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Greensboro, N.C. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's and women's swimming & diving teams completed first day action at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships Wednesday night in the Greensboro Aquatic Center.  

The Eagles' Jacob Burchfield earned individual NCAA III All-America honors Wednesday night after placing 16th (20.89) in the 50-yard freestyle. It is Burchfield's third career NCAA III All-America honor. 

Hans Hover, Alec Carlson, Jack Rohlinger and Burchfield placed 19th (1:32.36) in the 200-yard medley relay preliminaries on Wednesday. 

UWL earned 1.0 team point with Burchfield's 16th-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle.

Burchfield, Carlson and Hover earned their first career NCAA Division III All-America honors in 2018 as members of the Eagles' 14th-place 200-yard medley relay and 16th-place 200-yard freestyle relay. Rohlinger is looking for his first career NCAA III All-America honor.  

In women's action on Wednesday, UWL's Maria Vaudreuil finished 46th (2:12.94) in the 200-yard individual medley preliminaries. She will compete in the 100-yard breaststroke on Friday, March 22 and in the 200-yard breaststroke on Saturday, March 23. Vaudreuil, seeking her first career NCAA III All-America honor, is seeded 16th in the 100-yard breaststroke.  

The top-eight finishers in each event earn NCAA III All-America honors while ninth through 16th-place earn NCAA III Honorable Mention accolades.

UWL returns to action Thursday, March 21 with preliminaries at 9 a.m. (Central). Hover will compete in the 100-yard butterfly while Burchfield, Rohlinger, Carlson and Hover will swim in the 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay.