Senior diver Abigail Wilkov concluded her career with a second-place national finish on the 3-meter board, leading the Case Western Reserve University women's swimming and diving team on the final day of 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina on Saturday.

CWRU placed 17th nationally out of 39 scoring schools, totaling 54.0 points across the four days of competition in five events. MIT won the national championship with 497.0 points. The 54 points are the sixth-most by a Spartan women's team in program history and the 17th place finish is tied for fifth highest all-time.

Wilkov duplicated her Thursday night performance on the 1-meter board with the national runner-up finish in the 3-meter championship, securing her seventh career All-America honor and sixth career All-America First Team selection. Wilkov placed sixth in the event last season, 10th in 2023, and seventh in 2022.

She qualified for the championship final with a score of 497.45 in the preliminary round, second-best among the 29 competitors. Heading into the final, Wilkov trailed defending champion Kailee Payne of Ithaca by 14.5 points. She was able to cut her deficit to 12.25 points with one dive remaining in the program and scored 53.20 on her final attempt to total 501.65 across 11 dives. However, Payne recorded a mark of 62.10 to clinch the championship with a score of 522.80.

Wilkov is the second-ever member of the CWRU women's swimming and diving team to record two top two finishes in a career and in a single championship. In 2003, Alicia Kending won the 1650 Free and placed second in the 500 Free. For the Spartan men's team, Jay Gindin won the 200 Fly in 1992 and placed second in the event in 1993, and John Bradshaw won back-to-back national championships in the 100 Fly in 1988 and 1989.

The 400 Free Relay of senior Gabriella Chambers, senior Angeli Paull, senior Kate Menzer, and junior Claire Kozma earned All-America Second Team honors by placing 15th with a time of 3:27.41 in the consolation final. The quartet qualified for the final with a time of 3:26.90 in the prelims and secured their spot at the championship meet with a time of 3:25.75. CWRU secured All-America honors in the event for the second consecutive season and sixth time in program history.

Chambers and Kozma both earned their third All-America honors at the championship. They also both competed in the prelims of the 100 Free in the morning session. Chambers placed 31st nationally in 51.23 seconds, and Kozma placed 43rd nationally in 51.77 seconds.

Menzer received her first All-America honor at the meet and the third of her career, and Paull secured a second All-America honor in 2025 and the fourth of her career.

All eight members of the CWRU women's swimming and diving team who competed at the NCAA Championships secured All-America honors. Those eight members included Chambers, Kozma, Menzer, Paull, Wilkov, sophomore Maggie Rose Rook, junior Eliza Dixon, and senior Simone Vale.

Spartan Notes

• Chambers and Wilkov both ended their careers with seven career All-America honors, tied for the ninth-most in program history
• With one year of eligibility remaining, Kozma has accumulated eight career All-America honors, tied for the sixth-most in program history. Kelly Alexander holds the program record with 16 selections
• Wilkov's six All-America First Team selections are the third-most in program history, trailing only Alexander (10) and Susan Beatty (seven)