Genevieve Miller earns All-America honors

March 17, 2016

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Air Force junior Genevieve Miller became the first female swimmer in Air Force history to earn Division I All-American honors. Miller earned honorable mention honors as she placed 13^th in the finals of the 500 free at the 2016 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta, Ga. With the points Miller earned today, the Falcons are in 21^st place as a team.

Earlier in the day, she became the first female swimmer at the Academy to ever reach the finals at the NCAAs. Miller, from Winston-Salem, N.C., broke her own school record in the 500 free with a time of 4:39.00 as she placed 10^th in the prelims Thursday morning.

Miller entered the NCAA Championships ranked 19^th in the 500 free as she set a school record and won the event at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 4:40.15.

On Friday, March 18, Miller will swim the prelims for the 200 free at 10 a.m. ET. The finals are set for 6 pm ET. She placed sixth at the Mountain West championships with a school-record time of 1:47.58.

Miller will swim the 1650 free on Saturday March 19, at 3:45 pm ET. She ranks ninth in the nation in the 1650 as she won the MW championship for the third straight season, and holds the school record, with a time of 16:01.39.

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