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FIVE FROM PAC NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (5/18/12)
Five PAC student-athletes (three men, two women) have been selected
to the 2011-12
Capital One Academic All-District IV Division III At-Large teams,
released today by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
On the men's side, Grove City junior tennis standout
Caleb Fuller
(3.93 GPA, economics) and junior swimmer
Eric Fairchild
(3.73 GPA, mathematics) were both honored along with W&J sophomore
wrestler Josh Etzel (3.62 GPA, chemistry). GCC posted both
PAC reps
on the women's squad: senior tennis player
Megan Bennett
(3.98 GPA, finance) and junior swimmer
Angela Palumbo
(3.71 GPA, mathematics). All five All-District awardees now move to
the Academic All-America ballot.
LONG NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (3/15/12)
The PAC has announced that
senior swimmer Kreighton Long of Saint Vincent College has
been named
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athlete of the
Month for March 2012.
THREE
TEAMS EARN CSCAA ACADEMIC HONORS (3/6/12)
Three PAC men's swimming & diving teams
have been honored as All-Academic teams by the
College Swimming Coaches Association
of America (CSCAA) for the Fall 2011 semester. To earn CSCAA
All-Academic Team laurels, the average grade-point average for all
team members must be 3.0 or higher.
Saint Vincent (3.3 GPA),
Washington & Jefferson (3.1) and
Westminster (3.08) were honored
on the men's side.
2011-12 ALL-PAC SWIM/DIVE TEAMS RELEASED (2/22/12)
The 2011-12 All-PAC Men's &
Women's Swimming & Diving teams have been released. The
teams are selected via a formula based on their individual and
relay finishes at the 2012 PAC Swimming
& Diving Championships at Grove City College on Feb. 15-18,
2012.
GROVE CITY SWEEPS 2012
PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (2/18/12)
Grove City College continued its recent domination at the
2012 PAC Swimming &
Diving Championships, taking place as part of the James E.
Longnecker Invitational in Grove City, Pa. The Wolverine men
posted their fifth consecutive league crown, as the Wolverines finished with
850 points to top
second place Westminster (711), while the GCC women recorded their
fourth straight conference title with 933 points, well ahead of the
second place Titans (665.5 points). Year-end swimming MVP awards
went to seniors
Ben Bowser
of Grove City and
Caitlin Lehberger
of Westminster, while Wolverine mentor
Dave Fritz
swept the PAC Men's & Women's Coach of the Year honors. Washington &
Jefferson swept PAC Diving recognition, with seniors
Bethany Haver
and
Justin Wiefenbach
garnering MVP awards and
Vic Galati
sweeping Coach of the Year laurels for both men and women.
Complete results from
the three-day invitational are now online, along with a
breakdown of PAC top three finishers.
GROVE CITY MAINTAINS TEAM LEADS AFTER DAY TWO OF 2012
PAC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (2/17/12)
Defending PAC champion Grove City remains in first
place in both the men's and women's standings following the second
full day
of competition at the 2012 PAC Swimming &
Diving Championships, taking place as part of the James E.
Longnecker Invitational in Grove City, Pa. The Wolverine men
finished Friday with 542 points to maintain their lead over
second place Westminster (472), while the GCC women are also in
first place with 611 points, well ahead of Westminster, which moved
into second place with 428.5 points.
Complete Friday results are now online, along with a
breakdown of PAC top three finishers.
Final day action on Saturday begins with preliminary rounds beginning at 10
a.m., followed by the finals at 5:30 p.m.
Live
results and a
live video webcast are available at the
invitational site.
GROVE CITY WOLVERINES TAKE DAY ONE TEAM LEAD AT 2012
PAC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (2/16/12)
Defending PAC champion Grove City has taken the team
lead in both the men's and women's standings following the first day
of competition at the 2012 PAC Swimming &
Diving Championships, taking place as part of the James E.
