The South Carolina men’s swim and dive team traveled to Iowa City to compete in the 2015 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships over the weekend.
The Gamecocks finished 19th, their highest finish since an 18th place finish in 2000. Freshmen Nils Wich-Glasen, Akram Mahmoud and Tomas Peribonio all earned All-America honors in swimming.
Wich-Glasen placed seventh overall in the 200 breaststroke. The freshman from Germanyis the first men's Gamecock to earn All-America honors in the breaststroke. He also lowered his school record time in the preliminary to 1:52.60.
Mahmoud and Peribonio placed sixth and 13th respectively in the 1,650 freestyle. Mahmoud’s time of 14:46.50 is a new school record.
Senior diver Cole Miller became the first Gamecock to earn All-America honors in 1-meter, 3-meter and platform diving with a 14th place finish in the platform diving event. He will end his collegiate career as a three time All-American.
“Everyone dove really well,” head diving coach Todd Sherritt said. “It was a great contest and Cole put himself right in it. We’ve only been able to train on a 10-meter platform a few times this years, so for him to finish 14th overall is a great feat. This was a great way for him to end his career and he couldn’t have performed any better that he did.”
Joining Mahmoud, Peribonio, Miller and Wich-Glasen as All-Americans are junior Marwan El Kamash and sophomore Kevin Leithold. They, along with Peribonio and Mahmoud, placed in the 800 freestyle relay. It is the third consecutive year that the Gamecocks have earned All-America honors in that event.