Day 1 NEAC Championship

The Swim Team had a great season and an even better taper and it shows through their performances in Day 1 of the 3 day NEAC Championships.

The men's team started off the day with a very exciting race in the 200 FR relay. They earned 2nd place and was only behind the winning team by .70. This race also earned the men's team's first broken record of the meet.




Next event was the 500 FR where Britta Kilbourn (FR) had a PB by 8 seconds (6:26.31) and placed 4th while her team-mate placed 5th. Chris Guard (JR) had an amazing swim where he took off 8 seconds in Prelims and then another 12 seconds at Finals (5:37.03) to earn 3rd place as well as breaking the Wells record by 3 seconds.










Idolyn Villiotti (JR) had her best swim of the season in the 200 IM (2:37.23) placing her 3rd at the meet while her team-mate Caitlin Farris (JR) placed 11th. Drew Teter earned a PB by 4 seconds (2:12.29) earning 1st place at championships and 2nd on the top ten times at Wells. His team-mates Dan Schilling (SO) place 3rd with a PB (2:17.95) and Hunter Harris (SR) place 5th with a PB (2:32.82).








The final individual event for the day was the 50 FR. Gabby Spencer (FR) was seated first in the meet and held her spot both in Prelims and Finals with a time of 26.97. Gabby already broke our 20 year old record back in the Fall. Her team-mate Erika Bareiss (SO) also swam this event and earned 2nd and Sarah Sherboneau (JR) placed 12th. Matt Sleezer (FR) was also fighting for 1st in the 50 FR and place 2nd in finals only .03 behind. Sleezer earned a PB and broke the Wells record.

Women's 400 Medley Relay earning 2nd place - Idolyn Villiotti (JR), Erika Bareiss (SO), Gabby Spencer (JR) and Britta Kilbourn (FR).

Men's 400 Medley Relay earning 2nd place - Mike Scharvella (SR), Drew Teter (JR), Dan Schilling (SO) and Matt Sleezer (FR).

NEAC Athlete of the Week!

Congratulations to Drew Teter (JR) for earning NEAC Athlete of the Week for his winning performance against Cazenovia College.




"Drew Teter (Campbell, N.Y.) was selected as the NEAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Student-Athlete of the Week for his three first place finishes in their 50-49 victory over Cazenovia College. Teter, a Junior for the Wells College Express, finished first in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:23.33, first in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:14.67, and helped lead his medley relay team to first with a time of 1:56.55".

Time to Celebrate...

The entire team came over my house to celebrate a great meet against Cazenovia and the conclusion of J-term and doubles!

The team will leave on Thursday, February 17th for our 3 day championships at SUNY Cobleskill where the men's team will defend their conference champion title from last season and the women's team is looking to avenge their 2nd place finish.

Wells WINS

On Saturday the Wells Swim Team drove a short distance over to Gevena to swim against William Smith and Cazenovia College. Last year, the women's Cazenovia team won NEAC Championships but they were not victorious at this meet. Wells went into this meet with a disadvantage, not having any divers to aid in points but we prevailed!

Both teams started out the meet with a good foot by winning the first event, 200 medley relay. The women continued to win 6 other events. Britta Kilbourn (FR) won all 3 of her events, including the 200 medley relay, 1000 FR and 500 FR. Kilbourn had a PB in the 1000 by almost 30 seconds. Gabby Spencer (FR) also won all 3 of her events including the 200 medley relay, 200 IM and 100 FR. Spencer also earned the title of being the 4th fastest swimmer ever at Wells in the 200 IM with a time of 2:29.68. She is now only 4 seconds away from taking down ANOTHER 20 YEAR OLD RECORD!

On the men's side, Chris Guard (JR) won 2 events including the 100 FLY and 500 FR. Mike Scharvella (SR) and Hunter Harris (SR) earned 1st and 2nd place respectively in the 100 BA. Matt Sleezer (FR) won the 50 FR by a close .3 seconds!

TENSE MOMENT OF THE MEET


3 meter diving was complete and both our teams NEEDED to win the 100 BR in order to win the meet. I spoke to all 4 swimmers, putting the pressure on their shoulders. The women's team was up first and Erika Bareiss (SO) was up for the challenge. She not only won the event but earned a PB. Bareiss was also a part of the wining 200 medley relay.





Now, it was time for the men's team to do their part. Drew Teter (JR) is mostly a fly/IMER but today he was swimming the 100 BR. He earned a PB, 4th place on the top ten times and won the event! Teter was also part of the winning 200 Medley relay team as well as winning the 200 IM.





FINAL SCORE
Women
Wells 51 CAZ 48
Men
Wells 50 CAZ 49

The team had an exciting final meet of the season. Next stop is NEAC CHAMPIONSHIPS!

NEAC Swimmer of the Week

"Erika Bareiss (Clinton, NY) was selected as the NEAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Student-Athlete of the Week for her three first place finishes while adding three second place finishes and a fourth place finish for her Wells College Express in their dual meets against Marywood and Buffalo State. Bareiss, a sophomore, finished first in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 1:07.93, first in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:29.36, and first in the 200 yard freestyle relay in a time of 2:00.09 in the dual meet against Marywood. In the meet agains Buffalo State, she finished second in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 3:13.38, second in the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 2:11.13, second in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:57.46, and fourth in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 30.81."

Congratulations Erika!

Senior Meet

All the swimmers have been back in the pool since January 3rd. They have been working hard with doubles and dryland. Yesterday, January 14th was our first meet of the new year. It was also our Senior Meet.





Hunter Harris joined this team in the beginning of this season. Hunter is an Economics major and plans to go on to graduate school. He has made a great impression on this team as well as putting his name up on the All Wells Top Ten Times. He is 8th in the 50 FR, 5th in the 100 BA and 10th in the 100 BR. At today's meet he took off 2 seconds in his 100 BA.

Mike Scharvella has been on this team since his freshmen year. Mike is majoring in Math Education and plans to go to graduate school and become a Math teacher. He has been our backstroker ever since his first meet. He holds the 500 FR, 100/200 BA records and is part of the 400/800 FR relays and 200/400 Medley Relays. He is also on the top ten list in 5 other individual events.

Congratulations to both our Seniors and GOOD LUCK!!!

The Aurora Polar Bear Plunge

Every year on the first of the year everyone from the town of Aurora and neighboring towns go to the church on the lake in Aurora, NY. Today, at 11am sharp about 50 people joined Carolyn (class of '74, Aurora homeowner and assistant swim coach) and Kelsey (class of 2010, from Colorado and previous swim team captain) to take the plunge into the chilly Cayuga Lake. T.J. a Wells alums has been sponsoring this event for almost 20 years.

Below are some of the pictures..

Carolyn coming out of the lake... VERY COLD!

Carolyn and Kelsey