Team Award Banquet

The entire athletic department sat down to have dinner together and to go over all the achievements of each sport plus give out specific awards.

Swimming specific awards:

Women's awards
Most Valuable Swimmer - Hilary Feudale

Rookie of the Year - Meghan Terry

Express Award - Hallie Hanson

Men's Awards

Most Valuable Swimmer - Matt Sleezer

Rookie of the Year - Patrick Munroe

Express Award - Tom Dougherty

Left to Right: Mike Borsz (Athletic Director), Matt Sleezer (JR) and President Lisa Ryerson

Matt Sleezer (JR) has had a phenomenal season. He earn NEAC Athlete of the Week 2x, undefeated in the 50 FR, Most Valuable Swimmer for the NEAC and now voted by the Athletic Staff he has also earned the Most Valuable Athlete for Wells College Athletics.

This was a record breaking season. On the women's side earning the most wins, earning the conference championships 2x in a row, breaking 2 Wells records and 5 conference records. On the men's side earning the conference championship for the 2nd time, breaking 7 Wells records and 2 conference records. Beyond all of that the team really grew into a close family and this year was filled with many memories starting from the first week with the low ropes course to the end of the season where the men's team shaved their heads in funky patterns. After a hard season, the team is staying fit and getting ready for next season.

Here we come 2013-2014 season!

Presidential Dinner

From Left to Right: Coach Trish, Hayley Bloom (FR), Nina Daniels (FR), Meghan Terry (FR), Stephanie Todd (FR), Molly Heslin (JR), Gwenn Lillie (SR), Melanie Canales (FR), Britta Kilbourn (JR), Hilary Feudale (FR), Olive Touron (SO) and President Ryerson

On Tuesday night the women's team were honored with the invitation to have a celebratory dinner with the President of Wells College, Lisa Marsh Ryerson. This was a great opportunity to talk with President Ryerson and tell her all the exciting this that happened during championships plus the student-athletes overall experiences.

New Banners

Both the Men's and Women's Banners were put up in the pool a couple of days ago.

Wells Swimming entered the NEAC in 2010 and has won 4 championships!

Men's Swimming banner - Matt Sleezer (JR)

Women's Swimming banner - Hilary Feudale (FR)

New Banners for College

The banners below will be hung on the light posts in front and along the side of the Schwartz Athletic Building

Left: Matt Sleezer (JR) Right: Hilary Feudale (FR)

NEAC Championship Videos

Above: Hilary Feudale's 50 FR at Finals - Lane 4 earning 2nd place (26.47)

Below: Matt Sleezer's 50 FR earning 1st place and breaking his own record (21.94)

The men's and women's team were both invited to President Lisa Ryerson's home for a celebratory dinner. The men's team have their dinner first on Tuesday and the women's dinner will be on the 21st.

Wells Women Win NEAC Championships!

For the first time in Wells history the Women's Swim Team won back to back championships - 2012 & 2013. As you can imagine it was a very exciting 3 days.

Highlights:
Hilary Feudale (FR) earned a PR and broke a 22 year old record in the 100 BA (1:03.63) and earned 1st place at championships.Feudale earned 1st place in the 200 BA (2:21.19) and 2nd place in the 50 FR (26.47). For her performances she also earned Female Rookie of the Year!

Hilary Feudale (FR) on left and Candice Murray NEAC Commissioner

 4 Relays earned 1st place - 200/400/800 FR Relay & 200 Medley Relay. The 800 FR relay consisted of Feudale, Terry, Daniels, and Touron and broke the college record.

Nina Daniels (FR) earned 2nd in the 1650 (20:26.57) and broke 6:00 minute for the second time in her career in the 500 (5:50.37).

Meghan Terry (FR) earned 3rd in the 200 IM (2:32.70), 100 BR (1:19.86) and 4th in the 100 FR (1:01.92)

Olive Touron (SO) earned 2nd place in the 500 FR (5:45.41), 100 FR (1:00.09) and 3rd in the 200 FR (2:08.76)
 

Scores
Wells College - 534
Cazenovia College - 480
College of Saint Elizabeth - 348
Gallaudet University - 280
SUNY Cobleskill - 236

Men's Swimming Win NEAC Championships

The Wells College Men's Swim Team wins NEAC Championship!! It was a very exciting and memorable 3-days. The team worked very hard this whole season and always had the ultimate goal of winning. I am very proud of each one of the swimmers, they accomplished so much.

