Wells Swim Team

Monday, February 4, 2013

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).

Sunday, January 20, 2013

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.