GRANVILLE, OH -- The Kenyon women captured their league-leading 28th overall crown, as competition wrapped up on Saturday night at the 2024 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University.
 
The Owls tallied 2,039.5 points after recording 24 All-NCAC finishes and collecting 12 NCAC titles to win the conference crown. Denison finished second in the team standings with 1,968.5 points after winning nine events and logging 34 All-NCAC finishes, while DePauw finished third with 1,313 points, followed by Wooster (1,259), Oberlin (819), Wittenberg (560), Ohio Wesleyan (551), Hiram (438).
 
Kenyon junior Jennah Fadely (Siler City, NC/Jordan Matthews) was named the NCAC Women's Swimmer of the Year for the second-consecutive season after winning three individual event titles and one relay, along with two runner-up relay finishes. Fadley and her teammates started the meet on Wednesday with a second-place showing in the 800 freestyle relay with an NCAA "B" cut time of 7:19.69. The Owls ended the first night with the 200 medley title in an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:40.94. On Thursday, the junior defended her NCAC crown in the 200 IM in an NCAA "B" cut time of 2:02.06. Fadely secured her spot in the NCAA Championships, recording an NCAA "A" cut in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.02) on Friday. On the final day, Fadely posted an NCAC record and "B" cut time of 56.05 to win the 100 IM before the Owls finished the meet with a second-place showing in the 400 medley relay with a 3:43.14 "B" cut.
 
In the diving well, Denison senior Kerstyn Johnson claimed the NCAC Women's Diver of the Year for the second-time in her career after winning the one-meter event at the 2024 NCAC Championships with a regional-qualifying score of 452.60. On Saturday night, she posted a second-place finish in the three-meter competition with another regional-qualifying score, as she totaled 474 points.
 
In addition, Kenyon's Bengisu Caymaz (Istanbul, Turkey/Eyuboglu) earned the 2024 NCAC Women's Newcomer of the Year honors after claiming two individual NCAC titles, one runner-up individual finish and swimming the anchor leg of a runner-up relay. To open the meet on Wednesday, the Owls claimed a runner-up finish in the 800 free relay in an NCAC "B" cut time of 7:19.69. Caymaz earned the first NCAA "A" cut of the meet, collecting gold in the 500 free (4:49.26) on Thursday. On Friday, the rookie posted a runner-up finish in the 200 free in an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:49.60 before capturing the 1650 free crown to open the final day of competition in an NCAA "B" cut time of 16:34.52.
 
In other action Saturday night, Kenyon senior Caleigh Wukitch (Needham, MA/Ursuline Academy) captured the Owls sixth-straight NCAC title in the 200 backstroke in an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:59.90. The Owls collected their fourth straight gold medal of the night, as sophomore Lisa Torrecillas-Jouault (Le Mans, France/CENS) paced the field in the 100 free in an NCAA "B" cut time of 51.12. Kenyon junior Gabby Wei (Hong Kong/Hong Kong International) defended her title in the 200 breast to capture her third-straight title in the event in an NCAA "B" cut time of 2:15.36. Denison sophomore Emily Harris (Castalian Springs, TN/Ensworth) earned the NCAC title in the 200 butterfly in an NCAA "B" cut time of 2:01.21. In the final individual event of Saturday night, the Big Red swept the podium in the three-meter competition with sophomore Lu-si Minnich (Indianapolis, IN/Lawrence Central) topping the podium with a regional-qualifying score of 474 points. To close out the 2024 championship, the Kenyon quartet of junior Sydney Geboy (Milwaukee, WI/Nicolet) and sophomore Molly Haag (Middleton, WI/Middleton), Gwen Eisenbeis (Okemos, MI/Williamston) and Torrecillas-Jouault claimed the 400 free relay title in an NCAA "B" cut time of 3:22.96.