Men’s Swimming Receives Team Scholar Award from CSCAA

(EVANSTON, Ill.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's swimming and diving team was honored by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) with a Team Scholar All-America award as five individuals were also named. The 2014 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team and Individual Scholar All-Americans are supported by Nike.

The Team Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimming and diving teams who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The men's team earned a 3.14 for the spring semester.

Individually, senior Edward Sears (Boca Raton, Fla./Spanish River), juniors David Campbell (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) and Anton Razanav (San Diego, Calif./Westview) and sophomores Steven Geier (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) and Matthew Nielsen (Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods) met the requirements for Honorable Mention Scholar All-America. The Honorable Mention Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimmers and divers, who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, for the semester or cumulative average, and have achieved a "B" time standard, but have not qualified to compete in their respective national championship. Sears and Nielsen each achieved a 4.0 GPA for the spring semester.

Sears achieved "B" cuts as part of three relays, the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay. Joining him on the 800-yard freestyle relay was Geier who also had a cut time in the 500-yard freestyle. Nielsen nearly made the NCAA meet with a provisional time in the 400-yard IM while Campbell also reached the status in the 400-yard IM as well as the 200-yard butterfly. Razanav was part of the 400-yard medley relay that had a provisional qualifying time and he also reached a cut time in the 200-yard backstroke.