Anna Kalandadze of Ardmore finished out her swimming and diving career at the University of Pennsylvania with a fourth place finish at the NCAA Championships, writes Valeri Guevarra for The Daily Pennsylvanian.
The distance freestyler competed at the championships March 20 to 23 held in Athens, Ga.
She took the fourth place in the 1650-yard freestyle and also walked away with first-team All-American honors.
Her Georgia appearance was her third time at NCAAs, improving with each appearance.
In 2022, she finished 42nd with a time of 16:31:04 in her first season with the Quakers.
Last year, she dropped almost 40 seconds to finish 10th with a time of 15:55:60.
This year, her upward trend continued, touching the wall at 15:47:86 for the fourth place win.
Kalandadze best out 2020 Olympians Erica Sullivan and Emma Weyant. notably beating out
“The race was so perfect. All three of her 500s hundreds were identical, and you can’t do that unless you work really, really hard all year,” said coach Mike Schnur said. “She spent a lot of time this year training with our men’s team where she was just as good as they were.”
Read more about the Quaker swim team in The Daily Pennsylvanian.