Longnecker Invitational in Grove City, Pa. The Wolverine men
finished Thursday with 249 points to build a comfortable lead over
second place Westminster (186), while the GCC women are also in
first place with 268 points, outdistancing second-place Washington &
Jefferson (216).
Complete Thursday results are now online, along with a
breakdown of PAC top three finishers.
GROVE CITY TO HOST PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (2/14/12)
The
2012 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Swimming & Diving
Championships
will take place at the James E. Longnecker Competition Pool on the
campus of Grove City College in Grove City, Pa., this
Wednesday-Saturday, February 15-18, 2012. The championship is part
of the
2012 Grove City Longnecker
Invitational,
an 11-school event that includes both the PAC Championships (six
schools) as well as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC)
Championships (five schools). The championships begin on Wednesday
evening (Feb. 15) with diving preliminaries beginning at 7:30 p.m.
On both Thursday and Friday (Feb. 16-17), preliminary rounds will
begin at 10 a.m., followed by the consolation and championship
finals beginning at 6 p.m. On Saturday (Feb. 18), the preliminary
rounds will again begin at 10 a.m., followed by the consolation and
championship finals beginning at 5:30 p.m. Grove City is the
three-time defending champion for both men's & women's swimming &
diving in the PAC. For the third consecutive year, the PAC Swimming
& Diving Championships will be broadcast live via video webcast.
Links to the free
video webcast, as well as for
live results
and for the invitational
psych sheet, will be available here on the
PAC website and the Longnecker Invitational website at
www.gccinvitational.com.
Admission to the PAC Championship/ Longnecker Invitational is $6 for
finals, $4 for preliminaries and $4 for heat sheets. No conference
passes are accepted at PAC Championship events.
ORSTEIN EARNS 400TH COACHING WIN AT W&J (1/28/12)
With a pair of non-conference victories over Hiram on Jan. 28,
Washington & Jefferson head swimming & diving coach
Mike Orstein earned his 400th victory as head coach of the
President program. Orstein, currently in his 24th season with
the Presidents, now boasts a 400-160-1 dual-meet record as the W&J
head coach. Overall, he owns a 460-185-2 record as a college head
coach (28 years).
2011-12 PAC SWIMMING & DIVING PREVIEW (10/28/11)
Bethany's newly appointed swimming & diving head coach David Dow
will be looking onward with only five returners from last season. Dave Fritz will
lead the Grove City men who feature eight seniors,
including four who have earned NCAA All-America honors during their
career. W&J head coach Mike Orstein enters his 25th season on
the pool deck this year and is 14 wins shy of 400 for his career at
the college. He will be once again joined by PAC Men’s and Women’s
Diving Coach of the Year Vic Galati. Rob Klamut will
look to lead Westminster with his men's team returning all six
first-team All-PAC swimmers from last year.
The complete
2011-12 swimming & diving preview
is now available online.
WC'S KLAMUT NAMED NCAA COMMITTEE CHAIR (9/1/11)
Westminster College men's and women's swimming head coach
Rob Klamut was appointed chairman of the NCAA Division III Swimming and
Diving Rules Committee at the group's meeting held June 22 in
Indianapolis. Klamut's term as chairman begins Sept. 1 and will end
Aug. 31, 2012, which will conclude his three-and-a-half-year term as
a committee member.
SEVEN TEAMS EARN CSCAA ACADEMIC HONORS (7/26/11)
Seven PAC swimming & diving programs (Grove City/W&J/
Westminster
men & women and
Saint Vincent women) have earned
Team Scholar Awards (3.0 team GPA or higher) for the Spring
2011 semester by the College
Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).
BETHANY NAMES DAVID DOW HEAD COACH (6/4/11)
David Dow
has been selected as the new head men’s and women’s swimming and
diving coach at Bethany College. Dow, who replaces John
McGowan leading the Bison programs, was most recently an
assistant coach at NCAA Division III Cortland State (NY). During
his tenure on the coaching staff, the Red Dragon men’s team went
28-5 in dual meets and finished in second place in the SUNYAC
twice, while the women were 21-7 rand finished second at the
SUNYAC meet in 2010 and third this past winter. Dow holds both
his bachelor's and master's degrees from Cortland.
