COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's swimming team garnered seven total All-America honors among six swimmers as announced by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.
The DII NCAA Championships were canceled midway through the second day of the meet this year as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus. As a result, the CSCAA Board adjusted the All-America selection criteria.
For DII, in contested events at the NCAA Championships, the top eight finalists were 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 were named "All-American."
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of sophomore
Aiden Clark, senior
Gabo Jimenez, freshman
Jon Osa and sophomore
Austin Stevenson earned honorable mention All-America plaudits. The quartet placed 14
th in the prelims in a time of 1:21.11, which earned them a spot in the finals, which were never completed.
Two Tritons were classified as "All-American" for events that were not contested. Those accolades went to: senior
Patryk Golinski in the 1650-yard freestyle and freshman
Guillem Masjuan Roca in the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes.
Golinski is a repeat All-America selection, having also earned the honor in the 1650 freestyle as a sophomore.