Former Mount Union Swimmer Eddis Singleton Finished Tied for 20th in 50m Freestyle at U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials

Eddis Singleton

(OMAHA, Neb.)—Former Mount Union College men’s swimmer Eddis Singleton (East Cleveland/Shaw) finished tied for 20th in the preliminaries of the 2008 US Olympic Trails Friday (July 4) at the Quest Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  Singleton's mark of 22.73 left him just four spots shy of the semifinals.

Singleton qualified for the Olympic trials with a time of 23.16 at the Charlotte (N.C.) Ultra Swim Meet this past weekend. 

At Mount Union, Singleton was a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion (2002, 2003, 2004) in the 50 freestyle.  A six-time All-American, he was the Ohio Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Meet at the 2003 and 2004 OAC Championships.  He graduated in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and won the college’s Wayne Manzilla Award.

When asked about posting a qualifying time four years after college Singleton said, “Believe you can do it and whenever you believe once you start knowing it.  It happens.”

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