From University of Chicago Athletics
The University of Chicago men's swimming and diving team took second place at the conclusion of the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships over the weekend. Emory University won both the men's and women's team titles for the 16th-consecutive year.
Final team scores and individual champions were announced on Tuesday. The final results were compiled from the official UAA Championships site at Emory University and the satellite site at Case Western Reserve University. Inclement weather in the Atlanta area forced three of the eight conference schools, including UChicago, to relocate to the satellite meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
Over the two-day competition, the Maroons combined to win nine UAA titles while breaking 26 school records and 14 pool records. UChicago's divers were able to reach Emory and compete in the one-meter and three-meter dives. Junior Matthew Staab picked up the team's first conference title by winning the three-meter dive with a score of 534.80.
Sophomore Matthew Veldman was a multiple title winner in both the 100-yard butterfly (49.09) and the 100-yard freestyle (45.13). He also set a new UAA record with a time of 49.05 in the 100-yard butterfly prelims.
Senior Eric Hallman finished in first place in the 200-yard IM (1:50.96), while also setting the UAA record in the event prelims with a time of 1:49.97. Sophomore Thomas Meek picked up his conference title in the 200-yard freestyle with a mark of 1:40.33. The freshman class made an impact as well, as Jonas Fowler won the 400-yard IM (4:00.93) and Kevin Ku was victorious in the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.05).
The Maroons picked up one relay victory in the men's 800-yard freestyle relay. Fowler, Meek, freshman Jonathan Simoneau and Hallman combined to win in 6:44.21 and set a new UAA record.
All-UAA honors were given to any individuals or relays that placed in the top three of each event. The men's team garnered All-UAA recognition in 15 events (including five relays).
Men's Final Standings
1. Emory University – 1,533 points
2. UChicago – 1,529.5 points
3. Washington University-St. Louis – 1,150.5 points
4. Carnegie Mellon University – 1,116 points
5. Case Western Reserve University – 1,035.5 points
6. New York University – 960.5 points
7. University of Rochester – 618 points
8. Brandeis University – 331 points
Men's All-UAA
- Three-meter dive, 1st and 2nd place (Matthew Staab, Anthony Restaino)
- 200-yard IM, 1st and 2nd place (Eric Hallman, Jonas Fowler)
- 100-yard freestyle, 1st and 2nd place (Matthew Veldman, Thomas Meek)
- 200-yard freestyle, 1st and 2nd place (Thomas Meek, Eric Hallman)
- 400-yard IM, 1st place (Jonas Fowler)
- 100-yard butterfly, 1st place (Matthew Veldman)
- 200-yard butterfly, 1st place (Kevin Ku)
- One-meter dive, 2nd and 3rd place (Matthew Staab, Anthony Restaino)
- 50-yard freestyle, 2nd and 3rd place (Thomas Meek, Matthew Veldman)
- 100-yard breaststroke, 3rd place (Andrew Angeles)
- 800-yard freestyle relay, 1st place (Jonas Fowler, Thomas Meek, Jonathan Simoneau, Eric Hallman)
- 200-yard freestyle relay, 2nd place (Thomas Meek, Jeremy Estes, Andrew Homere, Matthew Veldman)
- 400-yard freestyle relay, 2nd place (Eric Hallman, Mantim Lee, Jeremy Estes, Matthew Veldman)
- 200-yard medley relay, 2nd place (Bryan Bunning, James Taylor, Matthew Veldman, Thomas Meek)
- 400-yard medley relay, 3rd place (Bryan Bunning, Andrew Angeles, Matthew Veldman, Thomas Meek)