COLUMBUS, Ohio — The LSU men’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the season Sunday at the 2010 NCAA Championships, taking 29th in the team standings in Ohio State’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
The Tigers claimed their fourth top-16 finish of the meet as the 400-yard freestyle relay group of Hannes Heyl, Andrei Tuomola, Sean LeNeave and James Meyers recorded 16th with a season best of 2 minutes, 55.78 seconds to earn All-America honors.
With the relay finish, the LSU foursome will return to Baton Rouge with 16 All-America honors collectively. Heyl now has eight All-America honors through the first three years of his career, while LeNeave became a seven-time All-American. Meyers and Tuomola each collected the first four accolades of their careers.
“I thought we had a pretty successful week here at Ohio State,” LSU head coach Adam Schmitt said. “We’re walking away with 16 All-America honors, which I believe is the most we’ve collected in one meet since I’ve been here.
“Our guys fought hard this weekend. We have a relatively young team with a pair of freshmen who competed here for the first time in their careers, but I think all of our swimmers did a good job representing LSU.”
Heyl led the Tigers in individual competition for the second-consecutive day, registering 20th in the 100 free with a personal best of 43.42, second in school history. Tuomola finished 39th in that event (44.15).
Freshman Craig Hamilton placed 30th in the 1650 free.
The Texas Longhorns overtook California on the final day of competition to emerge with the team national title.
2010 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Final Team Standings
1. Texas – 500
2. California – 469.5
3. Arizona – 387
4. Stanford – 369
5. Florida – 364
6. Auburn – 277.5
7. Michigan – 204
8. Georgia – 143
9. Ohio State – 136.5
10. Virginia – 123
11. USC – 116.5
12. Texas A&M – 102
13. Purdue – 97
14. Minnesota – 82
15. North Carolina – 76.5
16. Kentucky – 69
17. Tennessee – 56
18. Duke – 52
19. Florida State – 49.5
20. Cincinnati – 42
21. Louisville – 37
21. UNLV – 37
23. Georgia Tech – 35
24. Arizona State – 31
25. BYU – 27
26. Alabama – 26
27. Missouri – 24
28. Miami – 21
29. LSU – 16
30. Wisconsin – 12
31. Indiana – 4
32. Harvard – 3
32. Navy – 3
34. Northwestern – 2
35. SMU – 1