GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The University of Chicago women's swimming and diving team brought home a seventh-place finish in the National Championships. Overall for the week, the Maroons broke seven school records and earned 20 All-American awards.

The 400 Medley Relay team of Elisabella Forest, Alicia Soosai, Emily Xu, and Karen Zhao gave UChicago their top performance of the opening day as they broke the school record with a time of 3:40.82 in the preliminary race and broke the school record a second time in the finals with a time of 3:40.50 to bring home a 4th-place finish. Elisabella Forest also broke a school record in the 100 Backstroke as she swam a 54.75 split in the opening leg of the 400 Medley Relay.

Forest added two more school records and two more 1st-Team All-American honors during the week in the 100 Backstroke and the 200 Backstroke events. The senior earned a fourth-place finish in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 55.09 after breaking the school record in prelims with a time of 54.46. She also placed fifth in the 200 Backstroke in a time of 1:59.48 after breaking the school record in prelims with a time of 1:58.62.

Soosai, Xu, and Zhao were joined by Ioanna Georgopoulou in the 200 Medley Relay on Friday to take home another 1st-Team All-American honor in a relay event with a 7th place finish in a time of 1:42.28.

Emily Xu led the team with six All-American awards during the week as she added four 2nd-Team All-American honors with the two 1st-Team relays mentioned above.

Karen Zhao gave the Maroons their first 1st-Team All-American individual performance of the meet as she ripped a career-best time of 1:49.51 in the 200 Freestyle to bring home a 5th-place finish overall.

Alicia Soosai finished the meet with four overall All-American awards, two in relays and two in individual events. Soosai finished in 13th place with a time of 1:03.01 in the 100 Breaststroke, and she finished in 14th place in the 200 Breaststroke in a time of 2:17.23.

In the 1-meter diving competition, four UChicago divers took to the air, and all four of the Maroons earned All-American honors in the event. Sumiye Allen led the team with an 8th-place finish to be the lone 1st-Team All-American of the group. Veronica Fong, Cynthia Tang, and Lilia Atanda all added 2nd-Team All-American honors with finishes of 10th, 12th, and 15th.

Then, in 3-meter diving, the UChicago divers once again brought home All-American awards for allm four of their divers. Veronica Fong led the team with a 7th-place finish, and Lilia Atanda, Cynthia Tang, and Sumiye Allen all added 2nd-Team All-American honors with finishes of 9th, 14th, and 15th.

Two more All-American performances by the University of Chicago also brought a pair of school records for the Maroons. The 200 Freestyle Relay team of Emily Xu, Genesee Quon, Sophia Lee, and Karen Zhao brought home a 9th-place finish with a school record time of 1:32.61 to win the consolation final. Emily Xu also added a school record in the 50 Freestyle as she opened the relay with a 23.27 split in the 50 Free.

Finally, the lone remaining 2nd-Team All-America performance came from the 800 Freestyle Relay team of Emily Xu, Annabel Olivo, Julia Polsky, and Karen Zhao which brought home an 11th-place finish in a time of 7:28.06.
 

1ST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS:

* Sumiye Allen - 1m Diving - 8th Place - 399.00
* Veronica Fong - 3m Diving - 7th Place - 453.45
* Elisabella Forest - 100 Backstroke - 4th Place - 55.09 (Broke school record in prelims with time of 54.46)
* Elisabella Forest - 200 Backstroke - 5th Place - 1:59.48
* Karen Zhao - 200 Freestyle - 5th Place - 1:49.51
* Elisabella Forest, Alicia Soosai, Emily Xu, Karen Zhao - 400 Medley Relay - 4th Place - 3:40.50 (School Record) (Forest broke school record with 54.75 split in 100 Backstroke)
* Ioanna Georgopoulou, Alicia Soosai, Emily Xu, Karen Zhao - 200 Medley Relay - 7th Place - 1:42.28

2ND-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS:

* Sumiye Allen - 3m Diving - 15th Place - 425.50
* Lilia Atanda - 3m Diving - 9th Place - 461.75
* Lilia Atanda - 1m Diving - 15th Place - 390.90
* Veronica Fong - 1m Diving - 10th Place - 419.15
* Lauren Richards - 1650 Freestyle - 11th Place - 17:06.60
* Alicia Soosai - 100 Breaststroke - 13th Place - 1:03.01
* Alicia Soosai - 200 Breaststroke - 14th Place - 2:17.23
* Cynthia Tang - 1m Diving - 12th Place - 402.20
* Cynthia Tang - 3m Diving - 14th Place - 428.65
* Emily Xu - 100 Freestyle - 11th Place - 50.36
* Emily Xu - 100 Butterfly - 11th Place - 55.14 (Tied School Record in Prelims - 54.90)
* Emily Xu, Genesee Quon, Sophia Lee, Karen Zhao - 200 Freestyle Relay - 9th Place - 1:32.61 (School Record) (Xu broke school record with 23.27 split in 50 Freestyle)
* Emily Xu, Annabel Olivo, Julia Polsky, Karen Zhao - 800 Freestyle Relay - 11th Place - 7:28.06

SATURDAY FINALISTS:

1) MIT - 497
2) NYU - 470
3) Kenyon - 438
4) Denison - 370.5
5) Emory - 337
6) Williams - 232
7) UChicago - 202
8) Pomona-Pitzer - 201.5
9) Hope - 139
10) Swarthmore - 95