Delhi Meet

On Saturday, December 4th we drove to SUNY Delhi for the Invitational meet with 13 other colleges. It was a very long meet (9 hours) however we were still able to perform.

In the 200 medley relay, Dan Schilling (SO) was able to break the 26 second marker in his 50 fly (25.79.) and Matt Sleezer (FR) broke earned a 22.85 which is the 2nd time he has earned a 22 in the 50 FR. Schilling also placed 5th in the 100 FLY (1:03.77). Sleezer also place 4th in both of his events 50 FR (23.) and 100 FR (53.25).

Chris Guard (JR) took off 2 minutes in his 1650 (21:52.02) and placed 5th out of 11 swimmers.

Gabby Spencer (FR) had a very successful meet by winning both of her individual events, the 50 (26.82) and 100 FR (1:01.47).



Our newest member, Hunter Harris (SR) earned a higher spot on the Top Ten List in the 50 FR with a time of 25.85. Harris also bettered is 100 BR by 5 seconds (1:24.49) and swam the 100 BA (1:14.05) for the first time this season.

Drew Teter (JR) placed first in the 200 IM (2:19.37) and 5th in the 500 FR (5:51.61).

Molly Heslin (FR) took off 2 seconds in her 100 FR bringing it down to a 1:15.53 and placing 18th. Chris Mahar (FR) also took off 3 seconds in his 100 FR (1:07.43).

Taylor Dunn (FR) swam the 500 FR for the first time and earned 7th place with a time of 6:08.88.

In a dramatic finish, the women place 3rd in the 200 FR relay (1:58.03) - Villiotti (JR), Lillie (SO), Kilbourn (FR), and Spencer (FR).

Swim Ceremony

50FR Record Video

NEAC Athletes of the Week!

The Wells EXPRESS

The Express Swimming Teams have been fortunate enough to have not 1 but 2 swimmers earning NEAC Athlete of the Week.

Both swimmers earned this honor from their performances at our last meet against SUNY Cobleskill (11/18/10). Gabby Spencer placed first in the 50 FR (and broke the 20 year record), 100 BA and was part of the 400 FR relay team. Dan Schilling placed first in the 400 IM (broke his own record) and was part of the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay teams.

Congratulations to both swimmers!

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Upcoming post:
Delhi Meet

20 YEAR RECORD BROKEN

From Left to Right: Gwenn Lillie (SO), Emily Northrup (SR), Caitlin Farris (JR), Molly Heslin (FR), Britta Kilbourn (FR), Gina Laungani (SO), Gabby Spencer (FR) and Idolyn Villiotti (JR)

Gabby Spencer (FR) broke the 20 year old 50 FR record with style. Spencer came in first in the 50 FR (26.35), 100 BA (1:09.57) and with Idolyn Villiotti (JR), (SO) and Gwenn LillieBritta Kilbourn (FR) earned 1st in the 200 FR Relay. Spencer also led this relay and broke the 1:00 marker and is the 7th fastest Wells female swimmer to ever swim at Wells!

The team called Kilbourn's last stroke a "Phelps Finish" to touch out the competition by a mere .05! Kilbourn also place 2nd in the 500 FR.

The men's team had a great meet as well with their first win of the season against SUNY Cobleskill! Dan Schilling (SO) and Chris Guard (JR) dominated the 400 IM. Schilling broke his own record from championship last season by a second (5:10.86).

Drew Teter (JR) is normally a sprinter and flyer tried the 500 freestyle and came within 5 seconds of breaking the record from his team-mate.

From Left to Right: Mike Scharvella (SR), Chris Guard (JR), Drew Teter (JR), Hunter Harris (SR), Taylor Dunn (FR), Elvis Okumu (FR), Chris Mahar (FR), Matt Sleezer (FR) and Dan Schilling (SO)

*more pictures to follow

Happy Birthday Emily!!!

