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American
Men Make Short Course History at Swimming World Cup
Bassett takes seventh in 200 Breaststroke; Liscinsky
finishes eighth in 100 Individual Medley
Dec. 5, 2001
LONG ISLAND, N.Y.-- Sophomore Ethan Bassett (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and junior Mark Liscinsky (Olney, Md./Sherwood) represented American University this past week at the World Cup amateur swimming event held in Long Island, New York. Bassett garnered a short course meter record in the 400 Individual Medley while Liscinsky notched five short course records in the 100 Individual Medley, 50 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke, and 200 Individual Medley.
|
Liscinsky
at the World Cup
|
Event
|
Time
|
|
8th
|
100
IM
|
57.72
(short course meters)*
|
|
10th
|
50
Backstroke
|
26.80
(short course meters)*
|
|
10th
|
200
Backstroke
|
2:02.66
(short course meters)*
|
|
11th
|
100
Backstroke
|
56.89
(short course meters)*
|
|
11th
|
200
IM
|
2:07.79
(short course meters)*
|
* Fastest short
course meter times in school history
|
Bassett
at the World Cup
|
Event
|
Time
|
|
7th
|
200
Breastroke
|
2:19.71
(short course meters)
|
|
9th
|
400
IM
|
4:31.09
(short course meters)*
|
|
12th
|
100
Breastroke
|
1:06.07
(short course meters)
|
* Fastest short
course meter times in school history
Liscinky competed in
the finals for the 100 Individual Medley while Bassett also competed in
the finals for the 200 Breastroke. These two final events will be aired
on ESPN on Friday, Dec. 21, at 3:00 p.m.
The American swimming and diving teams have a break until Jan. 19, when some team members travel to Spain for the VI Tourneo Ciudad. The men and women return to action on Jan. 26 when they host Army at 12:00 p.m. in the Reeves Aquatic Center.
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