Eighteen Mizzou Swimmers and Divers Earn All-America Honors
4/8/2020 9:03:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A total of 18 members of the Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams earned College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-America honors for the 2019-20 season, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Due to the cancelation of the NCAA Championships, the CSCAA Board adjusted the selection criteria in each Division. In Division I, all relays achieving 'A' standards, individuals selected to the NCAA Championships and divers entered in uncontested events from the Zone C Diving Qualifications meet earned All-America status.
A total of six Tiger women and seven men earned individual invitations to the NCAA Championships, while an additional three Mizzou women and two men swam on 'A' standard relays, to claim All-America honors.
Mizzou Women's 2019-20 All-Americans
- Amy Feddersen - Freshman / Ames, Iowa (200 Free Relay)
- Maddie Huitt - Freshman / Gibsonia, Pa. (Platform)
- Haley Hynes - Senior / Lee's Summit, Mo. (200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- Megan Keil - Sophomore, Derby, Kan. (50 Free, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- Jennifer King Senior / Glasgow, Scotland (200 Back)
- Meredith Rees Freshman / Colorado Springs, Colo. (100 Back)
- Sarah Thompson - Junior / Collierville, Tenn. (50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Back, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- Savana Trueb - Freshman / Colorado Springs, Colo. (Platform)
- Molly Winer Freshman / Ames, Iowa (200 Medley Relay)
Mizzou Men's 2019-20 All-Americans
- Nick Alexander Senior / St. Louis, Mo. (200 Back, 200 IM)
- Jack Dahlgren - Sophomore / Victoria, Minn. (200 Free, 200 Back, 400 Free Relay)
- Leonardo Garcia Varela - Freshman / Cali, Colombia (3-Meter)
- Daniel Hein Senior / Sycamore, Ill. (100 Back, 100 Fly)
- Danny Kovac - Sophomore, Fort Collins, Colo. (100 Fly, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay)
- Kyle Leach Sophomore - Colorado Springs, Colo. (400 Free Relay)
- Giovanny Lima - Senior / Sao Paulo, Brazil (400 Free Relay)
- Carlo Lopez Freshman / Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (3-Meter, Platform)
- Micah Slaton - Senior / Austin, Texas (100 Fly, 200 Fly)
This is not 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.
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