AUSTIN, Texas – Carson-Newman women's swimmers Meredith Ginn and CJ Jensen have added CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large honors to their considerable resumes, CoSIDA announced late Thursday evening.
The selections are the first for both Ginn and Jensen and give the swim program its first selections since Mary Northcutt and Paden Duke were recognized in 2020.
Ginn finished her Carson-Newman career with a 4.0 GPA while majoring in Chemistry. Jensen was also a Chemistry major and graduated with a 3.86 GPA.
Jensen earned honorable mention All-America honors this season in the 200-IM. Her consolation finals time of 2:03.59 helped her finish 13th overall at the NCAA Championship Meet.
She also turned in a 10th-place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:21.15.
Last year, Jensen capped a historic 2021 NCAA championship meet with six All-America swims. Jensen broke the school record in the women's 200-yard butterfly and gathered six All-American honors over the three-day event.
She won individual All-American honors in the women's 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard individual medley, and 400-yard individual medley. She was also part of the All-American women's 200 and 400-yard medley relays along with the women's 800-yard freestyle relay team. She saved her best performance in the 200 butterfly for nationals where her school record 2:56 time helped her to the finals and a fourth-place finish in the event.
Meanwhile, Ginn competed in the 400-IM at nationals with a time of 4:27.02. She was a member of the 200-yard medley relay that set a program record and earned All-America honors with a time of 1:40.91. Ginn, Kailee Morgan, Manon Campagner and Kyla Blakemore finished fifth at nationals. She also earned honorable mention All-America honors with the 200 freestyle relay with Compagner, Kennadi King and Summer Osborne.
In 2021, she collected two individual All-American honors at the NCAA Division II National Championships in the women's 400-yard IM in 4:16.48 and the women's 200-yard breaststroke in 2:16.10. Ginn also captured a ninth-place finish in the women's 200-yard IM with a time of 2:01.85 at the National Championships.
Both athletes now qualify for selection as Academic All-Americans.
