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Swimming and Diving Earns All-American Academic Accolades
Men finish 11th; Women 13th in national rankings

March 11, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The American men's and women's swimming and diving teams each recently earned spots on the Academic All-American List for team GPA in the fall 2001 semester. The men finished with an 11th place finish in the nation among all Division I swimming and diving programs while the women finished in 13th place. Both the men's and women's teams have received an Academic All-American team award every semester for the past seven years.

Every semester, the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America announces the Academic All-American teams. For Division I women, American's team GPA of 3.322 placed them in 13th place nationally. The Saint Francis University women's program earned the highest team GPA overall with a 3.564.

The American men's team earned a 3.094, placing them 11th in the national rankings. St. Peter's College had the highest team GPA for men with a 3.37.

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 recently 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.

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.