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

PAC honors all-conference women'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 2016-17 All-PAC Women's Swimming and Diving teams, with a total of 45 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.

Grove City College led the way with 14 all-conference selections. Westminster College totaled 12 honorees, while Saint Vincent College and Washington & Jefferson College each had seven. Chatham University finished with four and Bethany College with one.  

Grove City captured its league-best 15th PAC Championship on February 11. The team title is Grove City’s ninth straight.

Grove City led the six-team championship field with 909 points. Westminster finished as the runner-up with 772 points and was followed by Saint Vincent in third (594), W&J in fourth (437), Chatham in fifth (340) and Bethany in sixth (137).

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.

PAC Most Valuable Performer in Swimming honors went to Grove City freshman Anne Shirley Dassow (Lookout Mountain, Tenn. / Chattanooga Christian). Individually, she claimed PAC titles in the 100 butterfly (55.75), 100 backstroke (57.30) and 200 butterfly (2:01.91) while achieving NCAA Division III provisional qualifying standards in each. She also established new Longnecker Pool, PAC open and PAC Championships records in the 100 butterfly.

Dassow also swam on Grove City’s winning 200 freestyle (1:36.16), 400 medley (3:53.97) and 200 medley relays. The Wolverines’ 200 medley relay established new Longnecker Pool, PAC open and PAC Championships records while meeting the Division III provisional qualifying standard with a winning time of one minute, 45.61 seconds.

Chatham senior Emily Hinson (Elizabethtown, Pa. / Elizabethtown Area) was named the PAC’s Most Valuable Performer in Diving after claiming titles in the 11-dive, three-meter event (495.70) Thursday and 11-dive, one-meter event (477.45) Saturday. Her preliminary score of 496.15 points on the one-meter board Saturday set new PAC open and PAC Championship records as well as a new Longnecker Pool record. Hinson qualified for the Division III Regional Championships in both events.

PAC Swimming Coach of the Year honors went to Grove City ninth-year head coach Dave Fritz for the seventh time since the 2010 season.

Chatham’s Charlie Hauser, now in his fourth season with the Cougars, claimed the PAC Diving Coach of the Year award for the second-straight year.

Chatham was selected as the recipient of the PAC’s Team Sportsmanship Award.
 
2016-17 All-PAC First Team (22)
Bethany College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Mia Judulang
Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista		 So. 1-meter dive (5th, regional qualifier)
Chatham University
Name Jr. Events (PAC finish)
Emily Hinson
Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown Area		 Sr. 1-meter dive (1st, regional qualifier), 3-meter dive (1st, regional qualifier)
Grove City College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Brittany Byer
Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan		 Fr. 200 backstroke (1st), 200 free relay (1st), 200 medley relay (1st, B-cut), 400 medley relay (1st), 800 free relay (2nd), 100 backstroke (3rd), 50 free (4th) 
Megan Crutcher
Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg		 So. 100 breaststroke (1st), 200 medley relay (1st, B-cut), 400 medley relay (1st), 200 IM (2nd), 200 breaststroke (3rd)
Anne Shirley Dassow
Lookout Mountain, Tenn./Chatanooga Christian		 Fr. 100 backstroke (1st, B-cut), 100 butterfly (1st, B-cut), 200 butterfly (1st, B-cut), 200 free relay (1st), 200 medley relay (1st, B-cut), 400 medley relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st)
Molly Gallant
Severna Park, Md./Severna Park		 Sr. 50 free (1st), 200 free relay (1st), 200 medley relay (1st, B-cut), 400 free relay (4th), 100 breaststroke (6th), 100 free (7th)
Abby Jank
Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington		 Sr. 200 free relay (1st), 400 medley relay (1st), 200 free (2nd), 800 free relay (2nd), 100 free (3rd), 400 free relay (4th), 50 free (10th) 
Grace Klimek
Oakdale, Pa./South Fayette		 Sr. 3-meter dive (2nd, regional qualifier), 1-meter dive (3rd, regional qualifier)
Saint Vincent College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Maddie Bartrug
Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette		 So.  200 free (1st), 500 free (1st), 200 free relay (2nd), 400 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 100 free (4th)
Kelly Kramer
Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park		 Jr. 200 IM (1st), 200 free relay (2nd), 400 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (2nd), 200 backstroke (3rd), 800 free relay (3rd), 400 IM (4th)   
Marla Turk
Painesville, Ohio/Riverside		 Sr.  400 IM (1st), 200 backstroke (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 1650 free (4th)
Washington & Jefferson College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Haley Ashner
Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley		 Sr. 1-meter dive (2nd, regional qualifier), 3-meter dive (3rd, regional qualifier)
Chloe Magyari
Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington		 Fr. 100 free (1st), 200 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (3rd), 200 free (4th), 400 medley relay (4th), 50 free (5th), 800 free relay (5th) 
Kaitlyn Pawcio
Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop		 So. 1-meter dive (4th, regional qualifier), 3-meter dive (5th, regional qualifier)
Westminster College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Megan Douds
Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park		 Jr. 400 free relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st), 200 butterfly (2nd), 500 free (2nd), 100 butterfly (3rd), 200 medley relay (3rd), 400 medley relay (3rd)
Kaitlyn Fast
Wooster, Ohio/Wooster		 Fr. 3-meter dive (4th, regional qualifier), 1-meter dive (6th)
Abbie Jones
Cabot, Pa./Knoch		 Fr. 800 free relay (1st), 200 IM (3rd), 200 medley relay (3rd), 200 free relay (4th), 100 breaststroke (5th), 200 breaststroke (5th)
Maggie Manolis
Jeannette, Pa./Jeannette		 Fr. 200 breaststroke (1st), 100 breaststroke (2nd), 200 IM (8th), 400 medley relay (3rd)
Carolyn Novak
Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair		 So. 400 free (1st), 50 free (2nd), 100 free (2nd), 200 medley relay (3rd), 400 medley relay (3rd), 200 free relay (4th), 200 free (9th) 
Sarah Pace
Cranberry Township, Pa./Oakland Catholic		 Sr. 800 free relay (1st), 200 free (6th), 500 free (8th), 100 free (10th)
Nicole Stengel
Pittsburgh, Pa./Carlynton		 Fr. 400 free relay (1st), 200 free relay (4th), 100 butterfly (5th), 50 free (6th), 100 free (9th)
Anne Tillie
Fallston, Md./Fallston		 Sr. 1650 free (1st), 400 free relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st), 200 free (3rd), 200 free relay (4th), 500 free (3rd)
 
