Stevens Men's Swimming in 14th Heading into Final Day of NCAA's
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 23, 2012) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men’s swimming team is in 14th place heading to the fourth and final day of the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. Headlining the Ducks’ Day 3 action was the 800-yard freestyle relay time that placed 10th and set a new school-record.
Day 3 Preliminaries
Junior John Hu (Oak Harbor, Wash.) opened the day’s action by placing 19th in the 200-yard butterfly prelims with a time of 1:51.86, and classmate Greg Charriez (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.) took 24th in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.32.
Day 3 Finals
The 800-yard freestyle relay, which only has a final, was the only evening action the Ducks saw. In that event, freshman Wesley Elford (Phoenix, Ariz.), Hu, sophomore Nick Noga (Oriskany, N.Y.) and junior Alex Benham (Raleigh, N.C.) placed 10th with a time of 6:44.45 and earned 14 points. The finish was also a new school-record and all four swimmers earn honorable mention All-America honors.
Denison University is leading with 471 points and Kenyon College is in second. Stevens (47) is the top team amongst Empire 8 foes and is second among New Jersey institutions (The College of New Jersey).