Five Conference Carolinas Swimmers Earn CSCAA All-America Honors
Five Conference Carolinas Swimmers Earn CSCAA All-America Honors
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Five Conference Carolinas swimmers have earned College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-America honors.
Four individuals from Emmanuel (Igor Bretas Dantas, Thiago Rosa, Joao Santos and Alex Sobers) garnered the prestigious honor, while Barton’s Bartlomiej Swiderski also collected the impressive honor.
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the CSCAA Board adjusted the selection criteria for each Division.
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 year’s Division II selections were made as follows: In contested events, the top eight finalists are named to the first team while the consolation finalists were named Honorable Mention. In events that were not contested, individual and relay qualifiers selected for the championship are named All-American.
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.
To learn more and to see all of the NCAA Division II All-America selections, please visit HERE.
Conference Carolinas CSCAA All-America Selections
Bartlomiej Swiderski, Barton - (100 Back, 200 Back)
Igor Bretas Dantas, Emmanuel - (50 Free (HM), 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay)
Thiago Rosa, Emmanuel - (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay)
Joao Santos, Emmanuel - (100 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
Alex Sobers, Emmanuel - (100 Free, 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay)