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March 26, 2008
UAA Athlete of the Week
MM• Keith Diggs (Emory): The sophomore claimed All-America honors in two individual events, including a national championship in the 400-yard individual medley, at the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH, helping the Eagles to a fourth-place finish. Diggs broke his own school record in winning the 400 IM with a time of 3:54.80, falling less than a second shy of the Division III championship meet record. He also established a school record with a runner-up finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle, posting a time of 15:33.71. Diggs added honorable mention All-America performances with a 10th-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.75) and as a member of the Eagles’ 11th-place 400-yard freestyle relay (3:05.07).
Other Top Performers
MM• Alex Beyer (Washington): The sophomore Alex Beyer earned five All-America citations at the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH, helping the Bears to a 13th-place finish. Beyer finished fourth in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:58.55 (he broke the school record in the preliminaries with a time of 3:58.35), placed ninth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:31.81 (setting a school record in the prelims with a time of 4:29.79), and was 15th in the 1,650-yard freestyle in a time of 16:02.00. Beyer was also a member of the Bears' third-place 800-yard freestyle relay (6:43.83) and tenth-place 400-yard medley relay (3:25.73).
MM• Andrew Lardiere (NYU): The junior earned All-America honors in seven events and was part of five school-record breaking performances in leading the Violets to a ninth-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, OH. Lardiere finished as the runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle with a school-record time of 44.75 seconds, placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:40.07 (setting a school record in the prelims with a time of 1:39.81) and finished ninth in the 50-yard freestyle with a school-record time of 20.46 seconds. He also swam the anchor leg on four All-America relay teams as the Violets finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:22.00 – school record), seventh in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:02.77 – school record), 11th in the 200-yard medley relay (1:34.00), and 12th in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:52.00).
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