The Albright Lions collected their 10th Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Men’s Swimming title on Sunday. The Lions recorded 581 points and 10 medals.
Widener finished in second with 553.5 points and 12 medals, while Arcadia took third with 530.5 points and 12 medals. Misericordia and Messiah both earned 307 points to tie for fourth. The Cougars collected six medals, while the Falcons earned two.
Widener’s sophomore AJ Green was named the 2017 David B. Eavenson Award winner as the MAC Men’s Swimmer of the Year after scoring 60 individual points. Green, who was the 2016 conference rookie of the year, won a total of six gold medals, including three individual events (100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke) and three relay events (400 medley, 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle). Green was also part of the silver medalist 200 medley relay team.
The Pride’s freshman Martin Bohdan was named the 2017 MAC Men’s Swimming Rookie of the Year after recording 51 individual points. Bohdan won the 200 Freestyle, finished second in the 500 freestyle and place fifth in the 100 freestyle. The freshman was also part of three relay golds (200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle), and one relay silver (200 medley).
Albright’s Michael Hay was named the 2017 MAC Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year.
1,650-YARD FREESTYLE
Hood’s Cameron Rogers wins gold for a second-straight year with a time of 16:18.48. Arcadia’s Grant Fisher took silver in a time of 16.22.58, and Albright’s Teag Culver won bronze with a time of 16:23.18.
200-YARD BACKSTROKE
Misericordia’s Joe Grzech won gold for the second time in his career, also winning in 2015, with a time of 1:52.33. Hood’s Chris Gardner, who won the 2016 title, took silver in a time of 1:54.52, and Lycoming’s Andrew Canavan won bronze in a time of 1:55.72.
100-YARD FREESTYLE
Widener’s AJ Green wins gold with a new MAC Championship record time of 51.36 seconds, which is also an NCAA provisional time. The Pride’s Ian Gaynor, who won the previous three gold medals and had the record time of 45.36 seconds, took silver in a time of 45.57 seconds. Arcadia’s Tristan Highet took bronze in a time of 46.93 seconds.
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
Albright’s Tyler Chamberlin won gold with a new MAC Championship record time of 2:05.37, bettering the 2011 record time of 2:05.58 set by Misericordia’s Jeff Clark. The Lions’ Ken Richardson took silver in a time of 2:07.46, and Misericordia’s Thomas Scott took bronze in a time of 2:09.94. Scott had previously won the last three gold medals.
200-YARD BUTTERFLY
Lebanon Valley’s Ian Lloyd won gold with a time of 1:54.79. Arcadia’s Matthew Morano took silver in a time of 1:57.44, and the Knight’s Michael Melissen took bronze in a time of 1:58.79.
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
Widener’s Ian Gaynor, Tom Platt, Martin Bohdan and AJ Green won gold with a new MAC Championship record time of 3:04.29. Arcadia finished second with a time of 3:10.52, and King’s took third with a time of 3:10.90.
Men’s Final Standings
1. Albright, 581 points
2. Widener, 553.5 points
3. Arcadia, 530.5 points
t4. Misericordia, 307 points
t4. Messiah, 307 points
6. King’s, 287 points
7. Hood, 277 points
8. Lycoming, 188 points
9. Lebanon Valley, 144 points
10. FDU-Florham, 120 points
11. Stevenson, 84 points
12. Wilkes, 66 points
The Messiah Falcons won their fourth-straight Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) women’s swimming title. The Falcons collected 619 points with nine gold, two silver and five bronze medals.
Widener finished second with 595.5 points and 11 total medals. Arcadia finished third with 522 points and 10 medals. Stevenson finished fourth with 349 points and nine medals, and Albright took fifth with 339 points and four medals.
Messiah’s junior Katie Wingert was named the 2017 David B. Eavenson Award as the MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Year after recording 60 individual points. Wingert was part of six gold medals, including three individual (100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 IM) and three relay (400 medley, 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle) medals. She finished the championship as part of the silver medalist 400 freestyle relay team.
Arcadia’s freshman Megan Hupp was named the 2017 MAC Women’s Swimming Rookie of the Year after recording 57 individual points. Hupp won both the 500 freestyle and 1,650 freestyle, while placing second in the 200 freestyle. The freshman was part of the bronze medal winning 400 medley, 200 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay teams.
Stevenson’s John Stuhltrager was named the 2017 MAC Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year.
1,650-YARD FREESTYLE
Arcadia’s Megan Hupp won gold in a time of 17:48.97 in her first conference championship. Widener’s Alyssa Myers took silver in a time of 17:58.70, and Messiah’s Emily Reale won bronze in a time of 18:05.56. Reale had previously won three-straight gold medals in the 1,650 freestyle.
200-YARD BACKSTROKE
Stevenson’s Melanie Milam won gold in a time of 2:07.39 for the Mustangs’ second gold medal in the championship. Albright’s Julia Wadding took silver in a time of 2:09.88, and Arcadia’s Samantha Carpenter took bronze in a time of 2:10.30.
100-YARD FREESTYLE
Messiah’ Katie Wingert repeats as champion with a new MAC Championship record time of 51.36 seconds, which is also an NCAA provisional time. Widener’s Christine Kunzler took silver in a time of 52.91 seconds, and Messiah’s Tara Freeman won bronze with a time of 52.96 seconds.
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
Misericordia’s Grace Nikolski wins gold with a time of 2:24.22. King’s Kirsten Siwy took silver with a time of 2:26.46, and Stevenson’s Juli Burnett won bronze with a time of 2:29.74.
200-YARD BUTTERFLY
Albright’s Ashlyn Chermol won gold with a time of 2:08.82. Widener’s Liz O’Sullivan took silver in a time of 2:10.40, and Stevenson’s Izzy Ramsland took bronze in a time of 2:11.40.
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
Widener wins gold with a time of 3:32.74. Messiah took silver with a time of 3:33.83, and Albright finished in third for bronze with a time of 3:37.61.
Women’s Final Standings
1. Messiah, 619 points
2. Widener, 595.5 points
3. Arcadia, 522 points
4. Stevenson, 349 points
5. Albright, 339 points
6. Misericordia, 256 points
7. King’s, 217 points
8. Hood, 164 points
9. Lycoming, 140 points
10. Wilkes 83 points
11. Lebanon Valley, 74 points
12. FDU-Florham, 32.5 points
