Carthage won its first College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s swimming title since 2012 and seventh in program history on Saturday at the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex.
It was the first title under third-year head coach Seth Weidmann, who took home CCIW Men’s Coach of the Year honors.
The Red Men won with a team score of 956, followed by Rose-Hulman (763), Wheaton (667), Augustana (355), Illinois Wesleyan (257), Carroll (233), Millikin (108) and North Central (104).
Wheaton’s Will McCauley won CCIW Swimmer of the Meet honors for his performance during the three-day event. McCauley took first in three individual events including the 500 freestyle (4:34.82), 400 IM (3:59.99) and 1650 freestyle (16:04.65). He was also part of the winning 800 freestyle relay (6:51.59).
Other award winners included CCIW Rookie of the Meet Cooper Hawkins and Outstanding Participant Chris Russo, both of Carthage. Hawkins was second in both the 400 IM (4:05.13) and 200 breaststroke (2:08.14), while Russo won the 100 (45.88) and 200 (1:41.71) freestyle events and placed second in the 500 freestyle (4:39.96). He was also part of three winning relay teams including the 200 freestyle relay (1:23.29), 400 medley relay (3:20.98) and 400 freestyle relay (3:04.12).
CCIW swimmers will await word on possible trips to the national meet as the NCAA Division III Swimming Championships will be held March 15-18 at CISD Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas.
Wheaton was crowned College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) women’s swimming champion for the 25th time in program history on Saturday at the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex.
For head coach Jon Lederhouse, coaching in his final CCIW conference championship, it was his 49th CCIW title overall between both the men’s and women’s programs and it was the Thunder women’s 20th straight conference title dating back to 1998.
Wheaton won with a team score of 791, followed by Carthage (745), Illinois Wesleyan (619), Carroll (359), Rose-Hulman (334), Augustana (234), North Central (198) and Millikin (184).
The Thunder’s Erin Bagley and Illinois Wesleyan’s Meg Stanley each won CCIW Co-Swimmer of the Meet honors for their performances during the three-day event.
Stanley’s weekend was highlighted by a pair of CCIW meet and open records in both the 500 freestyle (4:52.47) and the 1650 freestyle (16:48.04). Stanley’s time in the 1650 freestyle time is currently the fastest in NCAA Division III. Bagley took first in three individual events including a CCIW meet and open record in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.79), and was part of four winning relay teams.
Other award winners included CCIW Rookie of the Meet Mattea Arndt from Carthage and Outstanding Participant Kayla Roberson of Wheaton. Arndt placed second in three events including the 200 IM (2:09.42), 400 IM (4:39.51) and 200 butterfly (2:11.04). Roberson set a CCIW meet and open record in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.25) and also won the 200 IM (2:07.71), 400 IM (4:28.17) and was part of three winning relay teams.
Lederhouse took home CCIW Coach of the Year honors in his last CCIW meet.
CCIW swimmers will await word on possible trips to the national meet as the NCAA Division III Swimming Championships will be held March 15-18 at CISD Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas.
