Teams: Men's Swimming & Diving: Press Releases

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

BAKER, GODSEY TO COMPETE AT NCAA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

MEDFORD – Tufts University juniors Brett Baker (Centennial, CO) and Jon Godsey (Dallas, TX) will both swim in three events at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships hosted by Hope College in Holland, Michigan on Thursday through Saturday (March 17-19).

Baker will enter in the 50-yard freestyle on Thursday, the 200 freestyle on Friday and the 100 freestyle on Saturday. He was the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) champion in the 200 freestyle with a school-record time of 1 minute, 41.53 seconds. He was also the conference runner-up in the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.64 seconds.

The school-record time in the 200 has Baker as the eighth seed in the event entering the national championships. He earned a spot in the NCAA meet with his 200 freestyle time, and as a result is allowed to compete in two other events at the national meet. Baker is the 27^th seed in the 100 freestyle and the 40^th seed in the 50 freestyle (21.46 seconds).

Godsey will swim in the 200 individual medley on Thursday, the 100 backstroke on Friday and the 200 backstroke on Saturday. He qualified for NCAAs with his time of 51.83 seconds in the 100 backstroke, which he swam as part of the 400 medley relay at the NESCAC meet. He will also swim in the 200 backstroke, where his best time of 1:54.36 is seeded 22^nd. In the 200 IM, Godsey is ranked 38^th entering the meet with his 2:00.35 time.

Baker swam for the Tufts 200 freestyle relay at last year's NCAA meet in Missouri, taking the anchor leg and helping the foursome to a 15^th place finish in 1:25.88. Both Baker and Godsey were All-NESCAC selections as freshmen in 2003 and again this season. Baker was also All-NESCAC as a sophomore in 2004.

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