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

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