Swimming and diving places 13th in NCAA championships
The Washington University men’s swimming and diving team placed 13th at the Division III NCAA Championships this past weekend, held at Miami University in Ohio.
The top 20 finish is the sixth straight for Bears, all under Head Coach Brad Shively.
Sophomore Alex Beyer garnered All-American honors with a ninth place showing in the 500-yard freestyle and a 15th place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Classmate Brian Kushner finished 12th in the 500-freestyle while freshman Michael Flanagan placed fifth in the 200-yard butterfly.
Junior Kevin Leckey took 16th in the 50-yard freestyle, classmate Perry Bullock grabbed 12th in the 400-yard IM and Beyer received All-American honors again for placing 11th in the 400 IM. He also broke the school record in the 400-IM during a preliminary with a time of 3:58.35
Medley teams also earned three All-American distinctions. Leckey, Bayer, Flanagan and freshman David Chao swam to a 10th place finish in the 400-yard medley.
Leckey, Bayer, Kushner and Chao placed third in the 800-yard freestyle relay. The same team finished 17th in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
“Our goal was to finish in the top ten, but we did move up five places from last year. Everyone swam really well, but Alex and Mike did especially well,” said Leckey.
The team almost finished the tournament in the 10th spot, but the team did not qualify for the finals in the 400-freestyle relay, which allowed other teams to pass Wash. U. in overall position.
“We came in third in the 500-free relay. We swam out of our minds on that. We were in the top 10 going into the last event, but we did not make the final in the 400-free relay. Not being in that kind of hurt us,” said Leckey.
The NCAA Championships mark the end of the 2007-2008 season, and the team will end the season with a 5-0 record in dual-meet competition.
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