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American Athletic Conference Championships
Kearsey Shines at American Conference Championships
2/22/2020 11:30:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
HOUSTON, Texas – Senior Will Kearsey was named the men's Most Outstanding Swimmer at the 2020 American Athletic Conference Championships. Kearsey finished the week with four medals, including three gold, two conference records, and multiple school records.
"It was a good week and I'm feeling good, but I could have never expected to walk away with three golds, this award, two conference records, school records. It's a great honor," said Kearsey.
"I couldn't have done it without my amazing teammates, pushing me to go faster every day. The coaches have been great pushing me along all year so it's nice to see the work pay off. Hopefully we can get to NCAA's and add another one to the list."
Kearsey currently holds the 14th overall time in the NCAA in the 50 yard freestyle event, with his school record time of 45.93. The senior spoke about the last four years after the meet.
"We were here four years ago and rounding it all out in Houston this year is pretty special. I still get texts from guys that were with me in the first years here. Being able to close it out with the guys I came in with is pretty special."
Freshman Gavin Moak earned his first medal of the championship meet in the men's 1650 yard freestyle. Moak placed third in the event finals with a personal best time of 15:07.59. The freshman spoke afterward about the joy of winning, but the drive to improve.
"I felt pretty good, wasn't too nervous even though it was a conference championship. I was a few seconds off the school record for the mile, so I'm gonna get that record next year," said Moak.
"It was really fun, an interesting first conference experience for sure. It was my first American conference champs and my last, and I'm glad I got a medal out of it."
Junior Joseph Homan competed in the men's 200 yard backstroke, where he took eighth place with a time of 1:50.07. In the men's 200 breaststroke, freshman Will Regan took second in the console finals with a personal best time of 1:59.96. Junior Rowan King took third in the event, coming in with the same time he recorded in the prelim, 2:00.10. Sophomore Joshua Bryant took seventh and also set a new personal best with a time of 2:05.52.
In the 100 yard freestyle, Will Kearsey finished with the top overall time of 42.64, a personal best and school record. Junior Kyle Dunlap finished eighth overall with a time of 44.74. Sophomore Jack Muratori set a new personal best time in the event console finals, coming in at 45.02.
The men's 400 yard freestyle relay team of Will Kearsey, Kyle Dunlap, Joshua Wroblewski, and Jack Muratori broke the school record with a time of 2:56.77, coming in fourth overall.
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