PAC recognizes 39 on all-conference men's swimming & diving squads

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First Team selections  |  Second Team selections | Honorable Mention selections

GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org) – The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) has announced its 2014-15 All-PAC Men's Swimming and Diving teams, with a total of 39 student-athletes recognized for their efforts at this year's PAC Swimming and Diving Championships.

The all-conference swimming and diving teams are determined by a formula-based selection process using student-athletes' individual and relay finishes at the conference's annual swimming and diving championships.

Westminster College led the way with 14 all-conference selections, followed by Grove City College with 10, Saint Vincent College with eight, Washington & Jefferson College with six and Bethany College with one.

Westminster earned its sixth conference title on February 14 at the 2014-15 PAC Swimming & Diving Championships.

The Titans totaled 827.5 points over the three-day championship event. Grove City finished second with 582.5 points, followed by Saint Vincent  in third with 524 points. W&J finished fourth (478) and Bethany finished fifth (139).

Westminster also captured league titles in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2013.

The PAC Championships were held in conjunction with Grove City's 25th annual James E. Longnecker Swimming and Diving Invitational and the ninth annual Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships at the James E. Longnecker Competition Pool. Longnecker Pool has been the home of the conference's swimming and diving championships since 1990.

Westminster senior Steven Brooks (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman) claimed PAC Swimmer of the Year honors for the third straight year, while W&J sophomore Josh Vasko (McKeesport, Pa./Elizabeth Forward) collected his second straight PAC Diver of the Year award.

PAC Swimming Coach of the Year honors went to Westminster's Rob Klamut with W&J's Vic Galati earning the PAC Diving Coach of the Year award.

Westminster won the PAC's Team Sportsmanship Award.

Brooks made it three straight PAC titles in both the 100 back (B-cut, Longnecker Pool record time of 49.35) and 200 back (B-cut, Longnecker Pool record time of 1:49.66) and finished second in the 50 free (B-cut time of 20.64). He also swam on Westminster's winning 400 free (3:06.33), 200 medley (B-cut time of 1:32.30) and 400 medley (B-cut, Longnecker Pool record time of 3:22.54) relays.

Vasko claimed conference titles in both the one-meter (434.95) and three-meter (399.45) events, earning his second straight PAC crown on the one-meter board.

2014-15 All-PAC First Team (19)
Name School Year Hometown/High School Events (PAC finish)
Matthew Baurle Westminster Jr. Jeannette, Pa./Penn Trafford 100 breast (champion, B-cut), 200 breast (champion, B-cut), 200 IM (9th), 200 medley relay (champion, B-cut), 400 medley relay (champion, B-cut)
Daniel Bogen Westminster Fr. Canfield, Ohio/Canfield 50 free (5th), 100 free (9th), 200 free (10th), 400 free relay (champion), 200 free relay (3rd)
Jim Bossert Grove City    Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek 200 IM (champion), 200 breast (3rd), 100 breast (4th), 800 free relay (champion), 400 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (3rd)
Steven Brooks Westminster Sr. Boardman, Ohio/Boardman 100 back (champion, B-cut), 200 back (champion, B-cut), 50 free (2nd, B-cut), 200 medley relay (champion, B-cut), 400 free relay (champion), 200 medley relay (champion, B-cut), 400 medley relay (champion, B-cut), 200 free relay (3rd)
Matt Crum Saint Vincent Jr. Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg 1650 free (champion), 500 free (5th), 200 free (11th)
Jordan Dehli Grove City Jr. Moneta, Va./Staunton River 50 free (3rd, B-cut), 100 free (8th), 100 back (10th), 200 free relay (champion), 200 medley relay (2nd)
Kevin Dunigan W&J Jr. Lansdale, Pa./North Penn 100 breast (2nd), 200 breast (4th), 200 IM (8th), 400 free relay (3rd), 200 free relay (4th), 200 medley relay (4th), 400 medley relay (4th)
Austin Karper Westminster Jr. Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle 100 back (3rd), 200 back (4th), 500 free (6th), 200 medley relay (champion, B-cut)
Jeremy Kim Grove City So. Frederick, Md./New Life Christian 200 fly (champion, B-cut), 500 free (champion), 200 free (4th), 800 free relay (champion), 400 medley relay (3rd)
Brad Kolesar Westminster Fr.
West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin
 100 fly (champion), 200 fly (2nd), 100 back (9th), 200 medley relay (champion, B-cut), 400 medley relay (champion, B-cut)
Zach Ligus Saint Vincent Sr. North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin 50 free (champion, B-cut), 100 free (champion), 100 fly (2nd), 200 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (4th)
Andy Moog Saint Vincent Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin 200 breast (2nd, B-cut), 100 breast (3rd, B-cut), 200 IM (12th), 200 medley relay (3rd), 400 medley relay (3rd)
Drew Nosbisch Grove City So. Monroeville, Pa./Gateway 100 free (3rd), 100 fly (3rd), 50 free (4th), 200 free relay (champion), 800 free relay (champion), 400 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (3rd)
Dan Pletz Westminster So. Venetia, Pa./Peters Township 400 IM (champion), 200 IM (2nd), 200 back (2nd)
Jake Pletz Westminster Sr. Venetia, Pa./Peters Township 100 back (2nd), 200 free (2nd), 100 free (5th), 400 free relay (champion), 800 free relay (2nd)
Mitch Stahara Westminster Fr. Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park 200 free (champion), 100 free (2nd), 500 free (2nd), 400 medley relay (champion, B-cut), 400 free relay (champion), 800 free relay (2nd), 200 free relay (3rd)
Josh Vasko W&J So. McKeesport, Pa./Elizabeth Forward 1-meter dive (champion), 3-meter dive (champion)
Josiah Vehrs Grove City So. Fresno, Calif./Homeschooled 100 free (6th), 200 free (8th), 800 free relay (champion), 400 free relay (2nd)
Nicholas Willison W&J So. Rockford, Mich./Rockford 200 back (3rd), 400 IM (3rd), 200 IM (4th), 400 free relay (3rd), 200 free relay (4th), 400 medley relay (4th), 800 free relay (4th)

