CLEVELAND, Mississippi – The No. 25 Ouachita women's swimming and diving team posted a third-place finish over the weekend at the 2024 Delta State Turkey Invitational.
 
The Tigersharks tallied 1327.5 points across three days to placed third out of eight teams. Host and No. 14 Delta State won the invite with 1726 points. DIII No. 21 Rhodes placed second with 1610 points. Ouachita placed ahead of Hendrix in fourth place with 649 points, the University of the Ozarks in fifth (565), William Carey in sixth (552.5), Millsaps in seventh (335), and Meridian Community College in eighth (27).
 
Anna Phelps was the lone event winner for the Tigershark women in Mississippi, picking up two event wins. Phelps won the 400 IM by over four seconds with a time of 4:33.30 and took first in the 200 Butterfly by almost two seconds with a time of 2:07.82. The Marlton, New Jersey native also placed second in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:06.32, just 0.33 seconds out of first place, and third in the 1650 Freestyle with a time of 17:37.86.
 
Ouachita tallied 14 A-Final top five finishes across 19 events at the three-day invitational to secure a top three finish.
 
The Tigersharks have some time off but will be back in the pool in 2025 when they travel to Pensacola, Florida to compete against the No. 9 Argonauts of the University of West Florida on Saturday, January 4.