Recent Denison University graduate and swimming student-athlete Jason Wesseling has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 North Coast Athletic Conference Don Hunsinger Award.
Led by Kenyon senior swimmer Julia Wilson (Bethesda, MD/Sidwell Friends) being named the 2017-18 Division III Women's At-Large All-American of the Year, seven total NCAC athletes were named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/Google Cloud Men's & Women's Academic All-America At-Large Team, it was announced on Tuesday, June 12th.
Following the completion of the 2017-18 NCAA Division III competition season, four North Coast Athletic Conference schools ranked in the top-70 of the Learfield Directors' Cup standings, led by Denison finishing 44th out of 323 eligible institutions with 382.00 total points. Schools must have competed in an NCAA Championship event during the academic year in order to compile points in the standings.
Denison University Assistant A.D. for Communications, Craig Hicks was the recipient of the 2018 Spring Division III and D3SIDA Recognition Award. Division III and D3SIDA applauded Hicks for his outstanding work for his story titled: "Denison All-American Hannah Rusinko refuses to let Tourette's define her" The story was exceptionally well done and chosen by a selection committee of D3SIDA members as the best work this spring season.
The 2017-18 College of Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/Google Cloud Academic All-District Men's & Women's At-Large Teams were released on May 17th with 10 student-athletes from the NCAC being named to the first team in the seventh district.
Denison won two outright league titles in men's swimming & diving and women's lacrosse, shared the league title with Kenyon in field hockey and posted 14 additional top-five finishes during the 2017-18 academic year to win its league-leading 16th North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship.
Kenyon College freshman swimmer Crile Hart (Pepper Pike, OH/Hawken) was named the DIII Honda Athlete of the Year nominee for swimming and diving as announced by Executive Director Chris Voelz of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) presented by Honda.
Kenyon College currently sits in 46th-place to lead all North Coast Athletic Conference member institutions in the 2017-18 Division III Learfield Directors' Cup winter standings.
The Denison men won their fourth national title in program history after the Big Red accumulated 596.5 points over the course of the four days of action at the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, held at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Three national titles and one national record highlighted Friday night’s action by NCAC student-athletes at the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Through 29 total events in downtown Indy, NCAC student-athletes have collected five national titles, 60 Top-8 All-American performances and 34 additional Honorable-Mention All-American efforts.
One individual event national title and another national crown in a relay event highlighted Thursday’s action by NCAC student-athlete at the 2018 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. Through 20 total events at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana, NCAC athletes have combined for two individual event national titles, one national title in a relay event, 45 total Top-8 All-American performances and 23 additional Honorable-Mention All-American efforts.
The 2018 NCAA Division III Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Championships will be held over a four-day period at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Franklin College will serve as the host for the event that will run from Wednesday, March 21, through Saturday, March 24.
One national title and a meet record highlighted the efforts of North Coast Athletic Conference student-athletes on the opening night of the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships on Wednesday, March 21st at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
DePauw University won one winter sport league title and finished in the top-five in three additional sports to maintain its lead in the race for the 2017-18 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship.
Nine NCAC student-athletes participated in the 2018 NCAA Division III Diving Regionals last weekend. Divers from Denison, Kenyon and Wabash competed at the Region I Event, March 2-3, at The University of Chicago’s Myers-McLoraine Pool, while the Allegheny divers traveled to New York for the Region 4 Event, held at Ithaca College’s Aquatics Pavilion on the same dates.
The NCAA announced the list of participants for the 2018 NCAA Division III Diving Regional events with nine student-athletes from the North Coast Athletic Conference qualifying to compete in two of the four regionals across the country.
The Denison men won their 10th-straight league title as competition wrapped up on Saturday night at the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University.
The Kenyon Ladies topped the team standings for the league-leading 25th time in history as competition wrapped up on Saturday night at the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University.