2014-15 All-PAC Second Team (18)
Name School Year Hometown/High School Events (PAC finish)
Sam Angelo Westminster So. Warren, Ohio/Warren G. Harding 100 breast (5th), 200 breast (5th), 50 free (12th)
Alex Bolen Saint Vincent Fr. Pitcairn, Pa./Gateway 500 free (3rd), 1650 free (3rd), 200 free (7th), 200 free relay (2nd), 200 medley relay (3rd), 800 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (4th)
Cody Dunson Bethany Fr. Wellsburg, W.Va./Brooke 3-meter dive (3rd), 1-meter dive (4th)
Xander Emili Saint Vincent So. Anchorage, Alaska/South Anchorage 200 fly (3rd), 200 IM (3rd), 100 fly (6th), 200 free relay (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (4th)
Kyle Garase Saint Vincent Fr. Finleyville, Pa./Ringgold 200 fly (4th), 100 fly (5th), 200 IM (6th), 400 medley relay (2nd), 200 medley relay (3rd), 800 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (4th)
Logan Gearhart Westminster Fr. Warren, Pa./Warren Area 200 back (5th), 200 free (5th), 100 back (6th), 800 free relay (2nd)
Adam Gordish Saint Vincent Fr. Creekside, Pa./Marion Center 200 fly (5th), 100 back (7th), 1650 free (8th), 400 medley relay (2nd), 200 medley relay (3rd)
Brett Gwynn Grove City Fr. Irwin, Pa./Hempfield 100 fly (4th), 200 fly (8th), 50 free (11th), 200 medley relay (2nd)
Nate Kern Westminster Fr. Gibsonia, Pa./Pine Richland 1-meter dive (2nd), 3-meter dive (2nd)
Mike Magdic W&J Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny 100 back (4th), 200 IM (5th), 200 back (6th), 400 free relay (3rd), 200 medley relay (4th), 800 free relay (4th)
Ben Mancini W&J Sr. Oreland, Pa./Springfield Township 500 free (4th), 1650 free (5th), 200 free (13th)
Jake Marino Grove City So. Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford 100 back (5th), 200 back (7th), 200 medley relay (2nd)
Caleb McKusick Grove City Sr. Waconia, Minn./Homeschooled 100 free (7th), 50 free (9th), 200 free (9th), 200 free relay (champion), 400 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (3rd)
Daniel Peng Grove City So. Indiana, Pa./Indiana 50 free (8th), 100 breast (8th), 100 fly (9th), 200 free relay (champion), 200 medley relay (2nd)
Chris Ratliff W&J So. Eldersburg, Md./Century 200 free (3rd), 100 free (4th), 50 free (7th), 400 free relay (3rd), 200 free relay (4th), 400 medley relay (4th), 800 free relay (4th)
Adam Smale Westminster Jr. Monclova, Ohio/St. John’s Jesuit 400 IM (5th), 100 breast (6th), 200 breast (6th)
Nicholas Smith Westminster Sr. Indiana, Pa./Indiana 400 IM (2nd), 1650 free (2nd), 200 IM (7th), 800 free relay (2nd)
Matt Tashima Saint Vincent Fr. Visalia, Calif./Mount Whitney 100 free (10th), 100 fly (12th), 50 free (13th), 200 free relay (2nd)

2014-15 All-PAC Honorable Mention (2)
Name School Year Hometown/High School Events (PAC finish)
Mac Clyde Grove City Sr. Mars, Pa./Mars 1-meter dive (3rd)
Max Hague Westminster Jr. Canton, Ohio/Glenoak 50 free (6th), 100 back (12th), 100 free (14th), 200 free relay (3rd)