The men’s and women’s swimming teams have a lot to be proud of after an impressive performance at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships last week. The women finished in the top half of the eight-team field with a fourth place finish just behind Allegheny College.
This finish was due in large part to impressive performances by Melissa Haug ’12 and Kate Hunt ’13 in the 200-yard butterfly. Haug finished foyrth and Hunt finished fifth. Haug’s sister Priscilla Haug ’12† gave the Scots another impressive performance in the 200-yard backstroke with a sixth place finish.
Caroline Hanson ’13 also performed well with a seventh place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke.
In distance freestyle, Mariah McGovern ’14, Kara Markham ’14, Sarah Rudawsky ’13 and Mary Nappi ’13 represented the Scots with finishes of 13th, 15th, 17th and 18th places, respectively.
The men also faired well at the NCAC Championships with a fifth-place finish in a nine-team field. The Scots were led by diver Luke Knezevic ’12, who finished third place in both the one-meter and three-meter board competitions.
His teammate Ryan O’Dell ’14 finished tenth in the one-meter competition.† In the 200-meter backstroke Alex LaJoie ’13 and Adel El-Adawy ’11 advanced to the consolation finals finishing in 13th and 14th place.
The Wooster men also finished fifth in the 400-yard relay as Peter Parisi ’13, Imre Namath ’13, Brett Dawson ’11 and El-Adawy finished with a time of 3:12.10. Kevin Audet ’12 led the Scots in the 1650 yard freestyle finishing 17th and Peter Hause’ 13 led the team in the 200-yard butterfly.
Joe Wilch finished 19th overall in 200-yard breast stroke and Brendan Horgan ë11 finished 20th in the† 100-yard free style.
This fifth-place finish is a very impressive mark for a young Scots team that has struggled to perform this season.
With many impressive young swimmers filling the ranks Scots fans should look forward to a very bright future for The College of Wooster swimming and diving teams.
