UW-La Crosse’s Nygaard Claims All-America Honors At NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship

INDIANAPOLIS–University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Preston Nygaard earned All-America honors with a sixth-place end within the 200-yard breaststroke on the NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship held on the IU Natatorium March 18-21.

 

He completed with a time of 1:58.79 to turn into the primary swimmer in program historical past to earn All-America First Team distinction within the 200-yard breaststroke on the nationwide championship. Nygaard set a faculty document within the prelims of the occasion with a time of 1:58.37.

 

Nygaard additionally completed seventeenth within the prelims of the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 54.80 seconds and forty ninth within the prelims of the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.23 seconds.

 

UW-La Crosse completed forty first on the nationwide championship with 13 factors.

 

Denison University (Ohio) received its seventh nationwide title with 437 factors to surpass the second-place whole of 388.50 factors by New York University. University of Chicago (Ill.) took third with 353 factors, Kenyon College (Ohio) fourth with 299 and Emory University (Ga.) fifth with 275. A complete of 46 groups earned factors on the nationwide occasion that was hosted by Indiana University Indianapolis.

 

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