From Washington University Athletics
The Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming & diving team finished eighth at the 2016 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
The WashU women finished seventh with 146 points, while the men scored 161 points to place eighth. It marks the fifth time in school history that both teams posted top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships, and the second year in a row. Emory University won the women's title with 560 team points, while Denison University was the men's team champion with 455.5 points.
Junior Michael Lagieski was the highest finisher for WashU Saturday. He broke his own school record by nearly a second to finish third in the 200 breaststroke for the second year in a row with a time of 1:58.82. Junior Reese Frerichs raced to All-America Honorable Mention honors in the event by finishing 14th in 2:02.87 after swimming a career-best time of 2:02.64 in the prelims.
Senior Luke Dobben earned All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the men's 1,650 free. He clocked a time of 15:43.85 to pick up his third career All-America honor in the event. Brown raced to the first individual All-America honor of his career in the 100 free. He swam a career-best time of 45.11 to advance to the consolation final, before finishing 16th overall in 45.19.
Freshman Kevin Van Cleave finished 30th in the men's 200 backstroke in 1:51.23.