The Denison men maintained their lead, while the Kenyon Ladies leaped over DU in the women's team standings following day three of competition at the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships, held at DU's Trumbull Aquatics Center. The Big Red men won five of the seven events contested on Friday night and have now compiled 1,284.5 points over the first three days of action, while the Kenyon Ladies won four total events on the night and hold an 81-point lead over Denison for the top spot in the team standings with 1,252 points.
The Denison men and women overtook Kenyon in both team standings following the second full day of competition at the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University. The Big Red men won two individual events and both relays on night two to jump into first place with 651.5 points, while the women's team won two individual titles and one relay crown to top the team standings with 695 points.
The Kenyon Lords and Ladies lead the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships after the first night of competition on Wednesday night at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University. The Ladies accumulated 70 total points after winning the 800 free relay with an NCAC-record time of 7:24.71, while the Lords sit in first place with 151 points thanks in part to a first-place finish in the diving well and a second-place showing in the 800 free relay.
The NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships return to the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, for the fifth year in a row. The nation's top Division III conference meet begins on Wednesday, February 14, and runs through Saturday, February 17th.
With the 2017-18 North Coast swimming & diving regular season now in the books, conference teams will take a week off before returning to Denison’s Trumbull Aquatics Center on February 14th for the opening day of the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships. The nation’s top Division III conference meet continues through Saturday, February 17th with prelim sessions each morning at 10:00 a.m. and finals sessions at 6:30 p.m. each night.
Nearly all of the NCAC swimming & diving squads wrapped up their 2017-18 regular season training schedules last weekend; however, one dual meet remains on the schedule this week as Denison is set to host Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday morning. The 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships are set to take place at Denison’s Trumbull Aquatics Center in Granville, Ohio, February 14-17. A complete preview of the nation’s premiere Div. III conference championship meet will be available on Monday, February 12th.
There was a full slate of action on the NCAC swimming & diving circuit last week, highlighted by Wooster sweeping both ends of a double-dual meet on Saturday at home against Allegheny and Ohio Wesleyan. There are eight events on the schedule this week, led by Kenyon hosting Ohio Wesleyan for a dual meet on Saturday and DePauw hosting Chicago for a dual meet on Saturday.
Several NCAC swimming & diving teams got back into action over the past few weeks after taking several weeks off for the holiday break. However, numerous squads also had events cancelled or postponed on Saturday due to inclement weather in the Great Lakes region. There are now 11 events on the schedule in the week ahead, highlighted by Denison traveling to The University of Pittsburgh on Friday and Wooster hosting Allegheny and Ohio Wesleyan for a tri-meet on Saturday.
North Coast swimming & diving teams officially closed out the 2017 portion of the schedule last week with DePauw traveling to in-state foe University of Indianapolis for a double-dual meet with Indiana Wesleyan. Numerous teams will be hitting the road for holiday break training trips over the next few weeks, while the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships are set to take place at Denison University, February 14-17.
Denison sophomore KT Kustritz (St. Paul, MN/Insight School) continues to take the Division III swimming world by storm. After her record-breaking performance at last weekends Miami Invitational, Kustritz was named the CollegeSwimming.com Division III Women's Swimmer of the Week for the third time this season and the fourth time in her career.
Nearly every NCAC swimming & diving team closed out the 2017 portion of its schedule last week at multi-day invitational events, led by the Denison men winning the Miami (OH) Invitational and the Kenyon Lords and Ladies sweeping the team titles at their own TPSC Invitational. Most league teams will return to their training schedules in early January, while the 2018 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships are set for February 14-17 at Denison University.
Several NCAC swimming & diving teams competed in multi-day invitational events last weekend in advance of the Thanksgiving Break, highlighted by Kenyon sweeping the team titles on Saturday at the Malone Invitational and the Ohio Wesleyan women the team title at OWU’s own Corbiere-Merion Invitational that wrapped up on Sunday.
Denison's Wesseling 2018 Hunsinger Award Winner
July 18, 2018Recent Denison University graduate and swimming student-athlete Jason Wesseling has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 North Coast Athletic Conference Don Hunsinger Award.
