Five Utes Named CSCAA All-Americans

4/7/2020 3:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Largest Utah contingent since 1970

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Five Utah student-athletes were chosen today as All-Americans by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America

Tony Chen, Rahiti De Vos, Luke McDivitt, Liam O'Haimhirgin and Audrey Reimer were honored giving the program its most All-Americans since 1970. Utah's 200 medley relay team from 2018, Jack Burton, Rodolfo Moreira, Ben Scott and Paul Ungur were the last CSCAA All-Americans

O'Haimhirgin qualified for a third NCAA Championships in the 100 free. In Utah history, he ranks second in the 200 free, third in the 100 free and seventh in the 50 free. He is also part of three record-setting relay teams, the 200 free, 400 free and 400 medley.

De Vos qualified for his first NCAA Championships in both the 500 and 1650 free. In Utah history, he ranks second in both events, fourth in the 1000 free, seventh in the 200 free and ninth in the 200 fly. De Vos is also a CSCAA Scholar All-American and a Pac-12 All-Academic honoree

Reimer qualified for the 100 and 200 back and is the Utah record holder in both events. She also ranks fourth all-time at Utah in the 100 free

Chen qualified in the 1m and 3m for the second year in a row after finishing fourth and fifth in those respective events at NCAA Zones. In Utah history, he ranks third in the 3m and fourth in 1m and was the Pac-12 Diver of the Week on Jan. 22 and Feb. 5

McDivitt qualified on the platform after a fourth-place finish at NCAA Zones. He also placed sixth in the 1m and owns top-10 marks for Utah in all three diving events. The freshman was also named Pac-12 Diver of the Month in December

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"Despite the cancellation of the NCAA Championships, Coach Dykstra did a remarkable job this season," explained Greg Earhart, Executive Director of the CSCAA. "These five student-athletes had the rug pulled out from them this season, so we are excited to recognize them."

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.