2016-17 All-PAC Second Team (18)
Chatham University
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Jade Marzolf
Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes		 So. 800 free relay (4th), 200 medley relay (5th), 400 free relay (5th), 400 medley relay (5th), 200 IM (6th), 200 butterfly (7th), 100 butterfly (10th)
Christine Mikita
Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills		 So. 1650 free (2nd), 800 free relay (4th), 500 free (5th), 200 medley relay (5th), 400 free relay (5th), 200 free (7th) 
Samantha Ream
York, Pa./York Catholic		 So. 800 free relay (4th), 200 free relay (5th), 400 free relay (5th), 400 medley relay (5th), 400 IM (6th), 200 IM (7th), 200 backstroke (9th)
Grove City College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Leona Bently
Powell, Ohio/Homeschooled		 Fr. 200 free (5th), 1650 free (5th), 500 free (6th)
 
Jillian Breckenridge
Dunellen, N.J./Dunellen		 So. 1650 free (6th), 400 IM (7th), 500 free (10th) 
Kaylyn Froebel
Dublin, Ohio/Jerome		 Fr. 200 breaststroke (2nd), 400 IM (2nd), 200 IM (4th) 
Danielle Ledyard
Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield		 Fr. 100 butterfly (2nd), 100 breaststroke (3rd), 400 free relay (4th), 200 IM (5th)
Kristi Riesmeyer
McMurray, Pa./Peters Township		 Sr. 200 butterfly (4th), 100 butterfly (7th), 100 backstroke (9th) 
Mary Robison
Williamsburg, Va./Homeschooled		 Jr. 200 butterfly (3rd), 100 butterfly (4th), 1650 free (8th)
Megan Smith
Tyler, Texas/Kolbe Academy		 Sr. 800 free relay (2nd), 400 IM (3rd), 1650 free (3rd), 500 free (4th)
Kimmi Wendelschaefer
Grove City, Pa./Grove City		 Fr. 200 breaststroke (4th), 100 breaststroke (7th), 500 free (7th) 
Saint Vincent College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Marissa Frollo
Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills		 Sr. 200 free relay (2nd), 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 free relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (2nd), 50 free (3rd), 100 free (5th), 100 butterfly (9th) 
Ciara Lewis
Buena Vista, Pa./Elizabeth Forward		 So. 200 free relay (2nd), 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 free relay (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 100 free (6th), 400 IM (8th), 50 free (12th)
Grace Reynolds
Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg-Salem		 So. 200 medley relay (2nd), 100 breaststroke (4th), 200 breaststroke (10th)
Sarah Sheldon
Monroeville, Pa./Gateway		 So. 100 backstroke (2nd), 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (2nd), 200 backstroke (4th), 100 butterfly (6th) 
Washington & Jefferson College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Alexis Glenn
Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley		 Jr. 400 free relay (3rd), 200 medley relay (4th), 400 medley relay (4th), 800 free relay (5th), 100 backstroke (6th), 200 backstroke (7th), 100 butterfly (8th)
Westminster College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Gabie Johnson
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine/Foxcroft Academy		 Fr. 400 medley relay (3rd), 100 backstroke (4th), 200 backstroke (10th), 400 IM (10th)
Cassidy Kovacicek
Washington, Pa./Trinity		 Jr. 100 backstroke (5th), 200 backstroke (5th), 400 IM (5th) 
 
2016-17 All-PAC Honorable Mention (5)
Washington & Jefferson College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Madison Babicka
Demotte, Ind./Kankakee Valley		 Jr. 200 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (3rd), 200 medley relay (4th), 800 free relay (5th), 50 free (8th), 100 free (13th), 200 free (16th) 
Maris Leonard
Pittsburgh, Pa./Greensburg-Salem		 Fr. 200 free relay (3rd), 800 free relay (5th), 50 free (13th), 100 free (16th)
Rachel Nye
Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg		 Jr. 200 free relay (3rd), 400 free relay (3rd), 200 medley relay (4th), 400 medley relay (4th), 50 free (7th), 100 free (8th), 100 butterfly (11th)
Westminster College
Name Yr. Events (PAC finish)
Alyssa Hampton
Anchorage, Alaska/AJ Dimond		 Fr. 200 medley relay (3rd), 100 backstroke (8th), 50 free (9th), 200 backstroke (14th)
Mikayla Morrow
Columbiana, Ohio/Homeschooled		 Sr. 200 breaststroke (6th), 100 breaststroke (9th), 200 IM (10th)