Diamantidis tabbed with BMC Male Swimmer of the Week honors
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Sophomore Thanos Diamantidis (Athens, Greece) has been rewarded for his efforts
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Sophomore Thanos Diamanditis (Athens, Greece) has been rewarded for his efforts as part of the 143-39 victory for Carson-Newman men's swimming over Emory & Henry. For the first time in his Eagles career, the Greece native is named the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Male Swimmer of the Week.
As part of the thrashing by C-N last Saturday, Diamanditis was able to capture the individual event victory in the men's 200-yard IM with a time of 1:56.57. Other notable performances for Diamantidis from Saturday include being part of the second-place men's 200-yard medley relay, who turned in a time of 1:33.95. Diamantidis was joined in the event by teammates Tyler Schehr, Nicolas Lenuza, and Pep Castells.
This is the first such honor for Thanos Diamanditis in his time as an Eagle. This is the first Male Swimmer of the Week honor for C-N since Nikita Puzevich secured the honor following a phenomenal effort in C-N's dual meet against Mars Hill last January.
In their last action on the season against the Wasps, the Eagles dominated from start to finish to wrap up their first victory in 2022. This was the third straight overall victory for the women's team over Emory & Henry, both previous results coming in part of a tri-meet in 2014-15 and 2015-16. Meanwhile, for the men's side of C-N, this was their first ever victory as they have never seen action against the Wasps prior to last Saturday.
Overall, C-N maintains their unblemished record when competing inside the MSAC in 2021-22, after defeating Milligan and Lees-McRae earlier in the fall, and now moving to 3-0 in home meets.
The Eagles were dominant once the whistle finally blew as they won 19 out of the 20 total races from the MSAC pool on the campus of Carson-Newman Saturday afternoon. The Eagles saw victories in every relay on Saturday as well as a standout performance from Brandon Meier and Kennadi King.
Diamanditis and the rest of Eagles swimming will be back in action this weekend as they host the Mars Hill Lions for a 1:00 p.m. dual meet within the MSAC. The Eagles will also be honoring this year's senior class along with the work of their two graduate assistant coaches prior to the meet.
Be sure to keep up with the Eagles swim team all season long on cneagles.com and on all of C-N's social media platforms.
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