Junior Austin Acheson Named BIG EAST Men's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week
1/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Acheson won five individual races and posted four 2012 BIG EAST automatic qualifying times in helping the Pirates post a 1-1 record in a pair of dual meets last week. It is the first time in his career he has earned BIG EAST Athlete of the Week honors.
In a 159-137 victory over Villanova University on Jan. 17, Acheson grabbed three first-place finishes to help pace the Pirates. He won the 500-yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:48.18, and submitted a pair of BIG EAST automatic times with victories in the 200-yard butterfly (1:56.34) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:14.48).
Acheson won two more races as Seton Hall fell to the University of Connecticut, 187-111, on Jan. 21. His mark of 4:45.55 in the 500-yard freestyle represented another BIG EAST ‘A' cut, and he also grabbed the top spot in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:36.71) against the Huskies.
The Seton Hall men's swimming & diving team will wrap up its regular season schedule on Saturday, Jan. 28, when it heads to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to face Marist College at 1 p.m.