Hour of Power Relay

On Thursday, November 11th the Wells Swim Team joined over 130 college, HS and club swim teams in this powerful event. It is called the Hour of Power Relay. A Carleton College swimmer past away from Sarcoma Cancer. This is cancer is a rare soft tissue disease that affect people in their early 20's. His team-mates did not want to ever forget his memory so they have created this event.

It is an hour of relays. Everyone must sprint each time they enter the water but at the same time making sure that each lane is on the same lap. Carleton's swim team's quote is "Leave it in the Pool". And that is what the Wells swim team did! We raised over $100 and we were even able to get some non-swim team students to participate even me!

The swim team was excited to be a part of such a great event and to raise money and awareness to this great cause.

Hopefully next year YOU will be able to join us!

Happy Birthday Chris!

We have a fun tradition for birthdays. First you swim through big waves made from team-mates and kickboards then you jump into a stretched out cap!

Below is the video and picture!

MORE Broken Records!

On Wednesday, November 10th The Wells Express went against the Utica Pioneers.

The men's team attacked the record board once again! Matt Sleezer (FR) broke the 100 FR record (51.90) and with Drew Teter (JR), Taylor Dunn (FR) and Dan Schilling (SO) broke the 200 FR record by a whole second (1:36.50)!

On the women's side, a 20 year old record was almost broke by Gabby Spencer (FR). She was only off .02. This was a best time for Spencer and I am positive she will break this record! Spencer also came in 1st place in the 50 FR, 100 Fly and she was part of the 200 FR relay team with Idolyn Villiotti (JR), Britta Kilbourn (FR) and Gwenn Lillie (SO).

Britta Kilbourn is a freshmen here at Wells and has had a great season with her freestyle events. Each time she swims she has taken off time. She has already taken off 9 seconds in the 200 FR and 3 seconds in the 100 FR. I am sure you will be hearing a lot more about Kilbourn in the upcoming posts.

Pictures will be uploaded shortly.

Upcoming posts:
Hour of Power Relay
Delhi Invite results

200 Fly Record Shattered!

On Saturday, November 6th the Wells Express went against the Golden Eagles of SUNY Brockport. We put up a good fight however in the end the Eagles prevailed over the Express.

Drew Teter (JR) broke the Wells College Record in the 200 Fly by 6 seconds (2:21.20) placing him first in that event. The previous record holder Dan Schilling (SO) earned 3rd place and only a second off his PB. Teter also placed first in the 100 Fly (59.33) later on in the meet.

Mike Scharvella (SR) was able to place 2nd in the 100 BA (1:04.63) with team-mate Matt Sleezer (FR) on his heals placing 3rd (1:05.31).

Idolyn Villiotti (JR) placed 2nd in the 100 BA (1:13.42). Gabby Spencer (FR) placed 3rd in the 200 IM (2:34.68).

Upcoming posts:
Utica update
Hour of Power Relay

NEAC Athlete of the Week!

Congratulations to our very own Idolyn Villiotti who earned NEAC Athlete of the Week for her performance at SUNY IT.

She won all 3 of her events including the 50 FR (28.95), 100 BA (1:12.57) and she lead off the winning 200 FR relay (2:00.32).

Congratulations Idolyn!

Wells College Record Broken!

We had a fantastic meet on Friday, October 29th against SUNY IT. The women had a dominating performances by wining all events and ended with a score of 102 to 13.

The men's team also had a great meet. We did not have our full roster of 8 men and only showed up with 6 against 9 SUNY IT swimmers. Throughout the whole meet Wells was up in points but we didn't have enough swimmers to complete the meet with a relay and IT won the meet. With that said we had some excellent races.

Matt Sleezer (FR) from Gloversville, NY broke the 50 FR record by .6 seconds and brought the time down to 23.25. Below is the video of the race.




Taylor Dunn (FR) had an excellent meet earning his place on the All Wells Top Ten Time List. He is now on there for 3 events, 200 FR (3rd), 100 FLY (4th) and 200 Medley Relay (4th). Drew Teter (JR) and Dan Schilling (SO) held there spots on the top ten list but with faster times.

