ResultsNew York University's men's swimming & diving team finished in third place at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships, which were held Wednesday through Saturday, February 11-14, at Emory University's Madeline Jude Brown Aquatic Center in Atlanta, GA.
"We had a fantastic meet, and it's very satisfying to see the hard work that our team put in over the past six months pay off," said NYU Head Coach Trevor Miele -- he and his assistants were named UAA Men's Coaching Staff of the Year. "Now that UAA's are over, our focus shifts to NCAA Championships."The Violets finished the eight-team competition with 1,374 points, just behind second-place University of Chicago (1,408 points). Host Emory won the title with 1,551 points.
Senior diver
Austen Blease, after winning both one-meter events on the first day of competition and both three-meter events on the third day competition, was named the UAA Championship Men's Diver of the Meet, and Diving Coach
Scott Donie was named Men's Diving Coach of the Meet.
"This may be the first time since I started at NYU that we have swept every diving event at the UAA's," said Donie.
HIGHLIGHTS:- Freshman
Sean Haechler finished fourth in the 200-yard butterfly preliminary with a NCAA-qualifying and NYU record-breaking time of 1:51.54. Sophomores
Phillip Kang (1:53.22) and
Daniel Tay (1:52.13) achieved NCAA-qualifying times in the 200-yard butterfly finals.
- In the 200-yard backstroke, freshman
Adam Betts (1:53.21) and sophomore
Bobby Chin (1:52.61) both earned NCAA-qualifying times.
- Sophomore
Ethan Louie also secured two NCAA-qualifying times in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:08.90) and the 200-yard backstroke preliminaries (1:52.46).
- Senior captain
Jerry Crowley finished third in the 100-yard freestyle (44.94), making the NCAA B-cut.
- In the 200-yard breaststroke, senior captain
Matt Kendall (2:01.96) and freshman
Miguel Poblete (2:04.59) both earned NCAA-qualifying times, finishing second and seventh, respectively.
NYU's next competition will be at the Kenyon College Invitational on Saturday, February 21, in Gambier, OH. The meet is set to begin at 1:00 pm.
