Air Force Academy

March 2, 2011

The Air Force men's swimming & diving team capped off a successful 2010-11 season at the 2011 Mountain West Conference Swimming & Diving Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Falcons broke three school records, had 19 swims that cracked the schools' all-time top-10 list and nine NCAA B-cut swims.

Leading the way were senior Benjamin Gunn and junior Corydon Butler.

Gunn, a senior, earned Air Force's first-ever conference title in the 200 yard butterfly event with a time of 1:46.21. It was Gunn's third overall MWC title. The Gainesville, Ga., native earned All-MWC honors in the 200 individual medley, where he was runner up, the 200 backstroke and was the leadoff leg of the all-conference 800 free relay team. Gunn set a new school records in the 100 butterfly (47.64), 100 (48.13) and 200 backstokes (1:45.60) and also earned the MWC Senior Recognition award.

Butler, a junior, earned all-conference honors in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle events. The Williamsburg, Va. native was a top-five finisher in all three events, earning NCAA B-cut swims in the 500 and 1650 free events. In addition to the middle and distance free events, Butler anchored the 800 free relay group.

Air Force finished sixth at the MWC Championships.

MWC Titles
200 Fly
Benjamin Gunn

All-MWC
Corydon Butler
200, 500, 1650 free

Benjamin Gunn
200 back, 200 fly, 200 IM

Paul Leonhardt
200 fly

800 free relay
Gunn, Leonhardt, Tim Martinelli, Butler

MWC Senior Recognition Award
Benjamin Gunn

Air Force Academy All-Time Top 10 Swims
Name/Time/Rank

100 Free
Micah Newmann 44.84 (5) split in 400 free relay
Tim Martinelli 45.27 (10)

200 Free
Corydon Butler 1:38.85 (5)
Benjamin Gunn 1:38.90 (6) split in 800 free relay

500 Free
Corydon Butler 4:25.83 (5)

1000 Free
Corydon Butler 9:23.92 (5) split in 1650 free

100 Fly
Benjamin Gunn 47.64 (1) time trials
Paul Leonhardt 49.13 (6)
Matt Millikin 49.18 (7)

200 Fly
Paul Leonhardt 1:48.97 (7)

100 Back
Benjamin Gunn 48.13 (1) split in 400 medley relay
Matt Millikin 49.45 (4)
Angus MacDonald 50.16 (6)
Paul Young 50.48 (9)

200 Back
Benjamin Gunn 1:45.60 (1)
Matt Millikin 1:47.93 (6)
Angus MacDonald 1:48.36 (8)

100 Breast
Cody Deacon 55.37 (4)

200 Breast
Cody Deacon 2:00.90 (2)

NCAA B-Cut Swims
Name/Time/Rank

500 Free
Corydon Butler 4:25.83

1650 Free
Corydon Butler 15:33.87

100 Fly
Benjamin Gunn 47.64

200 Fly
Benjamin Gunn 1:46.21

200 Back
Benjamin Gunn 1:45.60

100 Breast
Cody Deacon 55.37

400 Free Relay
Newmann, Leonhardt, Martinelli, Butler 2:59.06

800 Free Relay
Gunn, Leonhardt, Martinelli, Butler 6:34.15

400 Medley Relay
Gunn, Deacon, Chiaro, Dawson 3:15.83