West Chester - 2009-10 PSAC Men's Swimming Champions
FINAL RESULTS
Sunday, February 21
West Chester repeated as PSAC champions on both the men's and women's side on Sunday, as the Golden Rams took first place in four of the six events contested on Sunday while the men took first in only two out of six events on Sunday but still extended their final lead.
The women compiled 756 points in the meet, topping second place Clarion by almost 300 points. Shippensburg finished third while Kutztown took fourth. On the men's side, the Golden Rams finished with 780 points, topping second place Clarion by 180.5 points, as the Golden Eagles finished with 599.5. Shippensburg took third while Edinboro came in fourth.
The title is the 12th straight PSAC championship for the West Chester men, while the women claim their fourth straight PSAC title.
West Chester's Kenny McCormick was named the Men's Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. After winning both the 200 and 400 IMs and setting new PSAC records in both events the first two nights of the meet, McCormick finished the meet on Sunday by winning the 200 butterfly in an NCAA 'A' automatic qualifying time.
For the second straight year, West Chester's Jackie Borkowski was named the Women's Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. She also took first place in three events, winning the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles, all three in NCAA 'A' times. She repeated as the PSAC champion in both the 50 and 100 free.
Two new records were set on Sunday evening. West Chester's Danielle Ierley set a new PSAC meet record in winning the 1650 freestyle, touching the wall in 17:13.10. Edinboro's Zak Clifford broke the PSAC meet record in winning the 200 backstroke in 1:50.43. Clarion's Ryan Thiel won the 100 free for the second time in three years and broke the PSAC meet record, swimming a :44.53, just .06 of a second off the overall PSAC record. Also, Lock Haven's Amanda Terray won the 200 backstroke individual title for the third straight year.
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Saturday, February 20
West Chester's men and women both extended their leads on the second full day of the PSAC Swimming Championships as both teams will look to take the final step on Sunday to repeating as PSAC champions.
The women lead by 213 points heading into the final day tomorrow with 521 points, easily outdistancing Clarion's 308 points. The men lead by just over 100 points with 553 to second place Clarion's 441.5.
For the second straight night, West Chester's Kenny McCormick broke a PSAC record, this time in the 400 IM after breaking the 200 IM record last night. McCormick touched the wall in 3:55.75, shattering the conference mark by almost three seconds and won the event by nearly 10 seconds.
Clarion's Kaitlyn Johnson repeated as the 100 butterfly champion with an automatic NCAA qualifying time of :56.05. West Chester's Jackie Borkowski, who won the 50 free last night, added another individual title as she won the 200 free and Clarion's Ryan Thiel did the same on the men's side, winning the 200 free one night after taking first in the 50 free. Kutztown's Steph Jeppesen also added another title, winning the 100 breaststroke after winning the 200 IM last night.
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Friday, February 19
A new PSAC record in the men's 200 IM highlighted Friday night at the PSAC championships as the first full day of the championships ended with West Chester opening up a large lead in the women's standings and a more modest lead in the men's.
West Chester's Kenny McCormick broke his own records that he set last year in the 200 IM, running away with the individual title in that event by nearly five seconds. McCormick broke both his own PSAC meet and PSAC overall records in the win.
Last night's individual winners in the 1000 freestyle each added one more individual title to their resumes, as Kristen Montello on the women's side and Tommy Rhoads on the men's each won their respective 500 free events. Kutztown's Steph Jeppesen won the women's 200 IM in an NCAA automatic qualifying time while West Chester's Jackie Borkowski successfully defended her title in the 50 free while Clarion's Ryan Thiel, the 2008 champion in the 50 free, won that event again after finishing second last year.
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Thursday, February 18
Tommy Rhoads and Kristen Montello of West Chester claimed the men's and women's 1000 freestyle titles, respectively on the first night of the PSAC Swimming Championships. Their respective wins helped give West Chester a slim lead in both the men's and women's team standings after one event each.
The women scored 50 points and lead second place Shippensburg by 12. The men scored 37 points and lead second place Shippensburg by six.
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Championship Program (pdf)
Mechanicsburg, Pa. - Cumberland Valley High School will once again serve as the host for the 2010 PSAC Swimming Championships, which will be contested this weekend, beginning on Thursday, February 18 through Sunday, February 21. This year will mark the 52nd year of the PSAC men's championships and the 35th year of the women's championships.
