CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 10 Washington University in St. Louis women's swimming and diving team wrapped up the 2026 UAA Championship with a fourth-place finish, tallying 1,127 points across four days. Reaching the podium on the final day for the Bears were senior
Ali Roche, first-year
Sarah Cohen and sophomore
Rachel Kravtsov in the 1,650 freestyle, Roche in the 200 backstroke, sophomore
Iris Qi in the 100 freestyle, junior
Hannah Lee in the 200 breaststroke, junior
Shanze Karimi on the 3-meter board and the 400 freestyle relay.
Top Finishers
- 1,650 Freestyle
- Roche claimed fourth with a time of 17:11.45, hitting an NCAA B cut
- Cohen finished sixth in an NCAA B cut time of 17:20.99
- Kravtsov took eighth in 17:31.77
- Junior Holly Gmelich finished 12th in 17:57.00
- Senior Nicole Caruso claimed 13th in 17:57.72
- Senior Anna Fonda finished 15th with a time of 18:02.33
- 200 Backstroke
- Roche finished eighth with a time of 2:05.30
- 100 Freestyle
- Qi finished eighth with a time of 51.45
- First-year Ayaan Olasewere took 14th overall in 52.11
- 200 Breaststroke
- Lee finished seventh with a time of 2:20.22
- First-year Eliana King won the B final and finished ninth overall in 2:20.64
- 200 Butterfly
- 400 Freestyle Relay
- 3-Meter Diving
- Junior Shanze Karimi finished sixth with a score of 447.70, hitting an NCAA B cut
- Sophomore Kate Li took 14th with a score of 357.40
- First-year Ally Isgar claimed 15th with a score of 354.90
WashU has one final tune-up and chance to qualify for the NCAA Championships next Saturday, February 21 at McKendree's Bearcat Last Chance at 1:30 p.m.
Standings
| 1. |
NYU |
1,900 |
| 2. |
Emory |
1,885 |
| 3. |
Chicago |
1,196.5 |
| 4. |
WashU |
1,127 |
| 5. |
Carnegie Mellon |
964.5 |
| 6. |
CWRU |
673.5 |
| 7. |
Rochester |
555.5 |
| 8. |
Brandeis |
349 |
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