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Ava Kiss is the first women’s swimmer to win an NCAA Championship in program history, following Diane Maise’s 1-meter diving championship in 1997 with a victory in the 100-butterfly in her senior year of 2008.
A five-time All-American, Kiss earned at least one of those honors in each of her four years at TCNJ. As a freshman in 2005, she finished ninth in the 100-butterfly. As a sophomore in 2006, she improved upon that performance with a fourth-place showing.
After another ninth-place finish as a junior in 2007, she earned two merits as a senior. She finished 10th in the 100-freestyle. Of course, the big one was the NCAA Championship in the 100-butterfly. After posting the second-fastest time in the morning trials, her time of 55.08 in the final set an NCAA record, and she finished better than a half-second ahead of second place.
Following that triumph, Kiss was also named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team.
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