Report-Breaking Weekfinish Earns Klimaszewski BIG EAST Honors

NEW YORK, N.Y. – After breaking a number of particular person and relay data, senior Michael Klimaszewski (London, England) has been named BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week, the convention workplace introduced Monday.

Individually, the Londoner discovered himself on the rostrum twice this previous weekend. After claiming the highest seed within the 100 butterfly with a season-best time of 46.75, Klimaszewski introduced house the silver medal within the finals. Additionally, he had a breakout weekend within the 100 freestyle. After setting a brand new faculty document in prelims with a time of 43.59, the senior lowered the document once more in finals. Klimaszewski wouldn’t solely put up a brand new document time of 43.36, however he claimed the Pirates’ lone total win of the weekend.

Alongside his teammates, Klimaszewski rewrote the relay document board. In the 200 medley relay, his clutch butterfly leg helped energy the Pirates to a brand new document time of 1:27.55, 0.04 seconds quicker than the document established ultimately season’s BIG EAST Championships. Across the whole area, The Hall positioned third total with that point.

In his ultimate race of the meet, the 400 freestyle relay. Kilmaszewski led off the race with a blistering 43.61 to maintain the Pirates across the entrance of the sphere. The remainder of the workforce swam lights out, incomes a third-place end with a time of two:55.47. That mark was an enchancment by over half a second from the document the identical four-man lineup set 9 months prior on the BIG EAST Championships.