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Szabo
and Bassett Close Out at U.S. Nationals April 8, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- American University juniors Dominick Szabo (North Wales, Penn./North Penn) and Ethan Bassett (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) each set new personal bests at the ConocoPhillips Spring National Championships. Szabo, who was named AU's 18th swimming & diving All-American at the NCAA Championships in the 100-yard breaststroke, took ninth in the 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries in 1:03.27 to qualify for the Olympic Trials. In the finals that evening, he was 11th in 1:03.72. Both Bassett and Szabo competed in the 200-meter individual medley. Szabo swam to a first alternate position for the finals in 2:08.98 - his fastest ever - while Bassett swam a personal best of 2:10.82. "They both had strong swims and represented American University well," said Head Coach Mark Davin. Bassett was also
30th in the 400-meter individual medley preliminaries (4:40.25) and came
in 58th in the 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries in 1:07.11.
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