Birmingham, Al.-- Lenoir-Rhyne swimmer Micah McRea earned All-American honors in the 400 IM and 100 breaststroke to conclude the NCAA Championships as a three-time All-American. McRea also earned All-American status in the 200 IM on Thursday.

Teammate Lisa Boernigen closed out the championships in the 100 free on the last two days of the weekend. Earlier in the week, Boernigen earned her own All-American honor in the 200 IM on Thursday morning.

McRea finished 14th in the 400 IM. McRea had his best splits in his final two laps of the race with times of 27.42 and 28.97 for a total of 3:54.02, which was two seconds ahead of the 17th place finisher.

The next morning, McRea finished 15th in the 100 breast with a time of 54.94. During the finals later that night, McRea used a blazing first lap of 25.86 to improve to a 13th place finish with a time of 54.68.

McRea finished his championship weekend finishing 31st in the 100 free on Saturday evening with a time of 45.36.

Boernigen finished her championship weekend racing in the 100 free as well on Saturday afternoon. Boernigen had lap times of 24.89 and 26.83 to finish 25th in the event, half a second from the 16th place finisher.

The championship concludes the Bears season in which it was the first time LR had two swimmers qualify for the NCAA Championship in back-to-back years.