University of Minnesota Athletics
Plummer Named NYAC Athlete of the Year
4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Gophers alum and Olympic medalist David Plummer accepted the New York Athletic Club's Athlete of the Year Award at last week's Quarter Century Club Awards Dinner. The NYAC is nearly 150 years old, and its athletes have won 271 Olympic medals.
In Rio last summer, Plummer took home a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke. He later earned gold as part of the United States' 4x100-meter medley relay. Plummer was the United States' oldest Olympic swimming rookie since 1904, making the team in his fourth Olympic Trials.
Before Plummer, Minnesota's last male American medalist was diver Craig Lincoln, who won bronze in 1972. He is technically the first male American Gopher to receive an Olympic medal, as Virgil Luken and Walt Richardson did not receive gold medals for their prelims swim in the 1964 medley relay.
A post shared by New York Athletic Club (@newyorkac) on
Gophers Women Pick Up Medals at Canadian Trials
Team Canada Trials took place earlier in April to determine the national roster for this summer's FINA World Championships in Budapest. Outgoing senior and 2016 Olympian Kierra Smith captured gold in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:24.36. She earned silver in the 100 breast in 1:08.44. Incoming freshman Mackenzie Padington won gold in the 400-meter freestyle in 4:09.04, and in the 800 free in 8:31.68.
Players Mentioned
