Men's Swimming and Diving | 3/6/2026 11:00:00 AM
TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) recognized 40 student-athletes when the all-conference men's swimming and diving teams were announced Friday.
The all-conference swimming and diving teams are determined by a formula-based selection process using student-athletes' individual and relay finishes at the league's annual championships.
Of the 40 athletes recognized, 20 garnered First Team All-PAC honors, 18 were named Second Team All-PAC and two received Honorable Mention laurels.
Pacing the all-conference team was champion Grove City College, who totaled 17 on the All-PAC teams with 12 on First Team. Washington & Jefferson College had the next highest total with 11 on the all-conference lists, followed by Saint Vincent College with nine. The All-PAC squads were rounded out by two Westminster College representatives and one from Hiram College.
Grove City secured its 26th overall conference championship and eighth straight by scoring 1,063 points over the championship weekend, which was held Feb. 18-21 at Grove City's James E. Longnecker Pool. Coming in second place was Saint Vincent with 710 points, while W&J scored 697 to place third overall. Hiram totaled 298 to take fourth place, followed by Westminster in fifth place (235), Chatham University in sixth (213) and Allegheny College in seventh (150).
Highlighting the First Team All-PAC list is Grove City junior Owen Hancock (Brunswick, Ohio/Westside Christian), whose incredible PAC Championships included three individual PAC titles, four relay crowns and six conference records. His individual wins included PAC records in the 200 Individual Medley (1:51.53), 100 Butterfly (47.52) and 100 Backstroke (48.86), with his Fly and Back times also being NCAA "B" cut times.
Hancock also swam legs on first-place 200 Medley (1:28.04), 400 Medley (3:17.57), 200 Free (1:21.24) and 400 Free (3:03.52) relays. The first three relays set new PAC records, while the 400 Medley and 200 Free were also B cuts.
Earning both PAC Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-PAC was Saint Vincent freshman William Schauss (Seabrook, Texas/Homeschooled), the first Bearcat men's swimmer to collect the top newcomer honor. He won PAC championships in the 500 (4:45.47) and 1,650 (16:44.73) Freestyles and was the runner up in the 400 IM while also swimming on second-place 800 Free, 400 Medley and 400 Free Relays.
Repeating as PAC Diver of the Year was W&J sophomore Zach Lloyd (Dillsburg, Pa./Lloyd Academy-Homeschooled) after he won both one-meter and three-meter competitions for the second consecutive year. Following his win in three-meter diving with a finals score of 437.52, Lloyd posted an NCAA Regional Qualifying score of 434.82 to capture his second PAC championship in one-meter. In the process, he became the first PAC diver to repeat as Diver of the Year since Westminster's Patrick Holton won three straight awards from 2021-23 and Lloyd is the first W&J diver to win it multiple times since his current diving coach, Josh Vasko, won it three consecutive years from 2014-16.
Two other Grove City swimmers on First Team All-PAC collected multiple individual titles at Championships. Wolverine senior Logan Myers (Middleburg, Fla./Homeschooled) was first to the wall in the 400 IM (4:07.51) and 200 Butterfly (1:55.30), while freshman George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian) was the winner in the 200 Free (1:41.74) and 200 Back (1:51.66). Witte also swam on the victorious 200 Medley, 400 Medley, 200 Free and 400 Free relays.
Another making First Team All-PAC after having a hand in multiple PAC titles and records were Saint Vincent senior Jacob Dzurica (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) and Grove City senior Caleb Einolf (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown). Dzurica was the PAC champion in the 50 Free, which included a conference-record time of 19.72 seconds in the prelim and 20.08 seconds in the final, and the 100 Free. He swam a PAC-record of 43.96 seconds in the 100 prelim and won the title in 44.07 in the finals. Both times also qualified him for NCAA Championships.
Einolf will also be going to NCAAs in multiple events, including the 100 Breaststroke. He won the PAC title and clinched a spot at NCAAs with a conference-record time of 52.79 seconds. Einolf was also the silver medalist in the 50 Free (B cut time of 20.05 in prelims) and 100 Free (B cut time of 44.43) and swam legs on the winning 200 Medley, 400 Medley, 200 Free and 400 Free relays.
In all, Dzurica and four from Grove City will be competing at NCAA Championships in Indianapolis March 18-21. Grove City's contingent includes Hancock (100 Fly/100 Back/100 Free) and Einolf (100 Breast/100 Fly/50 Free) in individual events and they will join up with Witte and junior Bryce Pope (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Valley Classical) to swim in the 200 Medley, 400 Medley, 200 Free and 400 Free relays.
Earning PAC Men's Swimming Coach of the Year was Saint Vincent's Josh Gurekovich. The Saint Vincent swimming coach since the program's inception in 2004, he was named Coach of the Year for the first time in his tenure following the Bearcats' runner-up finish with 710 team points, the highest point total by a runner-up since 2023. With Lloyd sweeping the diving title, W&J's Vasko earned PAC Diving Coach of the Year, his second consecutive men's honor.
Also released Friday was the 2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Sportsmanship Team (linked above). The PAC Sportsmanship Teams were established to recognize student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior and are an ongoing effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among all PAC teams and student-athletes.