Emory men, women win swim titles

The Emory men won the Division III national swimming and diving national title on the final day of the event Saturday night in Shenandoah, Texas, breaking the stranglehold of Kenyon College and Denison University.

Those two schools had won the past 37 national swim titles. The last time a school other than those two had won was 1979.

Emory previously had finished in the top three 13 times, including runner-up finishes in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2009.

The Emory men joined the women as title winners. The women won the D-III title for the 10th time.

The Eagles, having never won more than three men’s event titles in a single championship meet, recorded eight over the four-day meet en route to the national championship. Emory finished with 438 points, 54 more than second-place Kenyon. Denison rounded out the top three with 371 points.