Thank-You to all the Family who showed up to cheer on the EXPRESS!!!!

Upcoming Blog Posts:
Birthday Swim
SUNY Brockport Results

Red vs. White

We had our first intersquad swim meet on Saturday, October 23rd. In the beginning of the week I divide the team in half and the rest is up to the swimmers. They choose the captain, line-up, mascot, cheers and anything else you can think of.

Here are a couple of videos from the meet



The White Yetties!




The Red Cat Entrance


Even though the Red Cats won in the water with a high score of 62 to 32. The White Yetties won the points for their creative cheer. Below is another one of their cheers...



It was great first meet of the year!

Upcoming Blog posts:
SUNY IT meet

Swim Season Has Begin

Yesterday was the first day of practice for the 2010-2011 season!

This year we have 11 women and 10 men with 5 new female and 6 new male swimmers. Last year we finished the season with a 1st place win by the men and a 2nd place win by the women at our conference championships. The team is stronger, faster and smarter and I believe we will be as successful if not better than last year!

The team already did a team event before season began with our annual Car Wash to raise money for our Florida 2012 trip and to buy technical suit for our championship meets. Below are a few pictures.

This is Britta Kilbourn she is one of our recruits from Scotia, NY. She will be a studying Pre-Med.


This is Courtney Cummings from Monrovia, MD. She will be a Sociology Major.

From Left to Right: Coach Trish, Women's Co-Captain Gwenn (SO), Molly (FR) and Chelsea (FR)

2010 Commencement

It was another beautiful day for all the graduating senior on the lawn of the Aurora Inn. Below are some of the pictures for this event.

President Ryerson speaks to the class of 2010

Class of 2010
Beverly Bauman

Court Carnahan

Colleen Keegan

Tiffany Raymond

Kelsey Stafford



Congrats to all the Seniors!

Honors Convocation

It is a tradition at Wells to have 3 convocations - Opening Convocation celebrates the beginning of the academic year and is the seniors’ first chance to wear their academic gowns. The Collegiate Cabinet plans the Convocation that opens the spring semester and welcomes students, faculty and staff back to campus after the intersession. And finally last night's Honors Convocation is where most annual academic award presentations for student’s achievements are made.

This year we had two Senior swimmer's earn recognition.

Tiffany has been an outstanding student and has earned the Kathryn S. Maloney Scholar Athlete Award for having the highest cumulative GPA over the past 3 years that she has been on the swim team over all the other student-athletes. Tiffany was also inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society which is an honor typically conferred upon fewer than 10% of each graduating class. Students do not apply, they must be selected by the Phi Beta Kappa chapter as a whole.

Kelsey was nominated by the Dean of Students and was selected into Who's Who Among Students in American College and Universities which is a nationally recognized organization.

Congratulation to both our seniors!

T-16 days until graduation

Athletic Field Day

Today is the day that all the athletic teams get together and play some fun carnival games. Here are some pictures and even a video!

Tug - O - War

Drew & Sarah in Doughnut eating contest

YUM!

I got it!!

Gwenn & Chelsea

Almost there!

Mmmmm....

Women vs. Men's Swim Team
Result: Men's team Wins!

Idolyn & Evando "hanging around"

Next Event:
May 29th - Commencement

Athletic Ceremony

On Monday, May 3rd all 13 athletic teams came together to celebrate each team's success. This season was one of the most successful seasons for all sports with many records broken and trophies brought home.

There were a total of 55 individual athletes that earned All-Conference Honors including 20 earning 1st team All Conference. Three teams came home with 2nd place trophies including women's swimming, men's basketball and women's lacrosse. Men's swimming won the conference championship.

Individual Honors
Jeff - MVS & Express Award
Dan - Rookie of the Year Award
Idolyn - MVS Award
Erika - Rookie of the Year
Kelsey - Express Award
Evando - Express Award from the Cross Country team

Team Awards
Women's Team earned the 3rd highest team GPA over all 13 teams
Women's Team earned 3rd place in the SAAC Incentive Program - earning $50 towards our fundraising account

Overall, a great finale for all teams.

