Michael Phillips, Hartwick College Sr., Austin, TX/James Bowie HS

Phillips was named Swimmer of the Meet at the Empire 8 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Phillips won three state and Empire 8 titles, meeting the NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving provisional qualifying standard in each. He set Empire 8 championship records in capturing the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.71) and the 200-yard breaststroke (school record 2:03.90). He won the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 1:52.76 and swam the final leg of the state-winning 800-yard freestyle relay that won in a time of 6:46.45, breaking the Empire 8 record. Phillips also swam the anchor leg of the Hawks’ 400-yard freestyle relay that set an Empire 8 mark in 3:03.75.