The LSU men’s swimming and diving team finished 21st at the NCAA Championships in East Meadow, N.Y., which started Thursday and ended Saturday.
The Tigers scored eight points on Thursday, putting them into a tie with the U.S. Naval Academy in 24th place.
LSU qualified for the consolation finals in the 400-meter medley relay and finished 12th overall in the event with a time of 3:36.46. Evan Martinec, Christian Clausen, Neil Lowe and Chris Stanczyk swam a 3:35.45 in the prelims. Texas won the event and set a new NCAA record with a time of 3:25.38.
Martinec, Lowe, Stanczyk and Ross Hebert placed 17th in the 200-meter freestyle relay with a time of 1:30.34. Auburn won that event with a world-record time of 1:25.46.
Hebert also placed 49th in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 22.96 seconds.
The Tigers moved up to 20th with an overall total of 37 points after Friday’s competition.
Martinec placed fourth in the 100-meter backstroke to earn himself the seventh All-American honor of his career. His time was 51.87 seconds.
Martinec, Lowe, Clausen, and Hebert qualified for the consolation final of the 200-meter medley relay and finished 10th in the event with a time of 1:38.59.
Clausen finish 23rd in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:01.25.
Stanczyk also finished 44th in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:50.08.
The Tigers were unable to score anymore points on Saturday, placing them in 21st to finish the season.
Clausen swam a 200-meter breaststroke with a time 2:12.69 in the prelims, just missing the consolation finals.
Martinec, Stanczyk, Hebert, and Lowe placed 19th in the prelims of the 400-meter freestyle relay with a time of 3:23.48.
Auburn won the national championship, while Stanford finished a distant second. Texas, Arizona, Michigan, Florida, California-Berkeley, Tennessee, Minnesota, and Georgia rounded out the Top 10.
Southeastern Conference teams Kentucky (15th), South Carolina (20th), and Alabama (34th) also competed in the meet.