The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Twenty-three from Men’s Swimming & Diving earn CSCAA All-America honors
04.08.2020 | Men's Swimming and Diving
With adjusted criteria due to canceled NCAA Championships, 23 Longhorns brought home 69 honors.
COLORADO SPRING, Colo. – The No. 1 Texas Men's Swimming & Diving team saw 23 student-athletes pick up All-America honors from the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) on Thursday.
Senior Maxime Rooney led the way with seven distinctions, bringing his career total to 15. Close behind, sophomores Drew Kibler and Daniel Krueger both claimed six accolades for the year. Kibler now has 11 individual honors, while Krueger is up to nine.
Joining Rooney, Kibler and Kruger on the swimming side of things was Josh Artmann, Jack Collins, Caspar Corbeau, Jake Foster, Ryan Harty, Alvin Jiang, Austin Katz, JohnThomas Larson, Jason Park, Sam Pomajevich, Charles Scheinfeld, Chris Staka, Braden Vines, Matthew Willenbring, and Alex Zettle.
Five Texas divers earned All-America accolades including Jordan Windle, Jacob Cornish and Andrew Harness, who were cited for all three events. Grayson Campbell, who only competes on springboard, picked up both 1-meter and 3-meter accolade, and Andrew Gawin-Parigini earned a citation for 1-meter.
Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the CSCAA Board adjusted the selection criteria for each Division. For Division I, all relays achieving 'A" standards, individuals selected to the NCAA Championships, and divers entered in uncontested events from the Zone C Diving Qualification meet are named All-American.
The result was an unprecedented number of selections in what is largely acknowledged as unprecedented circumstances. Greg Earhart, Executive Director explained that the Board of Directors sought to not penalize any student-athlete who had not had the opportunity to compete for a spot on the All-American team. "Our sport is replete with previously-unheralded swimmers and divers who have gone on not just to All-America honors, but also to national championships and Olympic Team spots."
This isn't the first time the association adjusted All-America criteria. The first CSCAA All-America team was published in 1924, thirteen years before the first men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. The first women's All-America team was published in 1975, seven years prior to the first NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship. During much of that time, the team was selected by a panel of coaches. In 1985 the honor was standardized around the NCAA Championships with the top eight finalists receiving first-team recognition and consolation finalists being named Honorable Mention.
ATHLETE | EVENTS
Joshua Artmann: 100 Back, 200 Back
Grayson Campbell: 1-Meter, 3-Meter
Jack Collins: 1650 Free
Caspar Corbeau: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 400 Med Relay
Jacob Cornish: 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Jake Foster: 200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
Andrew Gawin-Parigini: 1-Meter
Andrew Harness: 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Ryan Harty: 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM, 400 Med Relay
Alvin Jiang: 100 Back, 100 Fly, 400 Fr Relay, 200 Med Relay
Austin Katz: 500 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 800 Fr Relay
Drew Kibler: 100 Free, 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
Daniel Krueger: 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Med Relay, 400 Med Relay
JohnThomas Larson: 500 Free
Jason Park: 100 Back, 200 Back
Sam Pomajevich: 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Fly
Maxime Rooney: 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Med Relay
Charles Scheinfeld: 100 Breast, 200 Med Relay
Chris Staka: 100 Back, 200 Med Relay
Braden Vines: 200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
Matthew Willenbring: 200 IM, 200 Fr Relay, 800 Free Relay
Jordan Windle: 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform
Alex Zettle: 500 Free
