Wednesday, February 28, 2018 For Immediate Release Contact: Greg Barlow (gbarlow@theamerican.org) Online: http://bit.ly/2ou3hec American Athletic Conference Announces 2018 Swimming And Diving All- Conference Teams PROVIDENCE, R.I. The American Athletic Conference has recognized 92 student-athletes with All-Conference status following their performances at the league s Swimming and Diving Championships in Dallas on February 14-17. The 2018 All-Conference team is comprised of 50 women and 42 men who finished among the top three in an event at the championships. Cincinnati collected its first American Athletic Conference title with a first place score of 906 in the men s standing, while Houston was crowned the women s champion for the second straight year with the top score of 826. The NCAA Women s Swimming and Diving Championship will be hosted at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from March 14-17, while the men s championship will take place at Minnesota University in Minneapolis, Minnesota from March 21-24. 2018 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving All-Conference Teams Women Katherine Gob Cincinnati 50-yard Freestyle, 400-yard Free, 400-yard Medley Erin Trahan SMU 50-yard Freestyle, 100-yard Butterfly, 200-yard Free, 200- yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Mykenzie Leehy Houston 50-yard Freestyle, 100-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Freestyle, 200- yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free Zarena Brown Houston 100-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Freestyle, 500-yard Freestyle, 200- yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free Tori Angermeier ECU 100-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free Ksenia Yuskova Houston 200-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free Emma Smith UConn 500-yard Freestyle, 800-yard Free Samantha Medlin Houston 500-yard Freestyle, 800-yard Free Sara Wanasek Cincinnati 1650-yard Freestyle Sarah Laabs Cincinnati 1650-yard Freestyle Olivia Johnson Tulane 1650-yard Freestyle, 400-yard IM Michelle Selnick Tulane 200 Yard Backstroke Matea Samardzic SMU 100-yard Backstroke, 200-yard
Backstroke, 400-yard IM, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Laura Laderoute Houston 100-yard Backstroke, 400-yard Free, 200-yard Medley, 400- yard Medley Wei Zhang Tulane 100-yard Backstroke, 200-yard Medley Eleanna Koutsouveli Houston 200-yard Backstroke, 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM Peyton Kondis Houston 100-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Andrea Podmonikova SMU 100-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Free, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Angeliki Mavrantza Houston 100-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Breaststroke Vendela Norrman ECU 200-yard Breaststroke Victoria Tillman Houston 100-yard Butterfly Kaitlin Simpson Houston 100-yard Butterfly, 200-yard Medley Juliette Lajoie ECU 200-yard Butterfly, 200-yard IM, 800-yard Free Simone Palomo Cincinnati 200-yard Butterfly, 400-yard Medley Rebecca Brandt 200-yard Butterfly Claire Schuermann Cincinnati 1-meter, 3-meter, Platform Erin Clifford UConn 1-meter Kathryn Crown SMU 1-meter Lauren Burrell Houston 3-meter Patricia Roscoe Cincinnati Platform Ellen Posch Cincinnati Platform Catherine Johnson ECU 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free Brigid Burke ECU 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free Logan Graumann ECU 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free Caitlin Horner Houston 200-yard Free, 200-yard Medley Gabriella Grobler SMU 200-yard Free Felicity Passon SMU 200-yard Free, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Madeline Exton Cincinnati 400-yard Free Michaela Wheeler Cincinnati 400-yard Free Abigal Johnston Cincinnati 400-yard Free Katie Breault UConn 800-yard Free Jacklyn Van Lew UConn 800-yard Free Madeline Blair UConn 800-yard Free Stefanie Scherwitzel ECU 800-yard Free Katie Higgins Houston 200-yard Medley Katherine McDonald Tulane 200-yard Medley
Courtney Barker Tulane 200-yard Medley Lindsey Niehaus Cincinnati 400-yard Medley Kennedy Herbert Cincinnati 400-yard Medley Taylor Ohlhauser SMU 3-meter Men Nicholas Badsky SMU 50-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Gustavo Santos ECU 50-yard Freestyle, 100-yard Butterfly, 200-yard Butterfly, 200- yard Free, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Alex Fortman Cincinnati 50-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free John Myhre ECU 100-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free William Sigala Cincinnati 100-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 400-yard Medley Victor Martins Dos Santos ECU 100-yard Freestyle, 400-yard Free, 400-yard Medley Johannes Kabelka Cincinnati 200-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free, 400-yard Medley Din Selmanovic Cincinnati 200-yard Freestyle, 500-yard Freestyle, 1650-yard Freestyle, 800- yard Free Justin Crew Cincinnati 200-yard Freestyle, 800-yard Free Jonathan Gomez SMU 500-yard Freestyle, 200-yard Butterfly, 400-yard IM, 800-yard Free Chris Bready Cincinnati 500-yard Freestyle, 1650-yard Freestyle Tobias Van Dyke Cincinnati 1650-yard Freestyle, 800-yard Free William Kearsey UConn 100-yard Backstroke, 200-yard Backstroke, 800-yard Free, 200-yard Medley Ralph Koo SMU 100-yard Backstroke, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Earl Kilbride SMU 100-yard Backstroke, 200-yard Backstroke Magnus Andersen ECU 200-yard Backstroke, 200-yard Free Jacek Arentewicz ECU 100-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Dominic Polling Cincinnati 100-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard IM, 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 400-yard Medley
Zachary Hostoffer Cincinnati 100-yard Breaststroke, 400-yard Medley Markus Hunter UConn 200-yard Breaststroke, 200-yard Medley Szymon Golczyk SMU 100-yard Butterfly, 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley David May UConn 100-yard Butterfly, 200-yard Butterfly, 200-yard IM, 200-yard Medley Matthew Dagenias UConn 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM Ryan Depietro Cincinnati 400-yard IM Bryce Klein SMU 1-meter, 3-meter Mitchell Godar Cincinnati 1-meter, 3-meter Isaac Karn Cincinnati 1-meter Daniel Kinney UConn 3-meter, Platform Devin Nugent ECU Platform Louie Hunt Cincinnati Platform Gavin Erdmann ECU 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 200-yard Medley Matthew Nutter SMU 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free Lucas Schenke SMU 200-yard Free, 400-yard Free, 800-yard Free Maxime Cadiat ECU 400-yard Free Carson Klein SMU 800-yard Free Joshua Wroblewski UConn 800-yard Free Karl Bishop UConn 800-yard Free Andre Kuhn UConn 800-yard Free Tristan Taylor ECU 200-yard Medley, 400-yard Medley Kianu Kitching SMU 200-yard Medley Luke Martin UConn 200-yard Medley Stefan Popov SMU 400-yard Medley FINAL WOMEN S SCORES Houston 826 Cincinnati 663 ECU 552 SMU 529 Tulane 401 UConn 379 FINAL MEN S SCORES Cincinnati 906 ECU 795 SMU 676 UConn 641 Women s Most Outstanding Swimmer Matea Samardzic, Sr., SMU Women s Most Outstanding Diver Claire Schuermann, So., Cincinnati
Women s Swimming Coach of the Year Ryan Wochomurka, Houston Women s Diving Coach of the Year Kirtley Krombholz, Cincinnati Men s Outstanding Swimmer Jonathan Gomez, Sr., SMU Men s Co-Most Outstanding diver Bryce Klein, Sr., SMU and Danny Kinney, Sr., UConn Men s Swimming Coach of the Year Mandy Commons-DiSalle, Cincinnati Men s Diving Coach of the Year Dan Schmidt, SMU #AmericanPow6r#