2001 NCAC Swimming and Diving Championships

KENYON EARNS 17TH CONSECUTIVE NCAC TITLE; February 11, 2001
DENISON'S CARTY SWIMMER OF THE YEAR FOR SECOND TIME

CANTON, Ohio -- Kenyon posted eight first-place finishes and eight seconds on the way to its 17th consecutive team title at the North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships, which were held Feb. 8-10 at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton, Ohio. The Ladies have won all 17 NCAC championships and 25 straight conference (or state) crowns overall.

Kenyon won eight individual events and recorded a total of 23 top-three performances to compile 1,601 points. Denison picked up wins in seven individual events and three of five relays for 1,555 points and its 10th consecutive (13th overall) second-place finish. Wooster totaled 1093.5 points to place third for the fourth year in a row and eighth time overall. Wittenberg placed fourth with 770 points, followed by Allegheny (670), Ohio Wesleyan (583.5), Oberlin (366) and Hiram (298) in positions five through eight, respectively.

Denison sophomore Tamara Carty (Saginaw, MI/Heritage) earned Swimmer of the Year honors for the second time after she won both the 500- and 1650-yard freestyles for the second straight year, and broke her own NCAC mark in the 1650. She also placed third in the 400 individual medley.

Other double winners were Kenyon senior Erica Carroll (Flushing, NY/Townsend), and freshman Beth Galloway (Orchard Park, NY), Denison senior Katie Sprague (Columbus, OH/Thomas Kilbourne) and Allegheny freshman Kelley Anderson (Beaver, PA/Beaver). Carroll claimed the 100-yard backstroke and successfully defended her crown and broke her own conference record in the 200-yard backstroke. Galloway dominated the sprints, winning both the 50- and 100-yard freestyles. Sprague won the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke. Anderson dominated the diving, winning both events by an average of 68 points, and was voted Diver of the Year.

Wittenberg coach Robert Rueppel was voted Coach of the Year after guiding the Tigers to a fourth-place finish, up from sixth in 2000. Allegheny's Tim Kuzma was voted Diving Coach of the Year for the fourth straight year.

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