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Junior Aaron Ashworth will serve as the captain for the divers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that this group of student-athletes will give this team great leadership in the year to come,\u201d head coach Eric McIlquham said. \u201cThey are all hard working and well respected by their teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team named the late Bernie Romero, who died Sept. 15 from complication arising from leukemia, as an honorary captain for the men\u2019s team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something the team felt strongly about,\u201d McIlquham said. \u201cThey wanted to honor Bernie\u2019s life and the way he lived it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alabama will swim an Intrasquad Meet Oct. 15 at the Alabama Aquatic Center and its first meet of the season will Oct. 29 at LSU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUSCALOOSA, AL October 3. ALABAMA Swimming and Diving announced their captains for the 2004-05 season last week. 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