three, the 800 yard freestyle relay team of senior
Maya Reynoso Williams (Somerville, Mass.), senior captain
Caroline Sweeney (New Canaan, Conn.), first-year
Sophia Carrai (Eugene, Ore.), and Wenger matched the best finish in the event at NCAAs in program history with ninth-place showing. The Bobcats raced to the finish in 7:30.81.
Wenger tied Daher's mark on the final day of the meet, as the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Wenger, Carrai, Sweeney, and Ryckman took 13th place with a time of 3:27.82 in the prelim and an impressive 3:26.13 in the final.
