Poulsen Earns Second NAIA Swimmer of the Week Honors

By: UC Sports Information

Kansas City, MO – An unbelievable efficiency towards DePauw results in Patriots freshman Alexander Poulsen garnering NAIA Men’s Swimmer of the Week, nationwide officers introduced Wednesday. Poulsen garnered this distinction for the second time this 12 months after setting a number of faculty and pool information.
 
Poulsen turned the primary Patriot swimmer to interrupt the 20-second barrier within the 50-yard freestyle, touching in 19.94 to set a brand new faculty report and declare the highest time within the NAIA. He continued his dominant weekend by profitable the 100-yard freestyle in 44.49, breaking the pool report and posting an NAIA provisional lower.
 
The Birkerød, Denmark native made historical past as a part of UC’s relay groups, together with the 200-yard freestyle relay, which posted a time of 1:21.43 — shattering the earlier faculty report and topping the NAIA rankings by almost a second. He additionally helped the Patriots win the 400-yard freestyle relay in 2:59.07 and the 400-yard medley relay in 3:18.57, each NAIA-best instances, and was a part of the 200-yard medley relay that broke the pool report with a 1:29.53 end.
 
Poulsen and the Patriots might be again within the water on Friday, November 21^st as they participate within the Centre College Invite.
 
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