PAC honors all-conference men's swimming & diving squads

PAC honors all-conference men's swimming & diving squads

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First Team selections | Second Team selections

GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org) – The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) has announced its 2016-17 All-PAC Men's Swimming and Diving teams, with a total of 37 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 championships.

Westminster College led the way with 13 all-conference selections. Grove City College totaled nine honorees, while Saint Vincent College finished with eight. Washington & Jefferson College had six and Bethany College finished with one.

Westminster posted its third-straight PAC Championship on February 11. The team title is Westminster’s eighth.

Westminster led the five-team championship field with 929.50 points. Grove City finished as the runner-up with 825.50 points. Saint Vincent was third (598.50), W&J was fourth (446.50) and Bethany was fifth (188).

The conference championships were held at Grove City’s James E. Longnecker Competition Pool. Longnecker Pool has been the home of the league’s swimming and diving championships since 1990.

Westminster junior Mitch Stahara (Bethel Park, Pa. / Bethel Park) claimed PAC Most Valuable Performer in Swimming honors. Saturday, he earned his second-straight PAC title in the 100 freestyle with a winning time of 45.77 seconds. Thursday, he swam on Westminster’s winning 200 freestyle (1:23.80) and 400 medley (3:23.71) relays while posting his second-straight league championship in the 500 freestyle (4:40.02). Friday, he won his third-straight PAC championship in the 200 freestyle with a NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of one minute, 40.21 seconds and swam on the Titans’ winning 800 freestyle relay (6:52.71).

W&J sophomore Theo Skoric (Vanderbilt, Pa. / Laurel Highlands) was named the PAC’s Most Valuable Performer in Diving after winning the 11-dive, one meter event Thursday with a score of 460.95 points and the 11-dive, three-meter event Saturday with a score of 482.25 points. His efforts on both the one-meter and three-meter boards established new Longnecker Pool records and met the qualifying standard for the Division III Regional Championships.

Westminster first-year head coach Pat Smith collected PAC Swimming Coach of the Year honors. Smith had previously served as an assistant with the Titans for seven seasons. 

PAC Diving Coach of the Year honors went to W&J's Vic Galati, now in his 10th year with the Presidents. He has combined to win 13 Diving Coach of the Year citations.

W&J was voted the recipient of the PAC’s Team Sportsmanship award.
 
2016-17 All-PAC First Team (18)
Grove City College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Rhys Dickhudt
Troy, Mich./Bloomfield Christian		 So. 200 medley relay (1st), 800 free relay (2nd), 100 butterfly (3rd), 200 free relay (3rd)
Brett Gwynn
Irwin, Pa./Hempfield		 Jr. 100 butterfly (1st), 200 medley relay (1st), 400 medley relay (2nd), 100 free (3rd), 200 butterfly (3rd), 200 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (3rd), 50 free (T-3rd)
Dane Hoselton
Naples, N.Y./Naples Central		 So. 100 backstroke (1st, B-cut), 200 medley relay (1st), 400 medley relay (2nd), 200 IM (3rd), , 400 free relay (3rd), 200 backstroke (5th)
Jeremy Kim
Frederick, Md./New Life Christian		 Sr. 200 butterfly (1st), 800 free relay (2nd), 100 butterfly (4th), 500 free (4th)
Ben Slate
Pfafftown, N.C./Homeschooled		 Fr. 100 breaststroke (1st), 200 breaststroke (1st, B-cut), 200 medley relay (1st), 200 IM (2nd), 400 medley relay (2nd)
Saint Vincent College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Alex Bolen
Pitcairn, Pa./Gateway		 Jr. 400 free relay (1st), 1650 free (2nd), 200 free relay (2nd), 200 free (3rd), 200 medley relay (3rd), 500 free (6th) 
Jacob Davis
Pittsburgh, Pa./Brashear		 So. 50 free (1st), 400 free relay (1st), 100 free (2nd), 200 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (3rd), 800 free relay (3rd), 100 backstroke (4th) 
Xander Emili
Anchorage, Alaska/South Anchorage		 Sr. 400 free relay (1st), 200 free relay (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 100 butterfly (6th), 200 butterfly (6th), 200 IM (12th) 
Matt Tashima
Visalia, Calif./Mount Whitney		 Jr. 400 free relay (1st), 200 free relay (2nd), 100 free (7th), 50 free (9th), 100 butterfly (11th)
Washington & Jefferson College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Theo Skoric
Vanderbilt, Pa. / Laurel Highlands		 So. 1-meter dive (1st, regional qualifier), 3-meter dive (1st, regional qualifier)
Westminster College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Daniel Bogen
Canfield, Ohio/Canfield		 Jr. 200 free relay (1st), 50 free (T-3rd), 100 free (9th), 200 free (10th) 
Aaron Dunlany
Boardman, Ohio/Boardman		 Fr. 1650 free (1st), 800 free relay (1st), 500 free (2nd), 200 free (5th)
Matt Kwalick
Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley		 Fr. 200 IM (1st), 400 IM (1st), 200 free relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st), 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 free relay (2nd), 200 backstroke (3rd) 
Brad Kolesar
West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin		 Jr. 400 medley relay (1st), 100 butterfly (2nd), 200 butterfly (2nd), 200 medley relay (2nd), 500 free (5th)
David Peffer
Ellwood City, Pa./Riverside		 So. 200 backstroke (1st, B-cut), 400 medley relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st), 100 backstroke (2nd), 200 free (2nd), 400 free relay (2nd)
Thomas Somora
Grove City, Pa./Grove City		 Fr. 400 medley relay (1st), 100 breaststroke (2nd), 200 breaststroke (2nd), 200 medley relay (2nd), 200 IM (5th)
Michael Spencer
Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield		 So. 200 free relay (1st), 50 free (2nd), 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 free relay (2nd), 100 free (6th), 100 butterfly (9th)
Mitch Stahara
Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park		 Jr. 100 free (1st), 200 free (1st, B-cut), 500 free (1st), 200 free relay (1st), 400 medley relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st), 400 free relay (2nd)
 
