The men's swimming and diving team
will try and duplicate the success of last weekend's women's New York State championship,
as they will be competing in their state event starting on Thursday, and going
until Saturday night, at Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York.
According to head coach Scott Felix, Union's main competition will come from
Ithaca, Alfred, Hartwick, Le Moyne and RPI.
Scores will be posted daily at:
http://www.lemoyne.edu/athletics/swimming/championship.asp
“We finished the dual meet season at 5-4, our first winning
record since 1997-98, so we have done things that are unusual the last few
years,” said Felix. “I knew the team was very capable of
finishing with a winning record and it was nice to see us succeed. Our
real goal is the state meet and I believe that we will bring a large amount of
intensity to Syracuse.”
The Dutchmen's strength lies in the relay, sprint, distance
and stroke events. As was the case with the women's championship, it is
going to take veteran leadership and a total team effort if the Garnet is going
to bring home the gold.
“We are going to have to do very well in the relays and
our three freshmen divers are going to have to perform well,” Felix
explained. “Elliot Seguin (E. Lansing, MI), DJ Hogenkamp (E.
Aurora, NY), Charles Kinnett (Chelmsford, MA) and Aaron Phillips (W.
Hartford, CT) should be in the hunt for a state title in their
events. But in order for us to win the meet people like Pat Canniff
(Latham, NY), Drew Rand (Falmouth, ME), Andrew Sparkes (W. Hartford, CT)
and our seven freshmen are going to have to step up big time.”