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Swimming and Diving News
Women second, men third at conference championships
The Centre College men's and women's swimming and diving teams brought home the bronze and silver respectively at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Association 2009 Championships held in Nashville Tenn. on February 11-14.
Between both the men's and women's teams the Colonels hit over 40 national qualifying times during the three day event. This includes two automatic qualifying times, both by Meredith Angel, one in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:04.2) and the other in the 50 yard freestyle (23.42). The two teams also combined to break 27 school records and 12 conference records.
 The women combined for 11 first place finishes (including winning all five relays), three second place finishes and five third place finishes en route to scoring 789 total points, 76 points out of first place. The women also had four swimmers in the top 11 point getters;
Meredith Angel (top point getter with 60),
Lis Starr (third with 57),
Colleen Maggard (sixth with 50), and
Amber Lyvers (eleventh with 46). With her high point total Angel was named the SCAC Female swimmer of the year. (click here to hear her interview)
 The men combined for four first place finishes, nine second place finishes, and three third place finishes on their way to a total score of 708 (61 points out of second). The men placed five swimmers in the top 20 overall high point getters;
Jimmy Tatgenhorst and Hunter Owen (tied for fifth with 50 points),
Brent Bowman (fourteenth with 45 points),
Will Jenkins (sixteenth with 44 points), and
Aaron Edwards (eighteenth with 43 points). The Colonels also had the high point getter for male divers with Hunter Hays earning 40 points over the long weekend.
 Not to be out done by their athletes, head coach Dean Brownley and assistant coach Sarah Holman were named the 2009
SCAC Men's Coaching Staff of the Year.
Click on an image below to hear an interview with the champions |
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50 freestyle champion,
Meredith Angel
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100 backstroke champion,
Colleen Maggard
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100 breast stroke champion,
Meredith Angel
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100 butterfly champion,
Lis Starr
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100 freestyle champion,
Meredith Angel
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200 individual medley champion,
Lis Starr
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1 meter diving champion, Hunter Hayes |
3 meter diving champion, Hunter Hayes |
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200 freestyle relay champions,
Colleen Maggard, Meredith Angel, Caroline Stephens, Lauren Gates
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200 medley relay champions,
Aaron Edwards, Brad Erickson, Hunter Owen, Jimmy Tatgenhorst
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200 medley relay champions,
Colleen Maggard, Caitlin Rhodes, Lis Starr, Meredith Angel
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400 freestyle relay champions,
Colleen Maggard, Lis Starr, Sadie Allen, Meredith Angel
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400 medley relay champions,
Stewart Lowery, Brad Erickson, Hunter Owen, Jimmy Tatgenhorst
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400 medley relay champions,
Colleen Maggard, Meredith Angel, Lis Starr, Lauren Gates
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800 freestyle relay champions,
Amber Lyvers, Trinity Hochstetler, Sadie Allen, Lauren Gates
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For complete results, including more interviews with all the champions, click here. |
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