April 28, 2012

AMHERST, Mass. - UMass men's swimming and diving duo of Chris Inglis and Joey Sbordon have been named to the Collegeswimming.com Mid-Major All-American list as honorable mention selections. The Minutemen tandem are two of 130 swimmers to receive an honorable mention, while only eight were named to the first team. Honorable mention selections are swimmers who were entered with NCAA 'B' standards, but not selected for the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.

Inglis, a Mashpee, Mass. native, has now received an honorable mention in his first two seasons with the Minutemen. At the Atlantic 10 Championship he took gold in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:36.93, two seconds faster than the NCAA `B' standard.

Sbordon, of Franklin, Mass., received the honorable mention after taking the bronze medal in the 400-yard IM with a time of 3:54.33. The NCAA `B' standard in the 400 IM is 3:54.86.

Inglis and Sbordon helped the Minutemen wrap up their sixth straight Atlantic 10 Championship.