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Bassett, Szabo Compete at Potomac Valley Senior Championships
Bassett earns second place in 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard breastroke

Mar. 3, 2002

WASHINGTON -- As the American men’s swimming and diving team gears up to compete at the US Open and NCAA finals in the coming weeks, sophomores Ethan Bassett and Dominick Szabo competed in the Potomac Valley Senior Championships last weekend. Bassett turned in a strong individual performance at the event, earning two second-place finishes in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard breastroke.

Bassett earned a 4:40.56 in prelims and a 4:34.45 in the finals of the 500-yard freestyle. In the 200-yard breaststroke, he notched a 2:03.43 in the prelims and a 2:05.24 in the finals. He earned a 1:57.12 in the prelims of the 200-yard Individual Medley before scratching in the finals of the event.

Szabo swam a 2:10.75 in the 200-yard breaststroke preliminary event but scratched in the finals of the event and did not place.

American men's swimming and diving is coming off a second place in the Patriot League Championships, their inaugural league championships, held from Feb. 14-16. Junior standout Mark Liscinsky was named the Male Swimmer of the Meet while seventh-year head coach Mark Davin was selected as the Men’s Coach of the Year.

The NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships run from March 14-16 for the women and March 21-23 for the men.