Rathgeber Adds Top-20 Finish At
NCAA Championships
Courtesy: DSPics.com Geoff Rathgeber took 20th
in the 400 individual medley Friday in the NCAA Championships
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Junior Geoff Rathgeber, who
earned All-America
accolades Thursday, added a second top-20 national finish to his ledger
Friday as he took 20th place in the 400-yard individual medley at the
NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of
Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Rathgeber swam Friday's preliminary
race in 3:50.38, leaving him four spots out of the evening's finals.
Michigan junior Alex Vanderkaay was the event winner in 3:40.89.
Rathgeber
completes his trifecta at the NCAA championships Saturday when he
competes in the 200 backstroke. He heads into that event as the No. 9
seed from the season's qualifying.