SCAC Well Represented at 2012 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships

SCAC Well Represented at 2012 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships

SUWANEE, Ga. - The SCAC will be well represented at the NCAA Division III National Swimming and Diving Championship Meet which begins March 21st on the campus of the IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. Franklin College is serving as host of this year's championship meet. Official Psych Sheet

On the men's side, 2012 SCAC Swimmer of the Meet senior Jordan DeGayner of Colorado College will compete in three individual events. Last year, DeGayner earned  all-America honors in the 200-yard freestyle with a fourth-place finish and will again compete in that event this year. He will also compete in 50 and 100-yard freestyle. Kevin Dorff (So.), Matt Nadel (Fr.) and Devin Wahl (Sr.) will join DeGayner in their “national” debut for the 200, 400 and 800 free relays.

Trinity University – the 2012 SCAC men's champions – will be represented by junior Spencer Bard who will compete in the 100-yard butterfly after breaking the 12-year old SCAC record for the event at the conference championships.

Senior Courtland Day of Sewanee will compete in two individual events at the national championships swimming in both the 100 and 200-yard butterfly.

For the women, Centre, Colorado College, Sewanee and Trinity will all have individuals represented at the 2012 Swimming and Diving National Championships.

Centre will be led by 2012 SCAC Swimmer of the Meet, sophomore Clark Weber. As a freshman, Weber earned honorable mention all-America honors in the 1,650-yard freestyle and will again compete in that event this year. She will also compete in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle. Colleen Maggard, who earned honorable mention all-America honors a year ago as a junior with a 13th-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke, joins her teammate Weber in representing the Colonels at the NCAA National Meet. Maggard will also compete in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke as an individual at the 2012 national meet.

Joining Weber and Maggard will be Hadley Judson (Fr.) and Holly Oatman (Jr.) racing in the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle relay, the 400 freestyle relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay. It is the first time since 2009 that a relay team from Centre has qualified for the NCAA Championships.

Colorado College sends freshman Devin Wahl as its lone individual female to represent the Colorado Tigers at the 2012 national meet. Wahl will swim the 200-yard butterfly along with the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle.

Sewanee will be represented by sophomore Astrid Escobar making her national meet debut swimming in three individual events including the 200-yard IM along with the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke.

Trinity will be represented by sophomore swimmer Melanie Gustafson along with a pair of divers, sophomore Kathryn Sheldon and junior Ruth Hahn. Gustafson will compete in two individual events – the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle. After earning All-America honors in diving last season as a sophomore, Hahn returns along with Sheldon who makes her national meet debut to compete in both the one and three-meter diving events.

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