PAC AWARDS WINTER SPORTSMANSHIP HONORS (3/3/11)The
Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) has announced the
2010-11 Winter PAC Team
Sportsmanship Award winners. The PAC Team Sportsmanship
Award was started in the 2008-09 sports season, and is an effort
to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among
conference teams. The award is sponsored by the PAC
Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC).
2010-11 ALL-PAC TEAMS RELEASED (2/23/11)
The 2010-11 All-PAC Men's &
Women's Swimming & Diving teams have been released. The
teams are selected via a formula based on their individual and
relay finishes at the 2011 PAC Swimming
& Diving Championships at Grove City College on Feb. 16-19,
2011.
GROVE CITY SWEEPS 2011 PAC SWIM/DIVE TITLES (2/19/11)
The Grove City Wolverines captured both the men's and
women's team titles at the three-day 2011 PAC
Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted by the Wolverines as
part of the 2011 Longnecker Invitational in Grove City, Pa. The
GCC men finished with 948 points, comfortably ahead of second place Westminster (654), while the Wolverine
women recorded 888 points to easily outdistance second place Washington &
Jefferson (652). It was the fourth consecutive PAC title for the
GCC men and the third straight team crown for the Wolverine
women. Grove City junior Ben Bowser and sophomore Kait
Riesmeyer swept the PAC Swimming MVP honors, while league
diving laurels went to the W&J junior duo of Justin
Weifenbach and Bethany Haver. GCC mentor Dave
Fritz swept the PAC Swimming Coach of the Year awards for
men and women, while Vic Galati of W&J was the PAC Men's
& Women's Diving Coach of the Year.
Complete
invitational results for all three days are now online.
HOST GROVE CITY TAKES LEAD IN TEAM STANDINGS AFTER FIRST DAY
OF 2011 PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (2/17/11)
The Grove City Wolverines are in first place in both the
men's and women's team standings after the first day of
competition at the three-day 2011 PAC
Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted by the Wolverines as
part of the 2011 Longnecker Invitational in Grove City, Pa. The
GCC men recorded 262 points on day one to put them comfortably
ahead of second place Westminster (193), while the Wolverine
women tallied 275 points to top second place Washington &
Jefferson (202).
Complete day one individual results are now online.
Preliminary rounds on Friday begin at 10 a.m., followed by
consolation and championship finals beginning at 6 p.m.
Admission costs are $5 for finals and $3 for prelims, while
live results and a
free live video webcast are available via the
invitational website.
GROVE CITY TO HOST 2011 PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (2/15/11)
The 2011 Presidents’
Athletic Conference (PAC) Swimming & Diving Championships
will take place at the James E. Longnecker Competition Pool on the
campus of Grove City College in Grove City, Pa., this
Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19, 2011. The championship is
part of the 2011 Grove City
Longnecker Invitational, a 10-school event that includes both
the PAC Championships (six schools) as well as the Allegheny
Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships (four schools).
The championships begin on Wednesday evening (Feb. 16) with diving
preliminaries beginning at 7:30 p.m. On both Thursday and Friday
(Feb. 17-18), preliminary rounds will begin at 10 a.m., followed by
the consolation and championship finals beginning at 6 p.m. On
Saturday (Feb. 19), the preliminary rounds will again begin at 10
a.m., followed by the consolation and championship finals beginning
at 5:30 p.m. Grove City is the two-time defending champion for both
men's & women's swimming & diving in the PAC. For the third
consecutive year, the PAC Swimming & Diving Championships will be
broadcast live via video webcast. Links to the free video webcast,
as well as for
live
results and for the
invitational
psych sheet, are available on the PAC website at
www.pacathletics.org
and the Longnecker Invitational website at
www.gccinvitational.com.
Admission to the PAC Championship Longnecker Invitational contests
is $5 for finals, $3 for preliminaries and $4 for heat sheets. No
conference passes are accepted at PAC Championship events.
