From NYU Athletics

The New York University men's swimming team finished in ninth place at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, which were held on Wednesday-Saturday, March 16-19, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC.

This was the second consecutive NCAA Championships at which NYU placed ninth. The Violets accumulated 126 points in the 55-team competition. Denison University was crowned national champion with 455.5 points.

Over the course of the meet, new NYU records were broken in the 500-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay.

"Finishing in the top 10 at nationals for two years in a row is a huge accomplishment for this program and we will look to build off of our success next season," said Head Coach Trevor Miele. "I am really appreciative of our swimmers' hard work and dedication and I am very happy that they had such a great season."

Sophomore Joe Baron, senior Win Htet Oo, junior Max Phillips, and sophomore Chad Moody then teamed up in the finals of the 400-yard freestyle relay, finishing in seventh place with a time of 3:00.89 and securing First Team All-America honors.

"I was extremely proud of how we finished up the meet tonight," continued Miele. "The relay team really stepped up tonight and dropped a fast time."

During Saturday evening's action, sophomore Austin Palmer placed sixth in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:30, securing his fourth First Team All-America accolade of the meet.

VIOLET ALL-AMERICANS:

First Team

Austin Palmer: 500-yard freestyle, 400-yard IM, 800-yard freestyle relay, 1,650-yard freestyle

Tim Kou: 400-yard medley relay, 800-yard freestyle relay

Chad Moody: 400-yard medley relay, 400-yard freestyle relay

Max Phillips: 400-yard freestyle relay, 800-yard freestyle relay

Joe Baron: 400-yard freestyle relay

Adam Betts: 400-yard medley relay

Win Htet Oo: 400-yard freestyle relay

Daniel Tay: 400-yard medley relay

Daryl Wang: 800-yard freestyle relay

Honorable Mention

Adam Betts: 200-yard medley relay, 100-yard backstroke

Tim Kou: 200-yard medley relay, 100-yard breaststroke

Joe Baron: 200-yard medley relay

Reid Hensen: 400-yard IM

Daniel Tay: 200-yard medley relay