Highlights
Matt Sleezer (JR) broke 2 of his own records earning 1st in the 50 FR (21.94) and 2nd in the 100 FR (50.02). Sleezer earned NEAC male Athlete of the Year!

Matt Sleezer (JR) on left with Candice Murray NEAC Commissioner

Patrick Munroe (FR) broke the 400 IM record (4:46.25) as well as earning 1st place. Munroe also placed 2nd in the 200 IM (2:15.86)

Matt VanAmerongen (FR) broke 2 college records within one event. He broke the 1000FR (11:35.55) in the 1650 FR (19:19.60).

Tom Dougherty (SO) in his first competitive season earned 2nd in the 100 BR (1:07.71) and 1st in the 200 BR (2:31.62).

Laier, VanAmerongen, Munroe and Sleezer broke the 800 FR Relay (8:02.17) earned 2nd place at championship and broke the college record.

Scores
Wells College - 477
Cazenovia College - 448
Gallaudet University - 423
SUNY Cobleskill - 341

NEAC Championships 2013

The Team after a Happy Birthday swim for Molly Heslin (JR)

This has been a great season for both the men's and women's teams. Both had have great successes such as broken records, most wins and many NEAC Athlete's of the Week. Now is the time for all that hard work to be put into 3 days! The team is ready to perform and I can't wait to watch everyone race. Tomorrow we head over to SUNY Cobleskill - Day 1 is on Friday!

Left to Right: Britta Kilbourn (JR), Nina Daniels (FR), Stephanie Todd (FR) and Hallie Hanson (SO)


 Go Express!!
 

Women Win, Men Tie

January 26th was our final meet in season before championship. During the meet we recognized our sole senior Gwenn Lillie. Gwenn was a captain for the past 3 years and her known nickname was "MaMa Gwenn" which I think says it all. She is graduating from Wells with a Biology major and Math minor and plans to go to grad school in Physical Therapy. We wish her all the best!

It was a great last meet for Gwenn because the women's team won against Cazenovia College which makes this season the best season (most wins) Wells has seen from the women's swim team since 1981-1982 season. This is a great accomplishment and I know the women worked very hard to earn this title.

Highlights:
Hilary Feudale (FR) continuing her dominate performances in the 100 BA (1:07.15) earned 1st place.

Hallie Hanson (SO) earned 2nd place in the 200 fly (3:01.71) while taking off 7 seconds to earn a PR.


Matt Amerongen (FR) took off a total of 35 seconds in his 1000 FR for a PR (12:14.23) and earning 2nd place.

Tom Dougherty (SO) taking off another second in the 100 BR (1:13.34) earning a PR and 2nd place. Dougherty and team-mate Jacob Cohn (FR) went on to earn 1st and 2nd place in the 200 BR respectively.

Matt Sleezer (JR) earned 1st in place in the 50 FR (23.14).

Patrick Munroe (FR) swam the 200 BA for the first time in his career earning 2nd place at the meet and 2nd on Wells' Top Ten Times (2:22.66). In the 200 IM Munroe had a very exciting and close 200 IM race where he earned a PR (2:19.03).

Dean's List

Overall 30 student-athletes earned the Dean's List this past semester. To earn placement on the list, students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.50 or greater for at least 12 hours of coursework in a given semester.

The Men's & Women's Swim Team had 4 student-athletes....

Men's Team

Tom Dougherty (SO)

Tyler Fischetti (SO)

Patrick Munroe (FR)

Women's Team

Nina Daniels (FR)

Congratulations!

Wells Women Win!

January 19th the Express went to Mansfield, PA to swim against the Mansfield Univeristy (women only) and University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. It was a tough meet however the women were able pull out another win. With this win the women's team has tied the most amount of season wins since 1981-1982 season. This was very exciting for the team because they also swam very well.

Highlights:
Nina Daniels (FR) took off about 20 seconds in her 1000 FR for a PR (12:32.19) and then later on took off 8 seconds on her season's best in the 500 FR (6:06.42).

Hilary Feudale (FR) with another great performance won the 50 FR (26.87). Later on in the meet she also won the 100 BA (1:07.04) for a season's best.

