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Wesleyan Training Trip to Coral Springs, FL
Wesleyans Conference Meet This year Wesleyan student athletes made some big accomplishments at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Swim Meet. To start the meet off, Amanda Yeager a junior from Pottstown, PA swam a personal best in the 1000 Free (10:54.25) and placed 6th. On the men’s side Brian Wiles, a sophomore from Haymarket, VA and Stephan Mroczek, a freshman from Coral Springs, FL placed within the top 16 respectively. Cody Nichols a sophomore from Parkersburg, WV swam a personal record. James Fraser the senior of the team from Sterling, VA placed 23rd. It was a great start for the Bobcats and it continued throughout the weekend. The Wesleyan 200 Freestyle Relay which consisted of freshman Travis McCan, Mroczek, sophomore Jarrod Underwood, and junior Patrick Kiessling scored 22 Day 2 started on a good foot with the men swimming another season best time (1:38.72) and placing 5th in the 200 Medley Relay. McCan, Underwood, Mroczek and Kiessling were apart of accomplished relay. McCan got up again to swim the 400 Individual Medley and finished 10th with another personal best. Renee Marko a junior from New Alexandria, PA started her meet with a personal best in the 100 Butterfly and with a 7th place finish. Christy Nicholas swam the 200 Freestyle with a season best time of 2:08.14. Stephan Mroczek, Patrick Kiessling and Logan Davis also swam the 200 Freestyle and made significant season improvements as well. The 100 Breast was swum by Amanda Yeager who placed 12th and Jarrod Underwood who broke the one minute barrier and placed in the top 8. Marko swam her second event for the day and placed 15th in the 100 Back. The last day began with the mile swim. Brian Wiles accomplished a personal best over 30 seconds and had 9th place finish and Nichols dropped nearly one minute in his race and placed 18th. Marko swam her last event 200 Backstroke with a season best and a 15th place finish. McCan also swam the 200 Back and placed 6th with a time of 1:58.41 and Fraser came away with 14th. Nicholas finished the 100 Freestyle with a season best time of 58.56 while a Kiessling swam a personal best time of 49.26. Teammate Logan Davis finished with a personal best. The 200 Breaststroke was swum by Amanda Yeager who tied for 11th place and Jarrod Underwood who achieved a personal record. The last event of the meet was the 400 Freestyle relay and a season best time was accomplished by Bobcats McCan, Underwood, Mroczek and Kiessling.
Season in Review The season started with few bodies and a big challenge to achieve great swimming success. The Bobcats had a big traveling meet schedule ahead of them and were ready for the WVU relay meet. The alumni meet over Homecoming weekend brought back a number of former swimmers who challenged the Bobcats in the water. It was a very enjoyable meet for both the current swimmers as well as alumni. The next meet on the schedule was at the beginning of November the women swam against California of Pa and Edinboro and the men swam against Edinboro. Both the men and women challenged the competition but didn’t come away with a win. Indiana of Pa was the next weekend and neither team came away with the ‘W’, but many swimmers brought back their own personal bests. Wheeling Jesuit took the trip to Buckhannon the 17th of November and the men came away with a solid win while the women came in closely behind the Cardinals by 5 points. Wesleyans invitational the weekend after Thanksgiving held in Wooster, OH. The team posted personal best times and got a taste of what Conference Championship Meet is all about. There was great motivation shown by the team after this meet. Next the team took a training trip to Florida and worked very hard to prepare for Conference. The month of January was the last full month of training before the coveted taper started for the Bobcats. Fairmont State showed great improvement from years past but their men failed to out swim the Bobcats while their women had more depth and won. The last meet of the season was at Marymount University. The Bobcats performed outstanding but struggled to come away with a win for both men and women. Travis McCan received recognition from the Conference of being swimmer of the week for January 21 and February 2 for his swimming accomplishments. Conference started February 13 and was held in Charlotte, NC. The Bobcats had 3 very hard days of swimming ahead of them and performed exceptionally well. We want to say Congratulations to the Wesleyan Swim team for a very productive and outstanding performance at this years Bluegrass Mountain Conference Meet. Click here to see what happened during the 2006-2007 Season Click here to see what happened during the 2005-2006 Season Click here to see what happened during the 2004-2005 Season
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points for the Bobcats with a season best time of 1:32.32. Next the distance men of Wiles, Mroczek, Nichols and Fraser swam the 500 Freestyle and placed distinctly among the competition. Travis McCan, a freshman from Eagle, ID swam the 200 Individual Medley with a personal best record as well as a top 8 finish and teammate Jarrod Underwood from Raleigh, NC placed 14th. For the women sophomore Christy Nicholas from Clifton, VA swam a season best time in the 50 Freestyle. One of the fastest events on the men’s side of the meet was the 50 yard Freestyle. Patrick Kiessling from Pleasant, NC swam a personal best as did Logan Davis a freshman from Rowlesburg, WV. Finally for the evening the men’s 400 Medley Relay swam a season best time of 3:39.93 with leading leg McCan, Underwood, Mroczek, and Kiessling.
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