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Gabe Bamforth Breaks Own School Record; Tartans Finish Fifth at UAA Championships

Gabe Bamforth Breaks Own School Record; Tartans Finish Fifth at UAA Championships

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team finished fifth at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships hosted by Emory University from February 14-17. The Tartans finished the meet with 902.5 points while Emory was crowned team champions with 1,725 points.

Junior diver Gabe Bamforth (Cambridge, Mass. / CRLS) picked up his second second-place finish on Saturday when he scored a career-best and school record tally of 565.85 points on the 1-meter diving board. Senior DeShawn Green (Newport News, Va. / Warwick) also recorded a career-best score and earned placement at the NCAA Regional Diving Championship with 440.70 points and an eighth-place finish.

Freshman Andrew Joyner (Holly Springs, N.C. / Tar Heel Springs Academy) swam the 1,650-yard freestyle in 16:04.97 to finish fifth for the Tartans. In the sprint freestyle Saturday, sophomore Sam Hawke (Malvern, Pa. / Episcopal Academy) led the Tartans with a 15th-place finish in 46.83 while freshman James Kirkby (West Chester, Pa. / West Chester East) finished the 100-yard sprint at the same time.

Junior Winston Chu (Warren, N.J. / Saint Peter's Prep) was the top finisher for the Tartans in the 200-yard breaststroke when he touched 11th in 2:04.97.

The 200-yard butterfly witnessed sophomores Rip Lyster (Naples, Fla. / Gulf Coast) and Alessandro Rastelli (Norwell, Mass. / Norwell) finish 12-13 with times of 1:53.22 and 1:53.70.

The 400-yard freestyle relay of freshman Justin Britton (Falls Church, Va. / George Mason), freshman Max Gonzalez (Allison Park, Pa. / North Allegheny), sophomore Richard Deng (West Windsor, N.J. / West Windsor Plainsboro South), and Hawke finished the meet off with a fifth-place finish in a time of 3:02.92.