A huge result for a New Zealand swimmer at the NCAA Division I final at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Washington state.
Aucklander Brearna Crawford, 24, claimed a bronze medal in the women's 200-yard breaststroke, clocking 2 minutes 05.66 seconds.
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It was a new career-best for the two-time Big Ten 200-yard breaststroke champion, in the final collegiate swim of her career.
It was her first-career appearance in a championship final, racing as the fifth seed in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Her time is also good enough, when converted, to qualify for the world champships this year. Crawford also finished 10th in a relay for Indiana.
She dropped from her lifetime best of 2:06.86 at the 2022 Big Ten Championships. Crawford notably finished 17th in the event a year ago, just missing out on finals but showed a big improvement over the last 12 months.
The last Kiwi to make a NCAA final was Laticia-Leigh Transom, who finished seventh in the women's 200-yard freestyale (1:43.49) and was part of the USC Trojans record-breaking 400-yard medley relay (freestyle leg) that finished seventh.