Women's Swimming & Diving | 5/21/2009 2:11:14 PM

ROCHESTER, NY - Junior Caitlyn Burr (Delhi, NY/Delaware Academy) (Delhi, NY/Delaware Academy), a member of the RIT women's swimming and diving team, earned 2009 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District I Region At-Large honors on Thursday.  Selections are made based on a combination of academic and athletic excellence.  Burr, a finance major, was a second team all-district selection with a sparkling 3.86 grade-point average.

This season, Burr became RIT's first All-American since 1993 by earning honorable mention accolades in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley events at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.

Burr won three individual titles at the 2009 UNYSCSA state championships, breaking her own school record in each the 100- and 200-yard butterfly, and 200-individual medley. She did not lose a single race at any of those distances during the regular season. Burr also contributed on three school-record relays in the 200 and 800-yard freestyle, as well as the 200-yard medley relay events. For her outstanding performance, she was awarded the 2009 UNYSCSA Swimmer of the Meet.

Burr was named Empire 8 Swimmer of the Week five times in 2008-09 and currently holds seven individual and five relay records at RIT. Eight of her 12 records were improved upon this year. She knocked more than ten seconds off her record time in the 500-yard freestyle, and nearly seven from her record time in the 200-butterfly. Overall, Burr won 38 events in 2008-09, and took at least one race in each of RIT's 11 meets.