Atlanta, Ga. – The No. 13 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team finished third at the UAA Championships, racking up 1,226 points over the span of four days.
 
Junior Alexander McCormick headlined the day with a win in the 200 backstroke, swimming to a time of 1:44.61, breaking the meet record (set in 2018). Junior Kyle Wolford also finished among the top eight, taking seventh in 1:49.93.
 
Three Bears finished among the top eight in the 1,650 freestyle, led by senior Mason Kelber in fourth place with a time of 15:32.00. Sophomore Ryan Hillery took sixth in 15:46.18 and Jeffrey Forbes finished seventh with a time of 15:47.51. First-year Matthew Giardinelli took 11^th in 15:57.39.
 
Junior Austin Bick took fifth in the 100 freestyle, racing to a time of 45.31.
 
Sophomore Jonathan Kim finished sixth in the 200 breaststroke, swimming a 2:00.93.
 
First-year Matthew Walker took fourth in the 200 butterfly, racing to a time of 1:48.45 while sophomore Danny Sibley took eighth in 1:52.03.
 
WashU's team of Bick, Kelber, sophomore Justin Rockaway and sophomore Pace Edwards finished fourth in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:01.13. The group of first-year Ethan Feng, first-year Nicolas Gomez, junior Mark Lipkin and Sibley took 10^th overall in 3:02.43.
 
The Bears head to the Midwest Invitational in Chicago next weekend.