All-NCAC Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Teams
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All-NCAC Women's 2012 Note: Teams posted in .pdf format. Adobe Reader required. |
The Denison men and women successfully won their fourth consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference swimming & diving championships at the 28th annual event, hosted by Hiram at the C.T. Branin Natatorium, Feb. 15-18. The Big Red women, who totaled 1,611 points to capture the title, won 11 total events, totaled 23 top-five finishes, six NCAA “A” cut swims and one NCAC record to edge Kenyon for the fourth-consecutive year. The Ladies tallied 1,581 points after touching first in nine races and earning 25 top-five finishes. Wooster finished in third with 947 points, followed by DePauw (877), Wittenberg (805), Allegheny (633), Oberlin (481), Ohio Wesleyan (347) and Hiram (216). The Denison men won nine events en route to earning 1,665 points to top the Lords for the fourth-straight year. In addition to the event wins, the Big Red picked up 29 top-five finishes, earned automatic national championship qualifying standards in 11 races, set one NCAC record and one pool record. Kenyon earned second place with 1,546 points after winning 11 races and posting 23 top-five finishes, followed by DePauw (987), Wabash (637), Allegheny (635), Oberlin (525), Wittenberg (511), Wooster (473), Ohio Wesleyan (424) and Hiram (190).
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Kenyon senior Alisa Vereshchagin (Solon, OH/Solon) {left} was voted the Women’s Swimmer of the Year after winning the 100 breaststroke (1:04.27), 200 breast (2:19.30), 200 IM (2:05.00) and swimming a leg on the winning 400 medley relay (3:19.05). Her times in the 200 IM and the 400 medley relay were NCAA ‘A’ cut standards. 
Denison freshman Katie Collins (North Bethesda, MD/Walter Johnson) {right} was named the 2012 NCAC Female Diver of the Year after finishing first on both the one-meter (388.20) and three-meter (424.05) boards with NCAA qualifying scores.
Kenyon head coach Jim Steen was recognized as the men’s Swimming Coach of the Year, while Wooster’s Rob Harrington {left} was named the women’s Swimming coach of the Year for the first time after leading the Fighting Scots to a third-place finish with 947 points. Steen, in his 37th year at Kenyon, collected his fifth male coach of the year award and 13th overall.
Denison’s Jason Glorius was named the men’s Diving Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season, while Allegheny’s Fred Evanoff {right} earned women’s Diving Coach of the Year honors.