SHENANDOAH, TX - Tufts sophomore Matt Rohrer finished eighth in one-meter diving at the 2015 NCAA Division III Championships on Thursday at Conroe ISD Natatorium. The effort earned him All-American honors (top eight).
With a 456.35 score in the preliminaries during the day, Rohrer was one of eight competitors to qualify for the championshp final out of 24 divers entered in the event. He was the only New England diver to make the final.
Returning to the well at night, his 452.25 score in the final was six-plus points behind seventh-place Justin Bublitz of Wisonsin-Lacrosse.
Max Levy from Denison won the NCAA title in one-meter with a 532.85 score. Denison had the top three finishers. Tufts' Johann Schmidt had won the title last season with a 522.95 score.
This is the third All-American honor of Rohrer's career, but the first outright. He was 10th in both the one- and three-meter diving events at NCAA's last year for honorable mention All-America accolades.
Junior tri-captain Michael Winget was also in action for Tufts swimming in the 100 butterfly today. His preliminary time (49.61) was more than three seconds faster than his qualifying mark (52.76). Today's time was just 0.12 off the Tufts school record in the event of 49.49 seconds held by teammate William Metcalfe from last season.
Reed Dalton from Washinging University St. Louis won the 100 fly championship in 46.97 seconds. Winget was eighth among New England entrants.
With the 11 points scored by Rohrer in one-meter diving, Tufts is tied for 32nd at the NCAA meet after two days. Two more days of competition remain.
On Friday, Winget is entered in the 100 backstroke. Saturday is the final day of the event, with Rohrer taking part in three-meter diving and Winget racing in the 200 backstroke. The trials are at 10 am and the finals at are 6 pm on each day.
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