The men's swim team captured its second consecutive state championship this year, and two team members went on to capture national championships.
Brian Field, a sophomore from Pine City, N.Y., won the one-meter diving title at the NCAA Division III national championship, and Mike Humphreys, a junior from New Hartford, N.Y., finished first in the 100meter backstroke.
Union finished third in the championship meet, which was held in Atlanta. The Dutchmen were fourth last year.
Kevin Makarowski, a junior from Washington Mills, N.Y., was second in the NCAA 200meter individual medley, fifth in the 200-meter butterfly, and eighth in the 400-meter individual medley-the first Union swimmer to place in the top eight in three individual events.
Four relay teams earned All-American honors by finishing in the top eight:
the 400-meter freestyle team of Makarowski, Humphreys, Chris Riley, and Jeff Hoerle was fourth;
the 400-meter medley team of Humphreys, Mark Anderson, Dave Searles, and Makarowski was second;
the 800-meter freestyle team of Hoerle, Riley, Searles, and Makarowski was fifth;
the 200-meter medley team of Humphreys, Anderson, Searles, and Hoerle was third.
Other individual finishers in the top eight were Humphreys, second in the 200-meter backstroke; Field, second in the three-meter dive; and Hoerle, fifth in the 200-meter freestyle.
Eighty-four teams competed in the national meet.
Union won thirteen of twenty races at the state event, including ten relay races, to finish with 1,453 points. Hamilton was second with 1,283. Sixteen colleges participated.
Coach Judy Wolff described the team's performance as a “total team effort,” as eighteen of nineteen swimmers set career bests, and all seventeen designated scorers earned points.
Humphreys was named “Swimmer of the Meet” after winning the 50-meter freestyle, the 100-meter backstroke, and the 200-meter backstroke. Makarowski won the 200-meter individual medley, the 100meter butterfly, and the 200meter butterfly.
During the season the Dutchmen set eleven Union records.