The men's swimming team won sixteen of twenty events, set eight meet records, and took three individual awards as it won its third consecutive Upper New York State collegiate men's swimming and diving championship.
The Dutchmen led the fourteen teams in the event by scoring 1,458 points. Hamilton was second with 1,227 points.
Individual awards went to senior Kevin Makarowski, voted swimmer of the meet; junior Brian Field, named diver of the meet; and head coach Judy Wolfe, who was named coach of the year.
Makarowski was a member of four of the five winning relay teams and also won the 200meter individual medley and the 100-meter butterfly. Mike Humphreys won the 100 and 200 backstroke, Jeff Hoerle won the 100 and 200 freestyle, and Mark Anderson won the 100 and 200 breaststroke.
Field won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events for the third year in a row.
At the national championships, Union finished fourth as it was the highest-scoring team from
the East. Field was second in the one-meter dive and fourth in the three-meter event. All five of Union's relay teams picked up all-American status by finishing in the top eight. Scoring were Makarowski, Humphreys, Anderson, Hoerle, Clark Smyth, Nat Stuntz, and Dave Searles.
In the women's national championship, Union finished
tenth out of fifty-six teams, with ninety-seven points. All the points were scored by senior Jackie Crane and junior Meg McCarthy. Each won
All-American honors in three events, setting Union records in every event.