INDIANAPOLIS – Whitworth freshman Molly Konop finished 15^th in the women's 100-yard breaststroke on Friday evening, becoming an honorable mention All-American in her first-ever NCAA Division III swimming and diving championship meet.

Konop's finish earns her second team All-America status and scored two points for the Pirates in the women's standings.

Konop qualified 15^th into the consolation finals with her time of 1:03.64 in the morning's preliminaries, an improvement of half a second over her entry mark of 1:04.17.  She came back and went 1:04.20 in the evening swim to finish seventh in her heat and 15^th overall.

Also from Whitworth, Megan Bonikowsky and Nathanael Van Liew competed in the 100 breaststroke preliminaries on Friday morning.  Bonikowsky finished 37^th in the preliminaries with a time of 1:05.93.  Van Liew posted a time of 56.57 to finish 31^st in the prelims of the men's 100 breaststroke.

All three Pirates will compete in their final event of the meet on Saturday.  Konop and Bonikowsky will race in the women's 200-yard breaststroke while Van Liew competes in the men's 100-yard freestyle.