Lake Forest College Swimming
and Diving
News
March 24, 1999
Contact: Scott Rucker, SID
For Immediate Release
EDGELL SELECTED TO GTE/COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Lake Forest College junior Rob Edgell, a swimmer
from Alsager, England, has been named to the 11-member 1999 GTE/COSIDA
Academic All-District Five At Large Team. He is now eligible for
the GTE/COSIDA Academic All-America Team.
Edgell is a three-time All-American (1997
200 free, 1998 200 free and 200 IM) and two-time (1997 and 1998) Midwest
Conference Swimmer of the Year. He holds the MWC and school record
in seven events (100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, 200 back, 400 IM, 200 free relay,
and 800 free relay) and is a 20-time MWC champion (9 individual and 11
relay events). He has never lost an individual race at the conference
meet and his relay teams have lost only once. Edgell is also a two-time
member (1998 and 1999) of the MWC All-Academic team and a 1997 and 1998
CSCAA Academic All-American.