The New York University Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams completed their third day of competition at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships on Friday, February 11, in Atlanta, GA. Following the day's events, Emory University's women's team leads with 1458 points and the Violet women trail in third with 951.5 points. The Violet men, meanwhile, are in fourth place with 762.5 points. Emory University leads the men with 1259.5 points. 

Jessica Flynn shined for the Violets with a record-breaking swim in the women's 100 backstroke. She won the event, set the UAA record, broke the NYU record, and achieved the fastest time in the nation so far (53.95 seconds).

"Jessica's 100 back was clearly the highlight of the day," Head Swimming Coach Trevor Miele said. "She attacked the race and brought it back super fast."

The third day of the championships also saw NYU's women compete in the 3-meter dive, with Katherine Nardone advancing to the afternoon finals. 

"It was awesome to compete in finals today in the 3-meter against some amazing divers," Nardone said. "We've been training extremely hard and it feels amazing to see it pay off!" 

In the finals, Nardone landed a sixth-place score of 386.05 points. 

"The women performed really well today," Head Diving Coach Todd Kolean commented. "Katherine qualified eighth, made it into finals and then improved her qualifying score up to sixth. I cannot think of a more deserving diver. She is one of the hardest workers on the team and that hard work paid off today."

The swimming teams, meanwhile, had an impressive day of competition.

Men's Swimming Highlights

• Connor Vincent placed eighth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:39.91.
• Jaeden-Hans Yburan also placed eighth, finishing the 400 IM in just under four minutes with a time of 3:59.66.
• James Yan placed ninth in the 100 breaststroke in 56.05 seconds.
• The men's 800 freestyle relay team of Vincent, Tyler Walters, Nathaniel Yeoh, and Graham Chatoor finished fourth and achieved a NCAA selection time (6:42.96). 

Women's Swimming Highlights

•  Julianna Sosnowski placed fourth in the 400 IM and achieved a NCAA selection time.
• The women's 100 fly saw several Violets place in the top eight; Isabella Brosvik placed fourth for a NCAA selection time (55.64), Maia McAllister finished seventh (56.09) and Rebecca Choi finished eighth (56.37). 
• In the 200 free, Leydn McEvoy and Gabriella Torres went sixth (1:53.34) and seventh (1:53.45), respectively.
• The women's 800 freestyle relay team of Sosnowski, McEvoy, Kyra Chen and Torres placed 3rd and achieved a NCAA selection time.

"Overall, we had a solid day with several NCAA selection cuts and some extremely impressive performances," Coach Miele said. "We have a number of our best events tomorrow and I'm looking forward to them closing our meet well."

After a strong third-day showing at the UAA Championships, the NYU Swimming and Diving Teams will return to the pool tomorrow, February 12, for the fourth and final day of the meet.