Upcoming Event:
Athletic Field Day

Dinner with the President

After winning the first NEAC Championship from Wells College Athletics Lisa Ryerson, President of the College invited the men's team over to her home for a celebration dinner. As a token of our appreciation we gave her a winning medal that she is wearing in this picture.

From Left to Right: Carolyn (assistant coach), Dan (FR), Mike (JR), Anthony (SO), President Ryerson, Jeff (JR), Court (SR), Chris (SO), Drew(SO), Evando (SO) and Trish (head coach)

2010-2011 Captains

The Team has voted for next season's captains:

Women's Captain goes to Idolyn and Gwenn!




Idolyn is a Junior and is on the All Wells Top Ten Times in 3 events (100/200 BA & 400IM). She was shocked about being selected but is excited to start! Her first mission is to get the team together for some waterpolo games and maybe even a few laps this semester.




Gwenn is a Freshman who swam the middle distance freestyle events (100/200/500 FR). She is also excited and is going to try to incorporate some of her H.S. cheers into next season.


Men's Captain goes to Jeff!



Jeff is a Junior who holds 3 individual records and is part of all 5 relay records. It wasn't a question in anyone's mind that Jeff would be captains for his Senior year! He is very dedicated to this sport and does everything he can to raise everyone up to their potential.

Congratulations to all the selected Captains!

Alternative Spring Break

"Students are interested in using their time and talents for more than just partying on the beach, says Tiffany. "Many of us find service work to be a more engaging and rewarding alternative." Including Tiffany there were 10 total volunteers to join forces with Habitat for Humanity including our senior captain, Kelsey. Tiffany, President of the College Community Service and Activism Board stated, “They still need a lot of help (in New Orleans). They’ve lost some of their limelight, because of all the other natural disasters going on".

At Wells, participating students had to chip in $250 each for their airfare and raised some $1,000 selling cookies to cover their food and lodging costs. The college donated $3,000 to rent a van and defray other trip costs, said Becca Cooper, Wells’ Events and Programming Coordinator and one of the chaperons.

“I’ve always been big in volunteering. It’s just something I find very rewarding,” Tiffany said.

New Records

We have started to put up the new records on the board today. A total of 15 records have been broken in one season! Since there are so many broken records the updating was brought to a quick halt after we realized we didn't have enough numbers/letters.

Hopefully, they will come in soon!

Go Express!

Men's States

The men's team had an amazing season. By far the best season that I have seen since the men's team was established in 2006. The men's team made it to finals in every relay plus Jeff placed 23nd in prelims to earn the right to swim at finals. This was also a men's team history making moment.

Day 1
500 FR - Mike (JR) broke the school record by 7 seconds and beat his time by 8 seconds! and Chris (SO) took off 18 seconds
200 IM - Jeff (JR) took off another 3 seconds holding on to his record while Dan (FR) took off another 5 seconds for a PR.

Day 2
200 Medley Relay - Mike (JR), Jeff (JR), Drew (SO) and Court (SR) took off an impressive 2 seconds to keep the record (1:47.00)
100 Fly - Dan (FR) took off another second (1:01.29), Anthony (SO) dropped 5 seconds (1:03.11) and Chris (SO) dropped one more second (1:04.22)
100 BR - Jeff placed 22nd at prelims with a time of 1:02.76 earning his place at finals. This was Jeff's first time swimming an individual event at finals!
100 BA - Mike (JR) broke the college record as a freshmen with a time of 1:04.04 but hasn't been able to break again until now. He dropped 2 seconds bring his time and the record to 1:01.65.

