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Anderson
Places Second in 100-Yard Breaststroke at National Meet
UW-Stevens Point�s Alex Anderson led the
100-yard breaststroke final entering the last 25 yards, but College of
New Jersey�s Steve Swenson edged him at the wall for the national title
at Friday�s competition at the NCAA Division III men�s swimming and
diving championships in Minneapolis.
Anderson, whose second place finish is the
best performance of his career, was the top seed entering the event and
led Swenson by five-hundreths of a second at the final turn, but Swenson
touched the wall six-hundreths before Anderson in a time of 56.25
seconds for the victory.
Anderson also swam on the Pointers� 200-yard
medley relay that placed seventh in 1:33.59. He was joined by Willie
Clapp, Garth Newport and Chase Gross on the All-American swim.
Gross added a 10th place finish in the
200-yard freestyle in 1:40.79 to earn honorable mention All-American
laurels in the event.
The meet concludes on Saturday at the
University of Minnesota Aquatics Center.
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