March 27, 2015
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Gamecocks 800 freestyle relay team garnered All-America honors on South Carolina’s second day at the 2015 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. This marks the third consecutive year the Gamecocks have earned All-America honors in the 800 freestyle relay.
South Carolina is in 22nd place with 19 points through two days of competition. Texas leads the meet with a score of 399 while California (275) and Michigan (210) round out the top three.
Marwan El Kamash, Kevin Leithold, Akram Mahmoud and Tomas Peribonio finished the relay in 6:21.21 and placed 11th overall.
Miller placed 12th overall (406.85) on the 3-meter springboard to earn All-America honors for the second time in as many days. He finished 11th in the preliminary with a score 389.90 of to advance to the consolation final.
Freshman Nils Wich-Glasen and redshirt sophomore Kevin Leithold finished 28th and 37th in the 100 breaststroke preliminary.
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Head Swimming Coach McGee Moody
“Today was a good day. Cole (Miller) dover like a champion again and earned All-America honors for the second day in a row. He put up very valuable points for our team. We had a great swim in the 800 freestyle relay led off by Marwan El Kamash. He went a lifetime best 1:34.70. We put together a great relay and finished 11th. We’ve almost doubled our points from last year through the two days. Tomorrow is arguable our best day so we are looking forward to that.”
Head Diving Coach Todd Sherritt
“Today was another great day. Cole (Miller) was in the top eight for a while but the last round knocked him out. He didn’t miss a dive all day. To finish 12th in the country is huge, this is one of the toughest meets to dive in. He has another event tomorrow, Jordan (Gotro) will dive tomorrow as well and I’m expecting good things from both of them. I’m so proud of what Cole’s done for this school throughout his career. Since he got here he’s learned how to be a great competitor.”
UP NEXT
The Gamecocks will conclude the NCAA Championships on Saturday with preliminaries set to begin at 11 a.m. CT and finals to follow at 7 p.m. CT.
