Males’s Swimming & Diving Extends Reign with twenty seventh Consecutive UAA Championship

The Emory University males’s swimming and diving staff put the ending touches of its 27^th consecutive University Athletic Association championship because the convention meet concluded Saturday evening in Chicago, Illinois.

The Eagles noticed 4 further All-UAA finishes throughout the ultimate six occasions to finish the meet with 1,753.5 factors and win by a 127.5-point margin towards second-place New York University. Over the 4 day in Chicago, the Eagles received two occasion titles and recorded 12 All-UAA finishes.

Both occasion championships got here from sophomore Solly Berkenwald as he swept the diving occasions for the second straight yr en path to being named the Men’s Diver of the Year for a second time. In addition, diving coach Tomasz Rossa secured one other Men’s Diving Coach of the Year honor and the staff’s teaching workers led by Jon Howell, Cindy Fontana, John Petroff, Bob Hackett and Rossa had been named the Co-Coaching Staff of the Year. This marks the eighth time Howell and his workers have received the award on the boys’s facet in addition to their second straight win.

Despite capturing simply two occasion titles, the Eagles utilized its tremendously deep roster to by no means being threatened over the course of the meet.

Sophomore Ben Pritchard secured the primary of the staff’s 4 All-UAA honors throughout the night as he took third within the 1650 Freestyle with a time of 15:27.02. Sophomore Zachary Spicer highlighted 5 Eagles inside the highest 9 within the 200 Backstroke along with his third place end with a time of 1:47.26 and within the 100 Freestyle, junior Hayden Tupper was considered one of 4 Eagles inside the highest 11 as he positioned third with a mark of 44.48.

Senior Henri Bonnault was considered one of three Emory caps within the A last of the 200 Breaststroke and led the group with a fifth place displaying at 1:59.90. Junior McKee Thorsen had the staff’s greatest end of the night as he was the runner-up within the 200 Fly, touching at 1:45.75.

The Eagles’ group of Tupper, Thorsen, freshman Trenton Cassens and graduate scholar Jared Zhang concluded the day 4 occasions with a fourth place end within the 400 Free Relay, combining for a time of two:58.65.

With UAAs concluded, the Eagles will flip their sights to the ultimate final likelihood meet subsequent week as Emory will host its February Invitational on the 20^th and 21^st earlier than gearing up for the NCAA Championships subsequent month in Indianapolis.