Liu paces Brandeis men at UAA Championships

At the men's Unviersity Athletic Association championships, sophomore James Liu of Longmeadow, Mass., turned in three top-16 performances as the Judges finished in 8th place at the University of Rochester. Liu finished seventh in the 100-yard butterfly, giving him the top performance of the meet for the men. Liu improved on the third-fastest time in Brandeis history in the event with his 52.30 seconds in the prelims. His finals time was 52.40 seconds. He also took 10th place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.67 seconds and 12th place in the 100-yard freestyle event with a time of 47.69 seconds after a time of 47.58 seconds in the prelims.

The Judges' other top performances came in the 200-yard butterfly, where rookie Josh Klitenick of Bridgewater, N.J., finished in 13th place with a time of 1:59.73. He also placed 15th in the 100 fly with a time of 53.38 seconds and 21st in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:00.28. His time of 1:59.93 in the prelims was the third-fastest time in Brandeis history. Classmate Aaron Bennett of Setauket, N.Y., actually had a faster performance in the event in winning the C finals with a time of 1:58.51, the 12th fastest time of the meet.