Oakland University swimmer Tanya Korniyenko (Almaty, Kazakhstan) became just the second female swimmer in Oakland history to become an All-American after placing 15th in the 100-meter fly on March 19 at the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in College Station, Texas.

Korniyenko placed 16th in the 100-meter fly preliminaries with a time of 1:00.07, qualifying her for the finals. She then bettered her placing during the finals, finishing 15th with a time of 1:00.12. Korniyenko joins Georgia Kinsela as OU’s second female swimmer to become an All-American.

Korniyenko was joined by teammate Oksana Strelets (Kazakhstan) at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships March 18-20, where the two seniors capped off their college careers.

Korniyenko also competed in the 200-meter fly, placing 23^rd out of 35 and just missing the finals with a time of 2:13.42, and the 200-meter IM, finishing 65^th out of a group of 69 with a time of 2:19.00.

Strelets competed in the 50-meter freestyle, placing 48^th out of a pool of 71 with a time of 25.97, and the 100-meter freestyle, finishing 55th in a pool of 77 with a time of 56.72.

As a result of 2004 being an Olympic year, each event at the NCAA Championships was swam in meters as opposed to yards.