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04/12/2013
Swim/Dive Lands 18 on Pac-12 All-Academic Team
Three Wildcats earned first-team all-academic honors
04/05/2013
History Made at the NCAAs
The Wildcats Swimming and Diving teams made history at the NCAA Championships
03/29/2013
Cordes Makes History on Night Two at NCAAs
Kevin Cordes swims the fastest 100y Breast in history
03/28/2013
Cats Shatter School Record in 400 Medley Relay at NCAAs
Kevin Cordes swam the fastest breaststroke leg in history at 49.56
03/26/2013
Wildcats Set for NCAA Championships
The competition takes place Thursday-Saturday at the IUPUI Natatorium
10-time All-American through his three seasons at Arizona...Mid-distance freestyler who has scored points for UA in all three of his NCAA Championships...Became the first-ever Israeli swimmer to qualify as an Olympic Semifinalist in the Beijing Games in 2008
2010-11:Earned five All-America honors at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis...Swam on the 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle and 400 medley relays, all of which finished among the top eight nationally...Individually, Shapira Bar-Or won the consolation heat of the 200 freestyle and was 10th overall in the 200 fly...His lead-off time in the 400 freestyle ranks him among the top five in school history in the 100 freestyle with a 42.37...Named the Counsilman-Hunsaker National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week on 11/17...Was named to the Pac-10's All-Academic for the second consecutive season, studying Management Information and Systems in the Eller College of Management.
2009-10:Overcame a bout with a stomach illness at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio to win three All-America honors...Placed 10th overall in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:34.26...Helped Arizona's 800 free relay to third overall, splitting a 1:34.32...Recorded the fast split among the 400 freestyle relay All-American team at 42.43...Named to the Pac-10's All-Academic First Team.
2008-09:Scored in two events for the Wildcats in his freshman season...Was a member of Arizona's 800 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas which placed second nationally and set a school record time in 6:11.82 with fellow relay-mates Jean Basson, Nicholas Nilo and Joel Greenshields...Individually, he finished 11th overall in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:34.01.
