For the second straight year, IUP sophomore swimmers Paige Mikesell and Rachel Johnson have been named All-Americans by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.
Mikesell earned All-America honors in three events: the 100 and 200 yard butterfly and 200 yard freestyle. Johnson earned the nod in the 100 yard breaststroke.
Mikesell entered the championships with the second fastest 200 fly time in Division II at 1:59.22. She was just :00.05 shy of national leader Courtney Sherwood of Tampa as Mikesell looked for the individual crown in the event.
She also had the sixth fastest 100 fly time in the country at 54.09 and the fifth fastest 200 free time at 1:49.32.
This is the second straight year that Mikesell has earned All-American honors, but her first as an individual. She and Johnson were part of the 13th place honorable mention All-American 400 medley relay squad as freshmen in 2019.
Johnson went into the championships ranked 26th in Division II in the 100 breast with a time of 1:03.14.
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships, all individual and relay qualifiers selected to compete at the event were named All-American.
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