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GENEVA, Ohio — Three more All-America accolades, including two in relay events, were the highlight of the Alaska women's swimming team's second day Thursday at the 2014 NCAA Division II Championships.
 
Junior Margot Adams (Anchorage, Alaska/Political Science) earned two All-America honors to give her three awards in the first two days of the meet. Adams finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly, tying her school record with a time of 54.62 seconds. The fourth-place finish gives her three career top-5 finishes in the 100 butterfly at the NCAA Championships.
 
Adams was also part of the Nanooks' 400 medley relay team that earned All-America status with an eighth-place finish in 3:46.76. The team of freshmen Victoria Adams (Anchorage, Alaska/Accounting) and Nga Nguyen (Wiesbaden, Germany/Psychology), Margot Adams and senior Bente Heller (Hamburg, Germany/Psychology) set a new program record during the morning's preliminaries with a time of 3:45.18.
 
Alaska's 200 freestyle relay also earned All-America Honorable Mention recognition, finishing 14th in 1:35.74 – just 0.03 seconds off of the school record. The relay team consisted of junior Danielle Lyons (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan/Biological Sciences), Victoria Adams, Nguyen and Heller.
 
The Nanooks are still among the nation's top 10 teams, totaling 80 points for a 10th-place standing through two days. UC San Diego, the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference champion a month ago, has moved into fifth place at the meet, making Alaska the second-ranked West Region team.
 
Competition at the 2014 NCAA Division II Championships continues Friday with preliminaries beginning at 6:30 a.m. AKDT and finals starting at 2 p.m. AKDT. The Nanooks will compete Friday in the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 800 freestyle relay. Fans can watch the competition live by clicking here. Follow along with live results by clicking here.