Meghan Terry (FR) earned a season's best and 2nd place in the 200 IM (2:37.60) while her team-mate Hallie Hanson (SO) earned 3rd place and her best in season time (2:42.62).

Above: Hilary Feudale (FR) winning the 50 FR in Lane 2

Below: Feudale winning the 100 BA in Lane 2

Tyler Fischetti (FR) for the 2nd meet in a row took off time in the 200 FR (2:08.49) for a PR.

For the 50 FR the Wells men dominated with captain Tom Laier (JR) winning the 50 FR (25.43) and his team-mate Jacob Cohn (FR) earning 2nd (27.22).

Patrick Munroe (FR) earned 1st place in the 100 Fly (1:03.08).

Wells Wins!

On Wednesday, January 16th the men's and women's teams won against Alfred State College. Four swimmers swam the 1650 FR for the first time in their swimming career.

Nina Daniels (FR) and Stephanie Todd (FR) were the two women who did the 1650 for the first time. Daniels earned the 7th spot on the Top Ten list with a time of 21:14.87 while her team-mate Todd earned the 10th spot (21.52.92). Hilary Feudale (FR) swam a PR in the 50 FR (26.65) and is now only .30 from the 2010 record.

Left to Right: Alex Lamphear (SO) and Olive Touron (SO)

There were also 3 swimmers who swam the 400 IM and 2 of them did it for the first time in there swimming career. Patrick Munroe (FR) is only 5 seconds away from the record (5:00.43). Tyler Fischetti who normally swims the fly and distance events took off about 30 seconds off his time 400 IM (5:22.19). Meghan Terry (FR) was the other swimmer who swam this event for the first time.

Left to Right: Patrick Munroe (FR), Tyler Fischett (SO) and Alex Lamphear (SO)

Our next meet is right around the corner on Saturday, January 19th against Mansfield University (women only) and Pittsburg University at Bradford at Mansfield University

200 Fly Record!

Our first meet of the year was on January 11th against Buffalo State College. The team had been training double sessions plus dryland training twice a week so by the time this meet came the team did not have their full energy. Even though they were tired, they did not show it by have many season and personal best times!

One of the many highlights of the day was from Patrick Munroe (FR) who took 2 seconds off his time to break the Wells record in the 200 Fly (2:20.52). For his great race he earned NEAC Athlete of the Week. This was the 2nd time Munroe earned this award. Team-mate Matt Sleezer (JR) also took first place in the 50 FR (23.01) and 100 FR (51.69).

Thomas Dougherty (SO) in his first ever competitive season earned a PR in the 100 BR (1:14.31). Fellow team-mate Tyler Fischetti (SO) earned a PR in the 200 FR (2:10.71)

The women's team also had a great meet. Hilary Feudale (FR) earned the only 1st place win throughout the meet in her best event, 100 BA (1:07.89) it was also a season best and getting closer to the 1991 record of 1:06.42. For her efforts she earned the NEAC Athlete of the Week award for the 4th time this season. Feudale also earned 2nd place with a 4 second time drop in the 200 BA (2:30.29).

Team-mate Meghan Terry (FR) earned a 2nd place win and a SB in the 50 FR (27.85) and earned 3rd place and a SB in the 200 BR (2:58.26).

Overall it was a great first meet for the year.


Next meet will be Wednesday, January 16th against Alfred State College.

Pictures from Polar Bear Plunge 2013

All warm and getting ready

Matt Sleezer (JR) getting ready

Molly Heslin (JR) and Tyler Fischetti (SO) walking down to the water

Stephanie Todd (FR) with a face of excitement!

Matt VanAmerongen (FR) and Pat Munroe (FR)

There they go!

Melanie Canales (FR), Gwenn Lillie (SR) and Hilary Feudale (FR)

Swimmers frantically looking for their warm cloths and towels

All Done! Tom Laier (JR) and Tyler Fischetti (SO)

All Done!

Happy New Year

Town of Aurora Polar Bear Plunge 2013

Air Temperature - 27 degrees
Water Temperature - 36 degree
Swim Team - 20 members
Results - An unforgettable moment

The team is hard at swimming doubles and dryland workouts. Our first meet will be Friday, January 11th at Wells College.