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Swimming and Diving Honors Seniors, Hosts Arizona

Feb. 10, 2012

TEMPE, Ariz.--The Arizona State swimming and diving team host its final home meet of the season against the University of Arizona at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, Saturday, at 1 p.m. MT.

The meet is also the final home competition for the Sun Devil seniors: Jesper Akesson, Constantin Blaha, Cameron Bradshaw, Elina Eggers, Rebecca Ejdervik, Jordyn Green, Kelli Kyle, Yutaro Yamashita and Penelope Yamauchi.

The meet will serve as a springboard for the Sun Devils into the Pac-12 Championships. The Pac-12 women's swimming and men's & women's diving championship is held Feb. 22-25 in Federal Way, Wash. The Pac-12 men's swimming and diving championship Feb. 29-Mar. 3.

2011-12 Sun Devil Seniors

Jesper Akesson:

Earned career-best times at Pac-10 Championships.

Swam a career-best 54.84 in the 100 breast at the 2010 Pac-10 Championships

Swam a career-best 20.57 in the 50 free at the 2009 Pac-10 Championships

Constantin Blaha:

2011, 2010 Pac-10 3-Meter Springboard Champion

2011 NCAA Third Place finish on the 3-Meter Springboard

2011 NCAA All-American

2010 Honorable Mention All-American

Two-time First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic in 2010, 2011

Second-Team ESPN All-District VIII

Cameron Bradshaw:

Qualified for 2011 NCAA Championships

Finished third at 2011 NCAA Zone E Championships in the 1-meter springboard

Runner-up at 2010 Pac-10 Championships on 3-Meter Springboard

Qualified for AT&T US Nationals

Finished fourth at 2011 Pac-10 Championships on the 3-Meter Springboard

Elina Eggers:

National runner-up on Platform at the 2011 NCAA Championships

Two-time NCAA All-American, 2010, `11

2011 First-Team Capital One Academic All-American

2010 Pac-10 Platform Champion

Earned the silver medal in all three diving events at the 2011 Pac-10  Championships

Two-time first-team Pac-10 All-Academic

Rebecca Ejdervik:

Back-to-back Pac-10 Champion in the 100 Breast

Set a new school record in the 100 Breast with a time of 58.90

Two-time NCAA All-American

Coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker's first Pac-10 Champion and All-American

2011 first-team Pac-10 All-Academic

Jordyn Green:

Three-time NCAA qualifier for the Sun Devils in the 100 and 200 breast

Swam career-best times at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships in the 100 and 200 breast.

Swam the fifth fastest time in school history in the 100 breast in 2011 with a time of 1:01.72.

Kelli Kyle:

Swam top time in the 50 back at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships in a time of 24.81

Helped the Sun Devils to a second-place finish at the Arena Invitational, finishing first in the 100 back with an NCAA B standard  time of 1:00.21

Yutaro Yamashita:

Swam four personal-bests at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships last season

Recorded new personal best this season in the 100 Free at the 2011 Arena Invitational

Touched in with a time of 1:48.91 in the 200 Fly at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships

Improved his personal best times each season at Arizona State

Penelope Yamauchi

Swam career bests in the 200 IM, 100 Breast and 200 Breast at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships.

Three-straight victories in the 200 breast in January over Utah, No. 8 Stanford and No. 1 Cal.

Swam new career high at the 2011 Arena Invitational in the 50 free with a time of 23.57.