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| No. | Team | Points | No. | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Kenyon | 664.5 | 25 | Mary Washington | 28.0 | |
| 2 | Denison | 503.0 | 26 | Univ of Redlands | 27.5 | |
| 3 | Williams | 355.5 | 27 | Bowdoin | 24.0 | |
| 4 | UC San Diego | 348.0 | 28 | Middlebury | 23.5 | |
| 5 | Hope | 218.0 | 29 | John Carroll | 23.0 | |
| 6 | Amherst | 170.0 | 30 | Elizabethtown | 22.0 | |
| 7 | Ithaca | 155.0 | 31 | Wisc-La Crosse | 21.5 | |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 125.0 | 32 | Wisc-Stevens Pt. | 21.0 | |
| 9 | Springfield | 99.0 | 33 | Coll St Benedict | 18.0 | |
| 10 | Coll of Wooster | 97.0 | 34 | Sewanee | 16.0 | |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 84.0 | 35 | Conn College | 14.0 | |
| 12 | Emory | 75.0 | 36 | Washington & Lee | 13.0 | |
| 13 | Allegheny | 73.0 | 37 | Trinity (Texas) | 12.0 | |
| 14 | Hamilton | 71.0 | 38 | Rowan | 9.0 | |
| 15 | St. Olaf | 63.0 | 39 | NYU | 7.0 | |
| 16 | C-M-S | 62.0 | 40 | Univ of Scranton | 6.0 | |
| 17 | UC Santa Cruz | 58.0 | 41 | Whitworth | 5.0 | |
| 18 | Washington Univ. | 56.0 | 42 | Ill. Wesleyan | 4.0 | |
| 19 | Pomona-Pitzer | 52.0 | 42 | R.P.I. | 4.0 | |
| 20 | North Central | 49.0 | 44 | Wesleyan | 3.0 | |
| 21 | Calvin | 44.0 | 45 | Concordia | 2.0 | |
| 22 | SUNY New Paltz | 39.0 | 45 | Macalester | 2.0 | |
| 23 | Case Western | 33.5 | 47 | Drew | 1.0 | |
| 24 | Carleton | 29.0 |
Kenyon Wins 16th NCAA Swimming Title
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| Kenyon head coach Jim Steen has overseen the Ladies' unprecedented success since 1984. |
Kenyon, which began its amazing string of titles in 1984, totaled 664.5 points during the three-day event to finish well in front of second-place Denison University which tallied 503 points. Williams College was third with 355.5 followed by the University of California at San Diego in fourth with 348 and Hope College with 218.
Sophomore Erica Carroll, named Swimmer of the Year at the meet, led the way for Kenyon by setting her second meet record with a time of 2:01.78 to win the 200-yard backstroke. She was also a member of the Kenyon 400-yard freestyle relay team which finished first with a time of 3:25.74 on Saturday. Earlier in the meet Carroll set the 100-yard butterly meet record time and won the 100-yard backstroke.
In addition to Carroll, two other Kenyon swimmers won their second titles during Saturday's events. Senior Amelia Armstrong swam to a first place in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:58.31. Armstrong had won the 400-yard individual medley on Friday. Marisha Staiwski, a Kenyon senior, added the the 100-yard freestyle, which she won in a time of 51.06, to her earlier 200-yard freestyle title.
Other individual winners on the final day of competition were Erin Anderson, a junior from Williams College who broke the meet record in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:19.19; Maureen Szweda, a freshman from North Central, who won the 200-yard butterfly in 2:04.21; and Nora Kelly of Springfield College (Mass.), who claimed the three-meter springboard diving title with a total of 465.35 points. Kelly had earlier won the one-meter competition and was named Diver of the Year.
Ithaca College's Paula Miller was named Coach of the Year while Springfield's Peter Avrdous was named Diving Coach of the Year.
The meet was hosted by The College of Wooster.
Top 10 Teams:
1. Kenyon 664.5; 2. Denison 503; 3. Williams 355.5; 4. UC San Diego 348; Hope 218; 6. Amherst 170; 7. Ithaca 155; 8. Wheaton (Ill.) 125; 9. Springfield 99; 10. College of Wooster 97.