Castle, Picard named to America East All-Academic Team

LEXINGTON, Va. – For the second-straight 12 months, VMI Men’s Swimming & Diving juniors Matthew Picard and Sam Castle had been named to the America East All-Academic Team on Wednesday.
 
To be nominated, a student-athlete should be a starter or essential reserve and should seem in not less than 50% of all competitions in the course of the enjoying season. Student-athletes should be not less than a sophomore academically and athletically and will need to have not less than a 3.30 cumulative grade level common.
 
Castle and Picard had been four-time medalists in the course of the convention meet, tallying three bronze and one silver within the 4 days. The junior duo was invited to compete on this 12 months’s CSCAA National Invitational Championships.
 

Castle, a mechanical engineering main, was a drive within the backstroke, holding a top-five time within the 50 & 100 Back and a top-10 mark within the 200 Back amongst all America East swimmers. During the league championship, Castle led 4 relay groups to the rostrum and positioned fifth within the 100 Back and eighth within the 200 Back.
 

Picard, a mechanical engineering main, had top-10 league occasions within the 50 & 100 Free. Picard was additionally part of the 4 medaling relay groups on the league meet. He additionally positioned eighth within the 50 Free.
 
Men’s Swimming & Diving All-Academic Team
Oxford Bayley, NJIT
Christopher Buonocore, Bryant
Sam Castle, VMI
Borys Endle, NJIT
Zac Kuzak, NJIT
Harrison, Lambert
Axel Mori, UMBC
Sean Neils, UMBC
Matthew Picard, VMI
Liam Preston, Binghamton
 
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