SVC'S KREJDOVSKY NAMED TOP PAC SAAC S-A (1/19/11)
Senior
swimmer
Zack Krejdovsky of Saint Vincent College has been named
PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete
of the Month for January 2011.
ALBERTSON NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN (6/9/10)
Recent Grove City College graduate Richard Albertson
earned
Third Team College Division At-Large Academic All-America honors
from the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN The
Magazine this week. A four-year letterwinner in the
butterfly and backstroke, Albertson helped the Grove City men's
swimming and diving team capture its third consecutive PAC title
this season. he helped GCC to a 49-8 dual-meet record during his
career. In the classroom, Albertson earned a 3.92 cumulative
grade-point average while earning a bachelor of science degree
in molecular biology.
Albertson is Grove City's 14th Academic All-American since
2002.
PAC CLOSES 2010 NCAA D-III CHAMPIONSHIPS (3/20/10)
The
2010 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships came
to a close at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis
tonight, with swimmers from both
Grove City and
Westminster again posting All-America performances. For the
Wolverines, the Grove City 400 freestyle relay team placed fifth
in 3:28.09 to garner All-America recognition. They were joined
by the Westminster duo of sophomore Caitlin Lehberger and
senior Ben Gutmann, who finished fifth and sixth,
respectively, in the 200 breaststroke to also clinch NCAA
All-America recognition. Earning CSCAA All-America status on the
final night with Top 16 performances were junior Courtney
Herdt (13th, 200 breast) of Westminster and freshman
Angela Palumbo (15th, 100 free) of Grove City. In team
competition, the Wolverine women placed 11th overall with 86
points, while Westminster was 21st with 57 points. The Titan men
finished in 35th place overall with 16.5 points.
WC'S LEHBERGER PLACES FOURTH IN 100 BREAST; GCC 800 FREE
RELAY PLACES 5TH ON DAY 3 OF NCAAs (3/19/10)
The All-America honors continued to roll in for PAC swimmers
on the third day of competition at the four-day
NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, taking
place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.
Westminster sophomore Caitlin Lehberger earned her second
NCAA All-America laurel in as many events by placing fourth in
the 100 breaststroke in a school-record time of 1:03.79. Joining
her in earning NCAA All-America status was the Grove City 800
freestyle relay team, which finished fifth overall in 7:30.03.
In addition, Titan junior Courtney Herdt, WC senior
Ben Gutmann and GCC freshman Kaitlin Riesmeyer all
earned CSCAA All-America recognition with Top 16 individual
finishes. The
Grove City and
Westminster Day 3 recap articles are now online with
complete information.
GCC RELAY HIGHLIGHTS DAY TWO OF NCAA MEET (3/18/10)
The Grove City women's swimming and diving team produced
several outstanding efforts Thursday night in the second day of
action at the
NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships at the
University of Minnesota. Grove City's 200 free relay squad
earned All-America honors by placing seventh overall. The team
of freshman Jenny Ryan, junior Lauren Baur, junior
Sarah Page and freshman Angela Palumbo posted a
school-record time of 1:35.35. Ryan's leadoff time of 24.04 is
also the fastest 50-yard free time in program history. All three
Westminster swimmers were off Thursday and return to action on
Friday. The
Grove City Day 2 recap is now online.
WC'S LEHBERGER, GCC RELAY TEAM EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS ON DAY
1 OF 2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (3/17/10)
The first day of the
2010 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving National Championships
in Minneapolis is in the books, with Westminster sophomore
Caitlin Lehberger and the Grove City women's 200 medley
relay team each earning All-America recognition. Lehberger
placed fourth in the 200 individual medley with a school-record
time of 2:04.15 to become the first-ever NCAA All-American for
the Titans, and the first All-American women's swimmer overall
at the school since 1993. The GCC women's 200 medley relay team,
consisting of freshmen Jenny Ryan, Angela
Palumbo, and Kaitlin Riesmeyer and junior Sarah
Page placed 16th in that event with a time of 1:48.51 to
earn CSCAA All-America recognition. Several other PAC swimmers
competed on day one, with complete
Grove City and
Westminster recaps now online.
