Emory University

Senior (2004-05):

Weissman, a senior, earned an All-America certificate in the800-yard freestyle relay. Weissman ends his career at Emory withseven career All-America certificates. This makes the fourthstraight season that Weissman qualified for the nationalchampionships. Weissman earned three all-conference honors thisseason, including a first-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle.Weissman holds the school record in the 500-yard freestyle.Weissman was eighth out of 40 competitors on the team this seasonin points scored in dual and championship meets.

Junior (2003-04):

Junior Dan Weissman earned All-America honors at the nationalchampionships by finishing sixth in the 1650-yard freestyle for thesecond year in a row. His time of 15:53.48 makes him thefourth-fastest individual in that event in school history. Weissmanalso earned All-America citations with an eighth-place finish inthe 500-yard free and as a member of the 800-yard medley relay. Heearned All-America honorable mention honors in the 200-yardbackstroke. Weissman was fifth on the team out of 32 competitors inpoints scored in dual and championship meets.

Sophomore (2002-03):

Weissman garnered his second and third career All-Americacertificates with a fifth-place finish as a member of the 800-yardfreestyle relay and a sixth-place finish in the 1650-yardfreestyle. He received honorable mention All-America status in the200-yard backstroke. Weissman better the NCAA provisionalqualifying mark in four events--500 freestyle, 1650 freestyle, 200backstroke and 200 butterfly. Weissman finished fifth among theteam's 32 competitors for most points earned in dual andchampionship meets. He was twice selected as the Emory Athlete ofthe Week. His time of 15:54.63 in the 1650-yard freestyle at theNCAA nationals made him the third-fastest individual in schoolhistory in that event.

Freshman (2001-02):

The freshman had a surprise seventh-place finish in the 200-yardbackstroke to become an All-American. Based on his entry time, hewas seeded 29th out of the 30 swimmers entered in the event.Weissman turned in the second-fastest time in school history in the200 backstroke. He also earned All-America honorable mention in the500-yard freestyle and the 1650-yard freestyle.

Quote:

"If you said to me in high school that I would be swimming forEmory University, I would have laughed in your face. Emory is in mybackyard; my mother works in the medical school and my house is ashort drive from campus. I started to get in contact with Emorycoaches and was soon brought up to speed on what Emory swimming hasaccomplished. This was news to me! Here I had a great academicvenue with a thriving athletics program that fit my desire to excelin swimming, and it was literally under my nose. My doubts andtrepidation of Emory being too close to home were quicklyalleviated by a phenomenal recruiting trip. So here I am an Eagle,and couldn't be more satisfied."