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Alexis Kessler wins third national swimming title Kessler named NAIA Swimmer of the Year as Lindsey Wilson women's swimming finishes a program-best fourth at National Championships. Laura Stephenson, Bailey Seitz, Jessica Macdonald, Emily Wood, and Sarah Hahn earn individual honors. Click on headline for complete story By Anthony Latessa Columbus, GA (Sat 3 Mar 2018) - Alexis Kessler won a NAIA National Championship for a third-straight night and was named NAIA Swimmer of the Year as the Lindsey Wilson women's swim finished in a program-best fourth-place at the 2018 NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championships held at the Columbus Aquatic Center on Saturday. As a team, the Blue Raiders racked up 267 team points for the best finish in program history, surpassing the fifth-place finish from a season ago. Kessler becomes the first swimmer in program history to be named NAIA Swimmer of the Year. She also becomes the first three-time champion in the program's history. Kessler captured the 50-yard freestyle title on Thursday, the 100 fly title on Friday and the 100-yard freestyle on Saturday. The sophomore swam a 51.54 in the prelims to qualify first, while teammate Jessica Macdonald finished right behind her with a time of 52.42. In the finals, Kessler trimmed .54 seconds off her prelim time to record a 51.00 and win her third title. Macdonald trimmed her time in the finals, cutting it to 51.72 for a runner-up finish and NAIA All-American honors. The 400-yard free relay team of Laura Stephenson, Bailey Seitz, Macdonald and Kessler qualified for the finals during the morning prelims with a time of 3:31.55. In the finals, the quartet finished third with a time of 3:30.39 to earn All-American honors and a third-place finish picking up 32 team points. Emily Wood got the Blue Raiders out to a top-10 individual finish to start the evening finals with a ninth-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Her time of 18:12.78 seconds picked up nine team points. Sarah Hahn placed 17th in the 200 back prelims with a time of 2:13.47 which was just .14 seconds off the 16th-place time. Seitz placed 34th in the 100 free while Caitlin Freeny finished 39th in the 200-yard breaststroke. SCAD Savannah (GA) took home the team title with 603.5 points. Olivet Nazarene (IL) finished runner-up with 519 points while Cumberlands (KY) finished with a total of 387 points. Anthony Latessa is a writer for Lindsey Wilson College This story was posted on 2018-03-04 04:24:59
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