The LSU women’s swim team returned home from the Women’s NCAA Championships with a 30th-place finish and eight All-American Honors.Five Lady Tigers competed in the three-day meet, held at Purdue’s Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind. No strangers to the meet, junior Jane Trepp and sophomore Mary Beck returned for their second year, while freshman Amanda Kendall, sophomore Samantha Goates and sophomore Morgan McGee competed for the first time.Trepp, Kendall, Goates and McGee kicked off the meet with a 12th-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1 minute, 30.47 seconds. The time earned Trepp her fifth All-American honor, while Kendall, Goates and McGee each received their first.”I am proud of these four girls for becoming All-Americans, especially since three of them are here for the first time,” LSU coach Adam Schmitt said in a news release.Individually, Trepp tied for 20th place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.52 seconds, and Kendall placed 50th with a time of 23.11 seconds. Beck finished 28th in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1 minute, 59.70 seconds.The Lady Tigers closed out Thursday with the 400-medley relay. Beck, Trepp, McGee and Kendall clocked a time of 3 minutes, 40.09 seconds to finish 17th.The foursome of Trepp, Kendall, Goates and McGee picked up their second All-American honor Friday in the 200-yard medley relay. They placed 13th with a season best time of 1 minute, 39.24 seconds, before moving up to 12th place Saturday because of USC’s disqualification.Beck placed 33rd in the 100-yard backstroke Saturday with a time of 54.22 seconds. McGee placed 46th in the same event with a time of 55.09 seconds.Trepp placed 35th in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1 minute, 2.35 seconds, and 37th in the 100-yard butterfly, sprinting the race in 54.07 seconds. Kendall placed 63rd in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 50.07 seconds.Beck swam in place of McGee in the 400-yard freestyle relay Saturday, aiding the squad to a 17th place finish with a time of 3 minutes, 20.71 seconds. She also placed 44th in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 57.35 seconds.Kendall and Goates both swam in the 100-yard freestyle Saturday. Kendall placed 57th with a time of 50.48 seconds and Goates placed 60th, coming in at 51.01 seconds.Schmitt said the future looks bright for next season with the young group of swimmers.”I’m proud of how our women competed this weekend,” Schmitt said. “We fought hard, and coming away with a top-30 finish is good. Of course we had higher expectations, but I’m happy we came away with eight All-American honors, and with such a young team, I look forward to the future.”The Men’s NCAA Championships will begin Thursday in Columbus, Ohio. Senior Sean LeNeave, juniors James Meyers and Hannes Heyl and freshmen Andrei Tuomola and Craig Hamilton will represent LSU at the event.—-Contact Contact Katherine Terrell at [email protected]