2016-17 All-PAC Second Team (19)
Bethany College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Cheyne Stresky
Oxford, Mich./Oxford		 So. 100 backstroke (3rd), 500 free (3rd), 200 backstroke (4th), 200 free relay (5th), 200 medley relay (5th), 400 free relay (5th), 400 medley relay (5th) 
Grove City College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Jared Cicchelli
Middletown, R.I./Aquidneck Island Christian		 Fr. 200 free (6th), 500 free (7th), 200 butterfly (9th)
Andrew Kisak
Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic		 Jr. 400 medley relay (2nd), 800 free relay (2nd), 200 free relay (3rd), 50 free (6th), 100 free (8th), 200 free (9th) 
Ashton Pietroboni
Oakdale, Pa./West Allegheny		 Fr. 400 IM (3rd), 1650 free (5th), 500 free (11th)
Josiah Vehrs
Fresno, Calif./Homeschooled		 Sr. 800 free relay (2nd), 200 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (3rd), 100 free (4th), 200 free (4th), 50 free (8th) 
Saint Vincent College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Kam Faychak
Boston, Pa./Elizabeth Forward		 Jr. 200 medley relay (3rd), 400 medley relay (3rd), 100 breaststroke (4th), 200 breaststroke (4th), 200 IM (9th)
Kyle Garase
Finleyville, Pa./Ringgold		 Sr. 200 medley relay (3rd), 400 medley relay (3rd), 800 free relay (3rd), 200 butterfly (4th), 100 butterfly (5th), 200 IM (11th) 
Adam Gordish
Creekside, Pa./Marion Center		 Jr. 200 medley relay (3rd), 400 medley relay (3rd), 200 butterfly (5th), 100 backstroke (6th), 200 backstroke (7th)
Andrew Rectenwald
Verona, Pa./Penn Hills		 Fr. 400 IM (5th), 200 butterfly (8th), 100 backstroke (10th) 
Washington & Jefferson College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Jacob Beckwith
Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt		 Fr. 1-meter dive (3rd), 3-meter dive (3rd)
Joshua Emde
Ballwin, Mo./Parkway West		 Jr. 1650 free (3rd), 400 free relay (4th), 800 free relay (4th), 200 free (7th), 500 free (10th)
Jeremy Glasner
Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area		 So. 400 IM (4th), 200 IM (8th), 200 medley relay (4th), 400 free relay (4th), 400 medley relay (4th), 200 breaststroke (10th)
Zach Lauer
Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin		 So. 200 free relay (4th), 400 medley relay (4th), 200 backstroke (6th), 100 backstroke (7th), 200 IM (7th)
Nicholas Willison
Rockford, Mich./Rockford		 Sr. 200 backstroke (2nd), 200 free relay (4th), 200 medley relay (4th), 400 free relay (4th), 800 free relay (4th), 50 free (5th), 100 backstroke (5th)
Westminster College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Sam Angelo
Warren, Ohio/Warren G. Harding		 Sr. 100 breaststroke (3rd), 200 breaststroke (3rd), 200 IM (14th)
Matthew Bogen
Canfield, Ohio/Canfield		 Fr. 200 breaststroke (5th), 200 IM (6th), 100 breaststroke (6th) 
Michael DiDomenico
Canfield, Ohio/Canfield		 Jr. 1650 free (4th), 400 IM (7th), 500 free (8th) 
Kameron Short
Ashburn, Va./Broad Run		 Fr. 1-meter dive (2nd), 3-meter dive (2nd)
Luke Simmons
Ashland, Ohio/Ashland		 So. 400 IM (2nd), 200 IM (4th), 200 backstroke (8th)