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Del Angel, Kennedy Earn All-American Nods in Women’s NCAA Championships
3/23/2025 12:42:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Junior diver Vivi Del Angel and senior swimmer Eliot Kennedy each earned All-American honors to cap off the 2025 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center. Members of the Gophers competed from Mar. 20-22, earning 21 points as a team en route to an overall finish of 27th place.
Del Angel secured both her fourth and fifth All-American honors in her third NCAA appearance, headlined by a third place finish in the platform finals with a score of 371.50. The reigning platform national champion also earned an All-American honorable mention after finishing 15th in the 1-meter, her first such recognition in the event.
Kennedy, in her second NCAA Championships appearance, earned an All-American honorable mention after placing 14th in the 1650 free finals with a time of 15:56.51. It marked the first-career All-American distinction for the Bloomington, Ill. native.
Swimmers Katie McCarthy and Ava Yablonski, and divers Addie Albrecht and Elna Widerstrom also represented the Maroon & Gold in Federal Way this week. McCarthy set a new personal record in the 500 free prelims on Thursday, recording a time of 4:39.71 while finishing 25th.
Full Results
Thursday, March 20
500 free:
Katie McCarthy - 25th place in prelims (4:39.71 - PR)
Eliot Kennedy - 53rd place in prelims (4:45.41)
1-meter diving:
Vivi Del Angel - 15th place in consolation final (289.30), 14th place in prelims (283.30)
Addie Albrecht - 29th place in prelims (259.00)
Elna Widerstrom - 32nd place in prelims (252.80)
Friday, March 21
100 back:
Ava Yablonski - 30th place in prelims (51.88)
400 IM:
Katie McCarthy - 28th place in prelims (4:10.36)
3-meter diving:
Vivi Del Angel - 22nd place in prelims (297.60)
Saturday, March 22
1650 free:
Eliot Kennedy - 14th place in finals (15:56.51)
Katie McCarthy - 27th place in finals (16:10.92)
200 back:
Ava Yablonski - 38th place in prelims (1:54.34)
Platform diving:
Vivi Del Angel - 3rd place in finals (371.50), 4th place in prelims (310.10)
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