The championships get underway at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday night with the women's and men's 1000 freestyle events. Friday, Saturday and Sunday will see preliminary action starting at 10:00 a.m. while the nightly finals will begin at 6:00 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. The complete event schedule is listed below.
The men's field will feature seven teams: Bloomsburg, Clarion, Edinboro, Gannon, IUP, Shippensburg and West Chester. The Golden Rams are the 11-time defending champions and will be looking to pull within one championship behind Clarion for the all-time most PSAC men's swimming championships. Clarion leads with 24 while West Chester has 22.
The women's field features all seven of the above teams as well as teams from California, East Stroudsburg, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield and Millersville, making up a 13-team field. West Chester is the three-time defending champions and the Rams have also won four of the last five titles, with Clarion having won in 2006.
Adult tickets for the event will be $5 for preliminaries, $7 for finals or an all-session pass can be purchased for $35. Students from PSAC schools are admitted free with school-affiliated ID. Fees for non-PSAC students are $2 for each session and $10 for an all-session pass.
East Stroudsburg is serving as the host for this year's championships. The link to ESU's championship page is below.
http://www.esuwarriors.com/news/2010/1/4/WSWIM_2010PSAC.aspx
Schedule of Events
Thursday, February 18
6:30 p.m. Women’s 1000 Free Finals
Men’s 1000 Free Finals
Optional Time Trials
Friday, February 19
10:00 a.m. Preliminary Heats
Women’s 200 Free Relay
Men’s 200 Free Relay
Women’s 500 Free
Men’s 500 Free
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 200 IM
Women’s 50 Free
Men’s 50 Free
20-Minute Intermission/Optional Time Trials
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
Optional Time Trials
6:00 p.m. Finals
Women’s 200 Free Relay
Men’s 200 Free Relay
Women’s 500 Free
Men’s 500 Free
Awards - 200 Free Relay/1000 Free
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 200 IM
Awards - 500 Free
Women’s 50 Free
Men’s 50 Free
20-Minute Intermission
Awards - 200 IM/50 Free
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
Optional Time Trials
Awards - 400 Medley Relay
Saturday, February 20
10:00 a.m. Preliminary Heats
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 Fly
Men’s 100 Fly
Optional Time Trials
Women’s 200 Free
Men’s 200 Free
Women’s 100 Breast
Men’s 100 Breast
Women’s 100 Back
Men’s 100 Back
Optional Time Trials
6:00 p.m. Finals
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Awards - 200 Medley Relay
Women’s 100 Fly
Men’s 100 Fly
Awards - 400 IM
Women’s 200 Free
Men’s 200 Free
Awards - 100 Fly
Women’s 100 Breast
Men’s 100 Breast
Awards - 200 Free
Women’s 100 Back
Men’s 100 Back
20-Minute Intermission/Optional Time Trials
Awards - 100 Breast/100 Back
Women’s 800 Free Relay
Men’s 800 Free Relay
Optional Time Trials
Awards - 800 Free Relay
Sunday, February 21
10:00 a.m. Preliminary Heats
Women’s 200 Back
Men’s 200 Back
Women’s 100 Free
Men’s 100 Free
Optional Time Trials
Women’s 200 Breast
Men’s 200 Breast
Women’s 200 Fly
Men’s 200 Fly
20-Minute Intermission/Optional Time Trials
Women’s 400 Free Relay
Men’s 400 Free Relay
Men’s and Women’s 1650 Free (all heats except fastest seeded heat)
4:55 p.m. Senior Ceremony
5:00 p.m. Finals
Women’s 1650 Free
Men’s 1650 Free
Women’s 200 Back
Men’s 200 Back
Awards - 1650 Free
Women’s 100 Free
Men’s 100 Free
Awards - 200 Back
Women’s 200 Breast
Men’s 200 Breast
Awards - 100 Free
Women’s 200 Fly
Men’s 200 Fly
20-Minute Intermission
Awards - 200 Fly
Women’s 400 Free Relay
Men’s 400 Free Relay
Awards - 400 Free Relay
Awards - Women’s team champion and runner -up trophy
Awards - Men’s team champion and runner-up trophy