At #4 in the #NYUAthleticsTop10 for 2016-17 is the New York University women's swimming & diving team finishing a program-best-tying eighth place at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships in Shenandoah, TX.

The Violets had a total of 14 representatives (13 swimmers and one diver) at Nationals. The large contingent qualified for the meet by achieving certain speed benchmarks, known as "cut" times, in particular events over the course of the season.

At the NCAA's, the Violets collected 10 All-America and 10 Honorable Mention All-America accolades. Leading the way for NYU was freshman Honore Collins (who we'll return to later in the #NYUAthleticsTop10), who became the program's first-ever swimming national champion by winning the 200-yard IM. Fellow freshman Kathy Lin took fourth place in the 100-yard butterfly. 

All in all, the Violets totaled 122.5 points to finish eighth out of 51 teams.

NYU's 2016-17 swimmers and divers not only entered the record books for their national finish, but also for their individual times, as 10 of the 23 program records were broken by team members during the campaign.

Complete List of Violet All-Americans
*Honorable Mention
**National Champion

Honore Collins - 200 IM (1st)**
Haley Wen - 500 freestyle (12th)*
Carmen White - Three-meter diving (13th)*
Kathy Lin - 100 butterfly (4th)
Julien Zhu - 400 IM (10th)*
Elise Gibbs - 100 breaststroke (14th)*
Jaime Robinson - 1,650 freestyle (15th)*
Grace Wakabayashi - 1,650 freestyle (16th)*
200-yard freestyle relay (Collins, Sarah Stone, Noel Leung, Gibbs - 9th)*
800-yard freestyle relay (Leung, Wakabayashi, Hannah Bergh, Hannah Bub - 8th) 
400-yard freestyle relay (Collins, Gibbs, Leung, Serena Lightstone - 6th) 


2016-17 #NYUAthleticsTop10:
No. 1 - Week of August 14
No. 2 - Week of August 7
No. 3 - Week of July 31
No. 4 - Women's Swimming & Diving Takes 8th at NCAA's 
No. 5 - Four Wrestlers Reach NCAA Championships
No. 6 - Men's Volleyball Earns First DIII NCAA Tournament Bid
No. 7 - Fencing Combines for 11th-Place NCAA Finish
No. 8 - Tennis Squads Finish Season Ranked Nationally
No. 9 - Varsity Athletes Make the Grade
No. 10 - Senior Student-Athlete Academic Achievement