Follow Swat Swimming at 2007 Centennial Championships
FULL 2007 CENTENNIAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW (pdf)
The Swarthmore swimming teams continue their successful 2006-07 season this coming weekend, Feb. 16-18, at the 14th annual Centennial Conference Swimming Championships in Lancaster, Pa. held at the Kunkel Aquatics Center on Franklin & Marshall's campus.
The Centennial Conference and Franklin & Marshall will be entering a new era in small college sports coverage, offering a live video stream of the entire CC Championships. Fans can log on by clicking here or pulling up the link on either of the swim teams' schedule pages. Quicktime Player (free download) is required for viewing. Tickets for the event are $3 for trials, $5 for finals or $15 for an all-sessions pass. Youth 12 and under and students from the participating institutions with a valid ID will be admitted free. Friday's sessions begin at 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., while the weekend sessions begin at 10:30 and 6:30.
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| John Heagy '08 is one of the favorites in the 200 and 400 IM. |
The Garnet men (7-2 overall, 6-0 Centennial) captured the first Centennial dual meet title in school history, led by seniors Jason Horwitz (freestyle sprints), Andrew Koczo (breaststroke), and Jonathan Augat (freestyle sprints, as well as juniors John Heagy (IM), Andrew Frampton (distance freestyle) and sophomores Stephen Shymon (distance freestyle/IM/backstroke), Douglas Gilchrist-Scott (backstroke), and freshman Michael Ann (middle distance freestyle). The Swarthmore 800 freestyle relay team is the top seed on this year's psyche sheets, with the 200 freestyle relay, 200 IM relay (bronze medal winners in 2006) and 400 IM relay (silver medalists in 2006) all seeded second. Click on this link (pdf) to see the entire 2007 CC Men's Swimming Championship psyche sheet.
One race to watch closely is the 500 freestyle where Frampton and Shymon will look to chase down F&M's All-American junior Derek Nowak. Shymon set the school record (4:42.80) in this event--in the same pool--in last year's championship yet Nowak out-swam the Swarthmore sophomore went the pair locked horns in a dual meet on Nov. 11, 2006 in Ware Pool.
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| Senior Janice Yeo looks to lead Swarthmore to its third Centennial Championship. |
The Swarthmore women (7-3 overall, 6-1 CC) gamely fought their way to a share of the Centennial dual meet title with F&M and Gettysburg. It is the first time the Garnet women have sat atop the Centennial at the end of the regular season and Swarthmore will look to pick up its third Centennial Championship this weekend. The Garnet women won back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002 after taking second place the previous five years. Swarthmore is led by seniors Sarah Cotcamp (freestyle sprints) and Janice Yeo (breaststroke), as well as first-years Anne Miller (distance freestyle/butterfly) and Casey Osborn (buttefly/IM). Cotcamp is one of the favorites to take the 50 yard freestyle, having posted the top time in the Centennial this season (25.02). Miller broke the school record in the 1000 freestyle in her first race and has the third-best Centennial time in the 1650. Miller and Osborn will look to run down the favorite in the butterfly events, Gettysburg senior Kelly Landman, as Swarthmore seeks its third Centennial championship. Click here for the 2007 Centennial Championship psyche sheets.
--thanks to Centennial Conference Executive Secretary Steve Ulrich and Franklin & Marshall Sports Information Director Steve Peed for providing information