After sending five athletes and five events to the NCAA Championships in Atlanta March 23-26, the Hawkeyes will return to Iowa City with a 40th-place finish.

The quartet of senior Roman Trussov, freshman Kenneth Mende, sophomore Jerzy Twarowski, and freshman Jack Smith started the meet for the Hawkeyes with a 21st-place finish in the 400-medley relay in a time of 3:10.06. The group had the 14th-fastest time going into the race.

Trussov earned honorable-mention All-American honors on March 25 when he placed 15th in the “B” final of the 100-breaststroke in a time of 53.17.

It was the first All-American honor of Trussov’s career and marked the fourth time in the past five years the Hawkeyes have had a swimmer crowned an All-American.

The same quartet that competed in the 400-medley also swam the 200-medley relay, taking 20th in a time of 1:26.50.

On March 26, Trussov earn his second-honorable mention All-American nod, placing 13th in the “B” final of the 200-breaststroke in 1:55.24. Trussov is the first Hawkeye swimmer since 2013 to be crowned an All-American in more than one event at the NCAA Championships.

Senior Addison Boschult was the lone diver for Iowa at the meet. Boschult, who was an honorable-mention All-American a year ago on the platform, fell just shy of the mark at this year’s NCAAs, finishing 18th with a score of 356.65, 2 points shy of 16th, which would have earned him All-American status.

The Hawkeyes ended the meet with 6 team points.

— by Blake Dowson