Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eight Eagles Represented on Mid-Major All-American Teams
4/29/2010 11:35:03 AM | M. Swim & Dive, Swimming & Diving
EMU places eight student-athletes on CollegeSwimming.com's Division I Mid-Major All-American teams
SOMERS, Wisc. (EMUEagles.com) – CollegeSwimming.com has announced its Division I Mid-Major All-American Swimming teams for the 2009-2010 season. Eastern Michigan University was represented well, putting eight members from the men's and women's teams combined on the All-American Honorable Mention teams.
Mid-Major institutions are designated as colleges or universities that are not affiliated with a BCS conference as well as those institutions that award less than half of the maximum-allowable scholarships (7 for women, 5 for men). There were 16 females and nine males honored with All-American status based on their qualification for the 2010 NCAA Division I Championships, while 183 others garnered Honorable Mention All-American accolades including eight members of the Eastern Michigan University men's and women's team.
Representing the Eagle women were Briana Emig, Sarah Kowalski, Sarah Maraskine and Samantha Partridge. All four athletes swam impressively in guiding EMU to a fourth place finish at the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships in late Feb. Partridge, Kowalski earned first team All-MAC honors while Emig made the second team. Maraskine placed second in the 100-yard backstroke while turning in a Division I provisional qualifying time of 55.03.
On the men's side, Troy Esentan, Justin Griggs, Jacob Hanson and Scott Murphy were each named All-American Honorable Mention following outstanding performances at the 2010 MAC Championships in which the Eagles won for the fourth consecutive year and 29th time in the team's history.
Griggs was named the MAC's Most Outstanding Swimmer while Esentan, Hanson and Murphy were each named to the first team as well.
The Eastern Michigan men's team was named Mid-Major Champions by CollegeSwimming.com after finishing atop the Mid-Major men's poll. The women had a fantastic year as well, jumping five spots to finish the year as the sixth-best Mid-Major program.
Mid-Major institutions are designated as colleges or universities that are not affiliated with a BCS conference as well as those institutions that award less than half of the maximum-allowable scholarships (7 for women, 5 for men). There were 16 females and nine males honored with All-American status based on their qualification for the 2010 NCAA Division I Championships, while 183 others garnered Honorable Mention All-American accolades including eight members of the Eastern Michigan University men's and women's team.
Representing the Eagle women were Briana Emig, Sarah Kowalski, Sarah Maraskine and Samantha Partridge. All four athletes swam impressively in guiding EMU to a fourth place finish at the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships in late Feb. Partridge, Kowalski earned first team All-MAC honors while Emig made the second team. Maraskine placed second in the 100-yard backstroke while turning in a Division I provisional qualifying time of 55.03.
On the men's side, Troy Esentan, Justin Griggs, Jacob Hanson and Scott Murphy were each named All-American Honorable Mention following outstanding performances at the 2010 MAC Championships in which the Eagles won for the fourth consecutive year and 29th time in the team's history.
Griggs was named the MAC's Most Outstanding Swimmer while Esentan, Hanson and Murphy were each named to the first team as well.
The Eastern Michigan men's team was named Mid-Major Champions by CollegeSwimming.com after finishing atop the Mid-Major men's poll. The women had a fantastic year as well, jumping five spots to finish the year as the sixth-best Mid-Major program.
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