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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – Senior Dan Evans (Hamburg) finished in 22nd place out of 42 swimmers in the 100-yard butterfly during Day 2 of the NCAA Div. III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Minnesota.

Evans finished with a school-record time of 50.52 seconds. The previous record was 51.38 seconds by Drew Hilker in 2008. Evans missed a top-16 spot and a berth in the consolation finals by 0.21 seconds. He earned honorable mention All-America honors Friday with his 15th-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle.

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SUNY Cortland men's swimmer Dan Evans (Hamburg) and women's swimmer Taylor Houseman (Rushford/Wellsville) have qualified to compete at the 2010 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. The meet will be held March 17-20 at the University of Minnesota, with Beloit College (Wis.) and The College of Wooster (Ohio) serving as co-hosts.

Evans has qualified to compete in both the 50-yard freestyle (March 17) and 100-yard freestyle (March 20). He will also swim in the 100-yard butterfly (March 18) since each qualifier is allowed to swim in three events. Evans enters the competition with the fifth-best time in the 100-yard freestyle (45.22) and is tied for ninth in the 50-yard freestyle (20.64). Houseman has qualified for the 100-yard breaststroke (March 19) and 200-yard breaststroke (March 20), and will also swim in the 200-yard individual medley (March 17). She's seeded sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.09) and 17th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.78).

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Senior Dan Evans (Hamburg) broke a 16-year-old conference record in the 100-yard freestyle and led off the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team that set a school record during Cortland’s final day of competition at the SUNYAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

Cortland finished second out of nine teams in the final standings with 685 points. Geneseo won its 12th straight title with 829 points, followed by Cortland, New Paltz (555), Fredonia (328) and Oswego (310) in the top five. Cortland has earned league runner-up honors each of the last five seasons.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Senior Dan Evans (Hamburg)set a new conference and school record in the 50-yard freestyle during the opening complete day of competition at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

Evans won the event in 20.90 seconds for his second straight title. It was his preliminary time of 20.64 seconds, however, that broke the previous SUNYAC conference and championship meet record of 20.73 seconds set by Geneseo’s Charlie Hake in 2008. Evans also recorded an NCAA “B” cut in the event and eclipsed his own school record of 20.89 seconds established last season.

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