March 26, 2009
Results
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - UC Davis junior Scott Weltz set a school record during the preliminary swims in the 200-yard individual medley and finished 15th overall to gain honorable mention All-America honors during the first day of the NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Student Rec Center Natatorium on the campus of Texas A&M.
Weltz went 1:43.97 in the prelims to lower his school record and Big West Conference of 1:44.34 and earn a spot in the consolation finals. He finished seventh during his second swim in 1:45.61. He becomes the first true Division I Aggie to earn All-America honors and the first UC Davis swimmer since 2003 to garner the distinction.
The finish earned UC Davis two points, which places it in a tie for 29th place in the team standings among scoring teams. Texas leads overall with 171 points.
The championships continue tomorrow with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. PST and finals starting at 5 p.m. PST. Live coverage of the day, which incudes video and stats, can be found through the UC Davis swimming and diving page on ucdavisaggies.com. Weltz will swim in the 400 IM.
