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March 23, 2009
UAA Athlete of the Week
Alex Beyer (Washington University):
Junior Alex Beyer of Washington University led the Bears to a seventh-place finish at the 2009 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Minneapolis, MN. Beyer won the 400-yard individual medley on Thursday, becoming just the third student-athlete in school history to win an individual national championship. His time of 3:51.45 set a new Division III record, making Beyer the first Washington swimmer to hold an NCAA record. Over the four-day meet, he tallied four other All-America finishes and a pair of runner-up times, breaking school records in each race. Beyer was second in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:23.60) and the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.95), and was a member of the third-place 800-yard freestyle relay (6:38.12) and fourth-place 400-yard freestyle relay (3:00.18) teams.
Other Notable Performances
Alex Hostoffer (Case) earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.75) with a 10th-place finish… Andrew Lardiere (NYU) picked up All-America honors with sixth-place finishes in the 100-yard freestyle (44.46) and the 50-yard freestyle (20.24). He also swam on the 14th-place 800-yard freestyle that checked in a time of 6:47.91… Harrison Brown (Emory) won six All-America awards, finishing fifth in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.50), seventh in the 100-yard backstroke (50.18), and eighth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:50.22). He also swam on the 200-yard medley relay (third place), 200-yard freestyle relay (fourth place), and 400-yard medley relay (fourth place)… Randall Scarborough (Emory) recorded six All-America performances and earned one All-America Honorable Mention award. He finished in fifth place in the 100-yard butterfly (48.78) and 13th place in the 100-yard freestyle (44.98). The senior was also part of the fourth-place 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay, 800-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, and the third-place 200-yard medley relay.
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