Golden Tigers qualify four for 2025 Women's Swimming and Diving Championship

Kansas City, MO- The NAIA national office announced the full field for the 2025 Swimming and Diving National Championships on Friday. Included in the full field of 160 were four Brenau swimmers. Freshman of the year in AAC Sophie Bell, 2024 All-American Olga Bukowska, fellow 2024 All-American Tessa Ip Hen Cheung and Georgia native Hannah Tomlinson. When asked about what this means to Brenau swimming this is what Coach Bell had to say: 

"This season, we made great strides forward! We took second at Conference and saw a lot of lifetime best swims. Several girls stepped up to help the team and swam events they don't typically swim to help us secure our placing. We took everything we learned over the past two years and used that to build on our momentum. 

Having four girls qualify for Nationals this year allows us to compete in relays and we are ready to show what we can do at Nationals!"

The Golden Tigers will be competiting in the following events:

Bell- 50 free, 100 back and 100 free

Bukowska- 500 free, 400 IM and 200 fly

Cheung- 200 IM, 100 breast and 200 breast

Tomlinson- 200 IM, 100 back and 200 back

The team will also compete in a few relay events. The full list of those events can be found here.

The championship will be held in Elkhart, Ind. at the Elkhart Aquatics Center on March 5-8.