Courtesy: DSPics.com Rathgeber placed 11th in the 400 IM.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Senior Geoff Rathgeber finished 11th in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships Friday evening at King County Aquatic Center.

With his time of 3:47.65, Rathgeber earned All-America honorable mention status.

Earlier in the day, Rathgeber placed 13th in the 400 IM preliminaries, touching the wall in 3:48.32. Rathgeber earned All-America recognition in the 200 IM Thursday with the sixth best mark (1:45.61).

In the 100 butterfly, junior Bill Jones finished 23rd in the preliminaries with a mark of 47.35.

On Saturday, Jones will compete in the 200 butterfly, while Rathgeber will swim in his third event of the nationals, the 200 breaststroke. Junior Eric Lynch, who competed in the 500 freestyle Thursday, will swim in the 1650 freestyle event Saturday evening.