Courtesy of Navy Athletic Communications

ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) bestowed All-America honors for the 2019-20 season on Wednesday.  Included among the recipients are six members of the Navy teams. 
 
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship meets, the CSCAA Board adjusted the selection criteria for each Division.  In Division I, all relays teams achieving 'A' Standards, individual swimmers and divers selected to the NCAA Championships and divers entered in uncontested events from the NCAA Zone C Diving meet have earned All-America status.
 
Navy's honorees are swimmers Sydney Harrington, Luke Johnson and Martina Thomas and divers Bradley Buchter, Meghan Gerdes and Hannah Montau.
 
Harrington qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 individual medley.  She was seeded 19^th at the meet in the 200 fly.
 
Johnson was due to compete in the 500 free, 1650 free and 400 individual medley events.  He was seeded 18^th nationally in the 1650 free.
 
Thomas was an alternate to the 2020 NCAA Championship in the 200 freestyle.  She competed in the 100 and 200 free events at last year's national meet.
 
Buchter earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades in the one-meter event at the 2019 NCAA Championship.  He won both springboard events at the 2020 Zone A Championship to become the third Navy men's diver to qualify for the national championship in each of his four seasons.
 
Gerdes was due to compete in platform diving at this year's championship after competing in the platform and three-meter springboard events at last year's meet.
 
Montau was slated to take part in the one-meter and platform diving events at the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row.
 
This isn't the first time the association adjusted All-America criteria.  The first CSCAA All-America team was published in 1924, thirteen years before the first men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. The first women's All-America team was published in 1975, seven years prior to the first NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship.  During much of that time, the team was selected by a panel of coaches.  In 1985 the honor was standardized around the NCAA Championships with the top eight finalists receiving first-team recognition and the eight consolation finalists being named Honorable Mention.