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Diehl Finishes Competition at NCAA III Championships
For Immediate Release: Saturday, March 21, 2009
Minneapolis, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's swimming and diving team finished in a tie for 55th-place at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships Saturday night at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. The Eagles recorded 3.0 team points.
Kenyon College captured the national title with 604.0 points while Emory University was second with 402.0. Denison University placed third (308.5), St. Olaf College was fourth (252.0) and Amherst College fifth (196.0). Grove City College finished sixth (168.0) followed by Washington University (151.0), UW-Stevens Point (143.0), MIT (138.5) and The College of New Jersey (130.0) to round-out the top-10. A total of 57 teams scored points.
UW-L's Matt Diehl finished his competition Saturday morning, tying for 46th in the 100 freestyle prelims (46.53). 
He placed 14th in the 100 breaststroke (56.66) Friday to earn NCAA III Honorable Mention All-America honors. Diehl recorded the 12th-best time in the prelims Friday morning with a school record time of 56.36.
Diehl competed in the 50 freestyle preliminaries Wednesday, tying for 27th in the preliminaries (20.86).
He has now five career NCAA III All-America awards, with the previous four coming in 2007. Diehl was a member of UW-L's seventh-place 200 freestyle relay as well as the 11th-place 400 freestyle relay, 14th-place 400 medley relay and 14th-place 800 freestyle relay in 2007.
For complete results at the 2009 NCAA III Swimming & Diving Championships, click here.
2009 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships
- NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships Website (Mar. 18-21)
- NCAA Division III Results (Mar. 18-21)
- NCAA Division III Men's Team Scores (Mar. 18-21)
- Diehl Finishes Competition at NCAA III Championships (Mar. 21)
- Diehl Earns All-America Honors at NCAA III Championships (Mar. 20)
- Diehl Starts Competition at NCAA III Championships (Mar. 18)
2009 WIAC Swimming & Diving Championships
- WIAC Swimming & Diving Championships (Feb. 19-21)
- WIAC Swimming & Diving Championships Results (Feb. 19-21)
- UW-L Finishes Second at WIAC Championships for Ninth Straight Year; Dembski Wins 1,650 Freestyle (Feb. 21)
- UW-L in Second-Place After Second Day of WIAC Championships; Diehl Captures 100 Breaststroke (Feb. 20)
- UW-L in Second-Place After First Day of WIAC Championships; Dembski Wins 500 Freestyle (Feb. 19)
2008-09 Results
- UW-Eau Claire Diving Invite (Feb. 14)
- UW-La Crosse 147, UW-Whitewater 95 (Feb. 7)
- UW-Stevens Point 155, UW-La Crosse 88 (Jan. 31)
- Get to the Point Invite (Jan. 23-24)
- UW-La Crosse 136, UW-Eau Claire 100 (Jan. 17)
- Falcon Invitational (Dec. 5-6)
- WIAC Relays (Nov. 22)
- UW-La Crosse 188, UW-Oshkosh 54 (Nov. 14)
- Northfield Colleges Quad Classic (Nov. 8)
- Cows, Colleges and Contentment Classic Diving Results (Nov. 8)
- Alumni Meet Results (Nov. 1)
2008-09 Releases
- UW-L Wins Dual at UW-Whitewater; Diehl Captures Two Events (Feb. 7)
- lasson Selected WIAC Diver of the Week (Feb. 3)
- UW-L Falls to UW-Stevens Point in Home Finale; Dembski Wins Two Events (Jan. 31)
- Dembski Named WIAC Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 27)
- UW-L Places Third at Get to the Point Invite; Diehl Wins Event (Jan. 24)
- Diehl and Edgerle Named WIAC Athletes of the Week (Jan. 20)
- UW-L Defeats UW-Eau Claire in WIAC Dual; Dembski and Diehl Win Two Events (Jan. 17)
- UW-L Places Seventh at Falcon Invitational (Dec. 6)
- UW-L Places Third at WIAC Relays (Nov. 22)
- UW-L Wins Dual at UW-Oshkosh (Nov. 14)
- Diehl Named WIAC Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 11)
- Eagles Open Season at Northfield Classic (Nov. 8)
La Crosse Tribune Articles
Swimming & Diving Links
- WIAC Swimming & Diving Home Page
- Harvard Swimming Website
- College Swimming Coaches Association of America
- CollegeSwimming.com
Coach Rich Pein
608-785-8185
147 Mitchell Hall
La Crosse, WI 54601
pein.rich@uwlax.edu
