Namakonov Becomes First All-American in Men鈥檚 Swimming & Diving Program History with Performance at NCAA Championships
ATLANTA - University of Delaware men's swimming & diving's Matvei Namakonov became the first All-American in program history and the first student-athlete to make it to an NCAA finals race on Thursday, saving the grittiest performance of his four-year career in Newark for his final day of collegiate swimming. As the No. 23 seed in the 100-breast Namakonov swam a time of 50.49 in the preliminary round, breaking the program and ASUN record, qualifying him for the finals, moving to the four seed in the nightcap. The top-eight finish in the preliminaries earned him All-America status. The 50.49 was a...
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