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Men's NCAA Championships
Hawke, Alves Earn All-America Honors to Highlight Third Day at NCAA Championships
3/29/2024 9:56:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Charlie Hawke placed fourth and Kaique Alves placed ninth to mark the first time in program history that UA had two swimmers earn All-America honors on the same night in the 200 freestyle
INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time in program history, Alabama had two swimmers earn All-America honors in the men's 200 freestyle as Charlie Hawke tallied first-team accolades and Kaique Alves picked up second-team honors. The duo highlighted the third day of competition at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships as Hawke captured a fourth-place finish and Alves finished ninth.
Hawke posted a time of 1:30.58 to finish fourth in the event, tallying his third overall All-America honor at the meet and second first-team nod following a fifth-place finish in the 500 freestyle on Thursday. Hawke is the first Alabama swimmer to earn First Team All-America honors in the 200 freestyle since Jon Olsen in 1991. His time in the finals was three hundredths of a second shy of a career best, which he recorded as Wednesday's 800 freestyle relay leadoff swimmer (1:30.55).
Alves earned a Second Team All-America selection in the 200 freestyle. He used a career-best time of 1:31.68 to take the top time in the B finals and finish ninth overall. Alves also picked up second-team honors earlier in the week, swimming the 800 freestyle relay, alongside Hawke, on Wednesday.
Alabama concluded day three of the NCAA Championships in 17th place in the team standings with 50 points.
Meet Notes
- Hawke and Alves captured the Tide's 17th and 18th All-America honor in the 200 freestyle
- Hawke's performance in the 200 freestyle marked his seventh career All-America honor and second first-team selection
- Included in his career highlights was a Second Team All-America selection in 2023 in the 200 freestyle
- Hawke became the first swimmer to secure back-to-back All-America selections in the event since Jon Olsen's three-year run from 1989-91 and just the third UA swimmer to secure multiple All-America honors in the event with Don Berger (1984-86) also joining the list
- Alves holds six Second Team All-America selections over his three years with the Tide following his 200 freestyle swim
- Alves dropped three tenths of a second off his career-best performance from the Tennessee Invite, posting a 1:31.68 to rank second all-time in program history, a mark he already held
- Hawke was three hundredths of a second shy of his career-best swim (1:30.55) in the 200 freestyle with a 1:30.58
- Tommy Hagar dropped 18 hundredths of a second to secure a career-best 46.28 in the 100 backstroke
- The personal-best performance ranked the UA freshman 34th overall
- Jake Marcum swam a 47.44 to finish 42nd in the 100 backstroke
Next
- Prelims will get underway at 9 a.m. CT, while finals will begin at 5 p.m.
- Hagar and Marcum will race in the 200 backstroke, while both Hawke and Alves compete in the 100 freestyle
- UA will conclude the meet with the 400 freestyle relay in Saturday's final session
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