NINE QUALIFY FOR 2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (3/8/10)
Nine PAC swimming standouts, including six from PAC champion
Grove City and three from Westminster, have qualified for and will
compete in the
2010 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, to be
held March 17-20 in Minneapolis, Minn. For the Wolverines,
juniors Lauren Baur
and Sarah Page, sophomore Jenna Richert, and
freshmen Angela Palumbo, Kaitlin Riesmeyer and
Jenny Ryan
will represent Grove City at the 2010 Championships. Grove
City's 200 and 800 free relay squads both received invitations to
the NCAA Championships. Because those two units received
invitations, the participating members can also compete in events in
which they provisionally qualified.
For Westminster, junior
Courtney Herdt of the women's team was the one
Titan swimmer who made the cut with a provisional qualifying time,
joining senior Ben Gutmann of the men's team and
sophomore Caitlin Lehberger of the women's team who
already had their tickets punched with automatic qualifying times.
2010 ALL-PAC TEAMS RELEASED (2/24/10)
The PAC has released the 2010
Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving All-Conference Teams. The
All-PAC honors are awarded based on the cumulative individual
results at the 2010 PAC Swimming &
Diving Championships, held at Grove City College on Feb.
18-20.
GROVE CITY SWEEPS 2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
(2/20/10)
The Grove City Wolverines swept the
men's and women's team titles following the final day of
competition at the three-day
2010 PAC Swimming & Diving
Championships, hosted by the Wolverines at the Longnecker Competition Pool
in Grove City, Pa., as part of the 2010 Grove City College (GCC)
Invitational. The Wolverine men finished with 963.5 points to
capture their third consecutive PAC title, easily outdistancing
second-place Westminster (734.5). The GCC women posted 862.5
points for their second straight PAC crown, with Westminster
(674.5) again in second. Award winners
and top three finishers in each event are listed in the PAC
meet recap. Complete
invitational day one,
day two and
day three results
and well as
composite invitational results are now online.
GROVE CITY MEN & WOMEN BOTH HOLD TEAM LEADS AFTER SECOND
DAY OF 2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
(2/19/10)
The defending PAC champion Grove City Wolverines lead the
men's and women's team standings following day two of the three-day
2010 PAC Swimming & Diving
Championships. The championship is taking place at the Longnecker Competition Pool on the campus of Grove City
in Grove City, Pa., on Friday, February
19, as part of the 2010 Grove City College (GCC) Invitational.
The Wolverine men finished day two with 634 points and hold a
comfortable lead over second place Westminster (466). After
ending day one in third place in team competition, the GCC women
moved into first place with 532 points, narrowly ahead of both
Westminster (470.5) and Washington & Jefferson (436.5). The
final day of action takes
place on Saturday (Feb. 20), with preliminary rounds beginning at
10 a.m. and finals starting at 5:30 p.m. A
free live video webcast of the event and
live results
are available at the
Grove City Invitational Web site. Complete
invitational day one
results and day two
results are now online.
GROVE CITY MEN, W&J WOMEN LEAD AFTER FIRST DAY OF 2010 PAC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(2/18/10)
The first day of competition at the three-day
2010 PAC Swimming & Diving
Championships took place at the Longnecker Competition Pool on the campus of Grove City
College in Grove City, Pa., on Thursday, February
18, as part of the 2010 Grove City College (GCC) Invitational.
After the opening day, the host Wolverines lead the men's race
with 299 points, ahead of second-place Westminster (204). In
women's competition, Washington & Jefferson narrowly leads a
close three-team race with 218.5 points, just in front of
Westminster (200) and Grove City (186). Day two action takes
place on Friday (Feb. 19), with preliminary rounds beginning at
10 a.m. and finals starting at 6 p.m.
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