American University swimming & diving student-athlete
Matt Wurm has been named the AU
Student-Athlete of the Week Presented by GEICO, as announced by
Department of Athletics officials.
The fourth-year swimmer led the Eagles at the 2014 Patriot
League Championships in Annapolis, Md., this past weekend, helping
the American men to a sixth-place finish at the conference
meet.
Wurm was AU's top point-earner, totaling 14 points for
American. He advanced to the B-Final of the 100 backstroke, placing
fourth in the heat with a time of 50.58. Wurm also went on to win
the B-Final in the 200 back, touching the wall at 1:49.72 -- nearly
a second faster than his preliminary time.
Wurm and the Eagles are back at the Reeves Aquatic Center
today, getting races in at the annual Eagle Invite as AU challenges
eachother in timed events.