Michael Ippolito of the Wilmington paper featured the 2015 Morrie Stein Award of Valor winner, who swam for the Judges while living with muscular dystrophy.
Max Fabian, Joanna Murphy, Sherry Tu, and Amy Sheinhait all place in individual events during day 3 of the University Athletic Association championships.
Sophomore Edan Zitelny won the 100 back and 100 fly, while rookie Zach Diamond took the 200 fly and 500 free. Both also had a relay win. The Brandeis men close the 2014-15 season with a three-meet winning streak as they head to the UAA Championships next week.
The men won, 157-97, sweeping all 16 events, while the women were 160-125 victors for their first home win under Mike Kotch. Seniors Gabby Drillich and Max Fabian were honored before the meet.
Rookie Cam Braz was the lone individual to score points when the Judges competed with a number of Division I and II programs at the 2015 Copa Coqui meet while on their annual winter trip to Puerto Rico.
Max Fabian and Brian Luk started off strong at WPI's Gompei Invitational combining for three top-4 finishes in individual races and a third place finish in a relay.
The Judges earned their earliest win in the last three years against the Beavers, though fell to the host team as Brian Luk picked up wins in the freestyle sprints.
Joanna Murphy was the runner-up in the mile, while Max Fabian placed fourth, but was less than a second out of the No. 2 spot as the Judges faced Rochester, NYU and DI Canisius College.
The Gosman Center will be quiet until Aug. 16, but Brandeis student-athletes are finding several ways to keep themselves engaged over the summer. Sophomore Edan Zitelny of Syosset, N.Y., a member of the men’s swimming and diving team, is in Chicago doing cancer research.