GCC RELAY HIGHLIGHTS DAY TWO OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (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.
NABC HONORS GCC'S O'KEEFE, LAMIE FOR REGIONAL HONORS (3/18/10)
The
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) honored
Grove City College head men's basketball coach Steve Lamie
and senior center Andy O'Keefe
in recognition of their respective efforts during the 2009-10
season. Lamie earned Great Lakes Co-Coach of the Year while
O'Keefe is a First Team All-Great Lakes honoree.
W&J BASEBALL, TMC SOFTBALL LEAD PAC PRESEASON POLLS (3/18/10)
The Washington & Jefferson College
baseball team and the Thomas More College softball squad
have each been picked to repeat as
champions of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC),
according to a preseason poll of the conference's head coaches.
WC'S LEHBERGER, GCC RELAY TEAM EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS ON DAY
1 OF 2010 NCAA D-III SWIMMING & DIVING 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.
PECK, MCKEEHAN TABBED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (3/17/10)
Grove City's Michelle Peck and Thomas More's Daniel McKeehan
were named PAC Scholar-Athletes of the Month for March by the
conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Peck, a
molecular biology major with a 3.74 GPA, is a senior member of
the Wolverine soccer and golf teams. McKeehan, a business
administration/economics major with a 4.0 GPA, is a senior
member of the Saint basketball team.
FOUR FROM PAC NAMED ECAC BASKETBALL ALL-STARS (3/17/10)
The PAC has placed four conference basketball standouts on
the 2009-10 ECAC Division III South All-Star teams for
men's basketball and
women's basketball. On the men's side, 2010 PAC MVP
Andy
O'Keefe was a first team honoree, while Westminster senior F
Ryne Murray was a second team selection. Washington &
Jefferson placed a pair of players on the women's squads, with
2010 PAC MVP
Kennan Killeen earning first team
recognition and teammate
Maggie Gibson being tabbed to
the third team.
SEVEN FROM PAC NAMED TO D3HOOPS.COM ALL-REGION TEAMS
(3/16/10)
Seven PAC basketball standouts (four men, three women) have
been named to the
2010 NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region Teams by the
D3Hoops.com website.
On
the men's side, 2010 PAC MVP
Andy O'Keefe of Grove
City joins fellow seniors
Daniel McKeehan of Thomas More
and
Joe Testa of Bethany on the second team, while Thiel
freshman
Blair Rozenblad was a third team honoree and was
also tabbed as the Region Freshman of the Year.
The
women's slate saw 2010 PAC MVP
Kennan Killeen of
Washington & Jefferson earn second team recognition, while W&J
senior teammate
Maggie Gibson and Thomas More junior C
Nicole Dickman were each named to the third team.
PAC ANNOUNCES 2009-10 TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDEES (3/16/10)
The PAC has announced the
2009-10 Winter PAC Team
Sportsmanship Award winners. This award is sponsored by the
members of the PAC Student-Athlete-Advisory Council (SAAC), in
an effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship
among the conference teams.
PAC SPRING RELEASES THROUGH MARCH 14 NOW ONLINE (3/15/10)
The
PAC spring releases for the week ending March 14 in the
sports of baseball,
softball and men's tennis
are now online. Conference statistics for baseball and softball
will be available beginning next Monday, as will the first PAC
track & field release.