FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HASTINGS CAPTURES SIXTH CAREER ALL-AMERICA HONOR LEWISTON, Maine Bates College junior diver Andrew Hastings of Weston, Mass., placed 13th in the 3-meter diving event at the at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving championships in Buffalo, N.Y., on March 17, earning his sixth career All-America honor and making him the most decorated student-athlete in school history. Hastings scored 356.45 points in the preliminary round of the event. Though he failed to reach the finals at the NCAAs for the first time in the six events he has competed in at the national championships, Hastings earned four team points for the Bobcats, qualifying him for the All-America recognition. Hastings' 18 points placed the Bobcats in a three-way tie for 34th place in the team standings, fifth among New England schools. In the one-meter event on Thursday, Hastings finished in fifth place to earn his fifth career All-America honor. Hastings, who placed fifth in the one-meter event a year ago and fourth in 1999, stood in seventh place after scoring 393.25 points in the preliminary round. He improved to fourth place with a score of 168.15 in the semifals before claiming fifth place overall with his 414.60 points in the finals. With his six All-America honors, Hastings surpasses three five-time All-Americans in Bates history: Lucas Adams '00, John Fitzgerald '87 and Matt Twiest '00, all track and field. He is also the first Bates swimmer or diver to be honored in three consecutive years. EVENT: 5 MEN's 1 METER SPRINGBOARD DIVING MEET RECORD 540.30 JEFF GORTON KALAMAZOO 3/19/98 RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM FINALS FINALS 1 CHICARILLI, DEREK JR MIDDLEBURY 388.45 161.95 446.65 2 HREHA, JOHN SO ALLEGHENY 424.35 178.50 441.80 3 KORTUEM, GABE SR ST. OLAF 468.65 180.00 419.35 4 HOPKINS, BEN SO AMHERST 433.20 158.75 415.70 5 HASTINGS, ANDREW JR BATES 393.25 168.15 414.60 6 KASNEY, ANDREW SO COLLEGE OF NJ 399.65 160.55 414.00 7 RUDSER, KYLE JR ST. OLAF 408.40 180.40 381.70 8 POITIER, BARON SO NYU 396.65 148.20 352.90 9 SMITH, BRANDON SR MOUNT UNION 380.05 | 10 WILLARD, ABBOTT JR WESLEYAN 368.25 11 KLUGHERZ, STEVE SR UNIV. ST. THOMAS 365.45 12 COURTNEY, SEAN JR ROWAN 347.05 13 ULLREY, TIMOTHY SO KALAMAZOO 340.95 14 MOCH, NATE SO DEPAUW 338.35 15 SPRING, STEPHEN SR DENISON 337.30 16 BOYLE, BRENDAN SO CONN COLLEGE 337.15 17 BAGNASCHI, LUKE FR UNIV REDLANDS 332.10 18 MEYER, JOEL FR U.S.M.M.A. 316.20 19 MILLER, CHRIS SR BUFFALO STATE 311.05 20 HANSMAN, CHRIS FR UW STEVENS POINT 301.75 21 FELDMAN, STEVE SR COLBY 294.20 22 KIMBALL, CHARLIE SO GUSTAVUS 280.65 EVENT: 19 MEN's 3 METER SPRINGBOARD DIVING MEET RECORD 577.05 JEFF GORTON KALAMAZOO 3/18/00 RANK NAME YEAR TEAM PRELIM FINALS FINALS 1 CHICARILLI, DEREK JR MIDDLEBURY 443.45 181.90 520.20 2 HREHA, JOHN SO ALLEGHENY 408.60 166.90 491.40 3 MEYER, JOEL FR U.S.M.M.A. 395.75 158.45 477.15 4 ULLREY, TIMOTHY SO KALAMAZOO 437.30 157.00 460.35 5 SMITH, BRANDON SR MOUNT UNION 417.85 160.15 440.90 6 COURTNEY, SEAN JR ROWAN 389.15 157.85 422.55 7 FELDMAN, STEVE SR COLBY 387.45 152.05 399.35 8 KLUGHERZ, STEVE SR UNIV. ST. THOMAS 382.75 143.45 386.55 9 RUDSER, KYLE JR ST. OLAF 381.05 10 POITIER, BARON SO NYU 372.70 11 HOPKINS, BEN SO AMHERST 370.40 12 MOCH, NATE SO DEPAUW 363.50 13 HASTINGS, ANDREW JR BATES 356.45 14 HANSMAN, CHRIS FR UW STEVENS POINT 355.45 15 BAGNASCHI, LUKE FR UNIV REDLANDS 355.00 16 BOYLE, BRENDAN SO CONN COLLEGE 349.80 17 WILLARD, ABBOTT JR WESLEYAN 344.60 18 KASNEY, ANDREW SO COLLEGE OF NJ 337.85 19 KIMBALL, CHARLIE SO GUSTAVUS 313.15 20 SPRING, STEPHEN SR DENISON 288.45 21 MILLER, CHRIS SR BUFFALO STATE 249.35 2001 NCAA DIVISION III MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY THE SUNYAC AT BUFFALO, NY MARCH 15-17, 2001 FINAL SCORE 1) KENYON 669 29) BETHANY 29 2) EMORY 289.5 30) COLBY 28 3) JOHNS HOPKINS 267 31) JOHN CARROLL 23.5 4) HOPE 257 32) OBERLIN 20 5) DENISON 213.5 33) COLL OF WOOSTER 18.5 6) UW STEVENS POINT 192 34) ROWAN 18 7) WHEATON (IL) 181.5 34) NYU 18 8) CARNEGIE MELLON 174 34) BATES 18 9) KALAMAZOO 143.5 37) UNIV. ST. THOMAS 17 10) HAMILTON 135.5 38) UNION 16 11) WHITWORTH 125 39) CLARK 15 12) WILLIAMS 98 40) COLORADO 14 13) DEPAUW 82 41) HARTWICK 13 14) AMHERST 68 42) POMONA-PITZER 12 15) COLLEGE OF NJ 61 42) WASHINGTON COLL 12 16) MIDDLEBURY 56 42) SPRINGFIELD 12 17) TRINITY (TX) 53 45) BOWDOIN 9 18) CALVIN 52 46) WASHINGTON UNIV. 7 19) ALLEGHENY 48 46) WESLEYAN 7 19) UC SANTA CRUZ 48 46) CASE WESTERN 7 21) C-M-S 47 49) ELIZABETHTOWN 6.5 22) ST. OLAF 39 50) WASHINGTON & LEE 6 23) MOUNT UNION 37 51) R.P.I 5 23) GUSTAVUS 37 52) MILLIKIN 3 25) U.S.M.M.A. 36 52) MARY WASHINGTON 3 26) UW EAU CLAIRE 35 54) CONN COLLEGE 2 27) ALFRED 34 54) UNIV REDLANDS 2 28) WITTENBERG 33 For more information on Bates swimming and diving, please visit our web site at http://www.bates.edu/sports/swimming.html.
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