By Steve Lansdale
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Texas men’s swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Townley Haas is one of eight athletes to be named a finalist for the 89th annual AAU Sullivan Award, which is given to the nation’s top amateur athlete.
In 2016, Haas brought home[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level2)] Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro as part of the American 4×200-meter freestyle relay and placed fifth in the 200-meter freestyle. He then won three gold medals at the 2017 FINA World Championships and finished first in two events at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.
He won 10 NCAA event titles and pulled in 18 All-America times to help the Longhorns win the national championship in each of his first three seasons in Austin, and finish as the national runner-up in his senior campaign. He set a new NCAA record in the 500 freestyle at the 2019 NCAA Championships in March and was part of the Longhorns’ 800-yard freestyle relay that established new NCAA, American and U.S. Open records and the team’s 400-yard free-style relay that set a pool record.
The other candidates for the AAU Sullivan Award, which will be awarded next Tuesday, are:
- Mikaela Foecke (Nebraska) – volleyball
- Rachel Garcia (UCLA) – softball
- Aleia Hobbs (LSU) – track & field
- Morgan Hurd (USAG) – gymnastics
- McKenzie Milton (UCF) – football
- Kathryn Plummer (Stanford) – volleyball
- Luke Maye (UNC) – basketball
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