Day 3
200 BA - Chris (SO) just started swimming this even this year and was able to drop another 5 seconds off his time.
200 BR - Jeff (JR) took off 5 seconds (2:22.80)
200 Fly - Dan (FR) just started swimming this event this year and was able shave off another 3 seconds to his time and keeping the record (2:27.02)
400 FR Relay - Mike (JR), Court (SO), Jeff (JR) and Drew (SO) was able to take off a total of 2 seconds from their seed time, prelims and finals. The record is now set at 3:35.86 with Mike holding a 54.33, Court posting a 55.47, Jeff posting 52.40 and Drew 51.96.

Upcoming Events:
March 7th - Dinner at Coach's house
March 15th - Dinner at the President of Wells Colleges' House
April 26th - Athletic Ceremony

Pictures from Women's States

We will miss our Seniors!
From Left to right: Colleen, Bev, Tiffany and Kelsey

Three of our Seniors earned All-Academic Team
From Left to Right: Kelsey, Tiffany and Beverly

Some of the men's team came to support the women. There theme was Golf!

Coach's dancing in the snowy weather!

Silly Girls!
From Left to right: Colleen (SR), Tiffany (SR), Gwenn (FR) and Kelsey (SR)

Idolyn is a SO from New Hampshire and is our main backstroker. 2nd FASTEST 100 BA EVER at Wells College!


The van ride home singing the captains favorite song!

Season Finale

The women's season ended on Saturday, February 20th. It was a great finish for all the women. Even though we did not make it to finals, we still had 21 best times! Now, that is after all of the best time at NEACs. So the women have taken off a tremendous amount of time.

Highlights:
Day 1
500 FR - All 4 women took off at least 5 seconds off their best time - Meg (FR) took off 6 seconds (6:37.79), Gwenn (FR) took off 3 seconds (6:31.40), Tiffany (SR) took off 11 seconds (6:31.34) and Colleen (SR) took off 9 seconds (6:19.62)
200 IM - Idolyn (SO) took off another 2 seconds (2:34.03)
50 FR - Erika (FR) got a 28.78 and this is her first season ever as a competitive swimmer!

Day 2
200 FR - Meg (FR) took off 5 seconds (2:29.62), Tiffany (SR) took off 3 seconds (2:27.08) and Colleen (SR) took of 6 seconds (2:25.74).
100 BR - Erika (FR) took off 4 seconds (1:26.80) and Kelsey (SR) took off 2 seconds (1:26.23)
100 BA - Bev (SR) took off 1 seconds (1:24.95) and Idolyn (SO) holding her 2nd place spot on the all Wells top ten times brings her time down to 1:08.95. She is inching her way up to becoming the record holder for Wells (1:06.)

Day 3
100 FR - Erika (FR) shaved off another second (1:05.88)
200 BR - Kelsey (SR) shaved off 2 seconds (3:05.78)
400 FR Relay - Tiffany (SR), Kelsey (SR), Idolyn (SO) and Erika (FR) shaved off 6 seconds since NEACs with a time of 4:21.87
1650 FR - Colleen (SR) was only .02 away from breaking 22:00! It is okay because she took off 25 seconds!

*pictures coming soon*

NEAC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!!!!!

1st place - Men's Swim Team
2nd place - Women's Swim Team
NEAC Swimmer of the Year - Jeff Dick

Coaches & Captains
Left to Right: Court, Trish, Carolyn, Kelsey

Seniors
Left to Right: Court, Trish, Kelsey, Colleen, Tiffany, Bev and Carolyn

Event: 500 FR
3rd Place - Colleen
4th Place - Gwenn
5th Place - Tiffany
6th Place - Meg

Event: 100 Fly
1st Place - Drew
4th Place - Dan
5th Place - Chris

Drew actually picked me up to give me a BIG hug!

Event: 1000
1st Place - Court

Event: 400 FR Relay
1st Place - Mike, Jeff, Drew and Court

Event: 500 FR
2nd Place - Colleen
3rd Place - Gwenn

Event: 400 FR Relay
2nd Place - Idie, Kelsey, Erika and Tiffany

Event: 500 FR
2nd Place - Mike
4th Place - Court