Texas A&M Takes 14th at NCAA Championships

Wednesday, March 20

Athens, Ga.

Texas A&M

NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships

Miranda Grana on the podium at NCAA Championships

Mar 23, 2024 | Women's Swimming and Diving

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By: Rachel Perreault, Texas A&M Athletics Communications

ATHENS – The Texas A&M women's swimming & diving team closed out NCAA Championships, adding four All-America honors Saturday night at Gabrielsen Natatorium. The Aggies finish 14^th with 104 points, racking up 18 All-America accolades through the week.

Miranda Grana punched her ticket to the championship final for the second time this week, this time in the 200 back. Grana clocked a 1:51.96 in the evening session to place sixth and pick up her second individual All-America accolade of the meet, third overall.

Hayden Miller got the night started for the Aggies in the 1650 free and secured her second top-10 finish and Honorable Mention All-America award of the week. Miller became just the third Aggie in program history to swim a sub-16-minute mile, touching the wall in 15:56.53 to place 10^th.

Chloe Stepanek advanced to the final in the 100 free and used a time of 47.98 to finish 15^th and earn the eighth individual All-America accolade of her career.

After lowering her personal best in prelims, Olivia Theall continued to drop time in the 200 fly final, going 1:54.27 to register a 14^th-place finish and close out the individual events for the Aggies.

The 400 free relay team of Stepanek, Theall, Kaitlyn Owens and Jordan Buechler closed out the day with a 22^nd-place finish, clocking a season-best time of 3:14.02.

The 14^th-place team finish marked the 17^th time head coach Steve Bultman has led the Aggies to a top-15 performance in his 25 years at the helm.

Post Meet Quotes
Head coach Steve Bultman on the team's performance …
"We had a lot of good things happen this week. We had a lot of best-times, a lot of people place. At a meet like this the percentage of best-times are very low and I'm certain we exceeded it by a good bit. To come here and get 14^th, we are definitely moving in the right direction. I'm just super pleased with the team's performance this week."

2024 All-Americans
Chloe Stepanek – 200 free, 100 free (HM), 800 free relay (HM), 400 medley relay (HM)
Miranda Grana – 100 back, 200 back, 400 medley relay (HM)
Hayden Miller – 500 free (HM), 1650 free (HM)
Joslyn Oakley – 1-meter, 3-meter (HM)
Olivia Theall – 200 fly (HM), 400 medley relay (HM)
Giulia Goerigk – 400 IM (HM)
Abby Grottle – 800 free relay (HM)
Katie Walker – 800 free relay (HM)
Jordan Buechler – 800 free relay (HM)
Bobbi Kennett – 400 medley relay (HM)

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