2004-05

(March 20) Senior Chris Halstead helped lead Emory to its second consecutive second-place finish at the NCAA Division III national championships.

Halstead defended his national title in the 200-yard backstroke becoming the second Eagle to repeat as a national champion. His time of one minute and 48.98 seconds is the fourth-fastest time in school history behind three of his own. He now holds all 10 of the top 10 times in Emory record book.

Halstead set a school record by earning six All-American certificates at the national meet. He earned three individual certificates and three for relay events. Halstead becomes the first Emory swimmer to earn three individual All-American certificates at more than one NCAA championship meet.

In addition to the 200 backstroke Halstead finished second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:51.31) and third in the 100-yard backstroke (0:50.69). Halstead also swam a leg on the 400-yard medley relay, 200-yard medley relay, and 800-yard freestyle relay, all of which attained All-America recognition.

Halstead ends his career at Emory with 14 All-American certificates which is the second most in Emory history.

(Feb 13) Junior Michael Klein helped Emory University win its seventh consecutive University Athletic Association (UAA) championship title. Klein took first place in both diving events.

This was the first year in which Klein has won a UAA title and only the second time an Emory male diver has taken both events in the same championship. Klein's score of 492.35 in the 3-meter competition also give him the second best score in Emory history for this event.

These two first place finishes helped earn Klein the title of men's Diver of the Year at the conference meet. Klein's two times were also new pool records.

Klein now prepares for the NCAA Division III national championships where Emory placed second last season.

(Jan. 23) Sophomore Patrick Mulligan finished first in two individual events against Transylvania University (KY). Mulligan finished first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.98 seconds. He finished first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.86 seconds. With these two first-place finishes Mulligan helped Emory win the meet, 175-99.

(Dec. 5) Senior Chris Halstead automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III national championship in five events during the University of Georgia Fall Invitational. He set a school record with his time of 57.01 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke, a time that puts him first in the nation in that event. He swam on the 200-yard medley relay team that finished in a school-record time. Halstead’s times in the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard backstroke are both the third-fastest times ever at Emory and each are currently the fastest times in the nation, according to the NCAA compilation of top times.

(Nov. 14) Senior Christopher Press helped Emory in their victory over Savannah College of Art and Design (GA). Press won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1.47.44. This time was three-tenths of a second away from his career best. Press was a five-time All-American last season.

(Nov. 8) Emory University's Chris Halstead won two individual and one relay events at the Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) Invitational. Halstead finished first or second in five of his six events, competing unshaved and untapered in the two-day meet that featured three of the top five teams from last season's NCAA championships. He won the 200-yard backstroke vent with an NCAA

(Oct. 31) Justin Hake won one individual and one relay event in a meet against an NCAA Division I school. Against UNC-Wilmington, Hake won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.18 seconds, which qualifies him provisionally for the NCAA Division III national championships. This time is his second-fastest career dual-meet time and is a second and a half faster than his time last season against the same school. Hake also helped Emory win the 200-yard medley relay. Hake holds the top-four fastest times at Emory in the 100-yard fly. He finished third at nationals last season in the 100-yard fly, higher than any other Emory swimmer ever.

(Oct. 18) Chris Halstead helped Emory University to victory against an NCAA Division I school, Davidson (N.C.). Halstead won the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.63) and swam the anchor leg on Emory's first-place 400-yard medley relay. He was a five-time All-American last season.