The Golden Tigers amassed 439 points during the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship meet, missing second place by 42 points. Brenau closed to within eight points at the end of day two of the meet, but SCAD-Savannah pulled ahead in the finals to earn the No. 2 spot with 481 points. Host and defending champions Oklahoma Baptist University dominated the meet for its third straight title with 745 points. Concordia Nazarene (Irvine, Calif.) and University of the Cumberlands (Williamsburg, Ky.) rounded out the top five.
Brenau's Courtney Hayward, a sophomore from Townsville, Australia, continued collecting All-American honors by capturing three national titles in the meet, including her win in the 1650 freestyle in 16:58.36. Teammate Ella Kleinschmidt, a freshman from Hervey Bay, also in Queensland, Australia, added to the team score with a fifth place finish in 17:49.20.
In the 200-yard backstroke, Talia Sola, a sophomore from Madrid, Spain, who previously won a national title in the 100 backstroke earlier in the meet, narrowly missed a second title on Saturday touching just 7/100ths of a second after OBU's Ines Remersaro of Uruguay, a competitor in the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2012 Olympics.
Brenau junior Mary Katherine Jabbia of Slidell, Louisiana, took second place in the 200 breaststroke in 2:24.29 Saturday to earn All-American honors, while the 400-freestyle relay team of senior Shelby Rumker of Douglas; freshman Alisha Hodgetts of Perth, Australia; senior Michelle Billeaud of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Hayward finished in fourth place with a time of 3:31.44.
"It was exhilarating to watch our women go stroke for stroke with the fastest in the NAIA
From left, the Golden Tigers backstroke titlist Talia Sola of Madrid, Spain, junior breaststroke All-American Mary Katherine Jabbia of Slidell, Louisiana, and All-American breaststroke swimmers senior Michelle Billeaud of Lafayette, Louisiana, and fr
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