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 SAINTS, 8TH, BEST FINISH SINCE 2002 IN UNYSCSA CHAMPIONSHIPS Feb. 25: The Saint men’s swim team matched their best Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association finish since 2002 with an eighth place in the 2007 meet in Syracuse.
The Saints finished with 537 points in the three-day meet which was won by Alfred with Hartwick second and RPI third.
The Saint freshman class turned in an outstanding performance in the meet, accounting for 334.5 of the Saint point total, and diver Jason Johnson, a sophomore who is new to the Saint program finished fifth in both the one and three meter dives as Saint rookies accounted for 434.5 of the 537 total points.
Chris Woolston was the top scorer for the Saints with 116.5 including 72 in individual events while Robo Ibler also topped the 100 point mark with 107.5 including 63 points in individual events.
Ibler, who had the top Saint finish with a third in the 50 freestyle added a seventh in the 100 free in Saturday’s finals, swimming 48.11 in the finals after turning in a personal collegiate best of 47.95 in the morning preliminaries. He also anchored Saturday’s 400 free relay team which finished eighth in 3:17.26, joining Woolston, sophomore Mike Trumbower and junior Dave Burnham on the team.
Woolston was sixth in 1:56.91 in the 200 back, his fastest time in that event by nearly five seconds, in Saturday’s final for his third top ten finish in the meet.
Johnson finished the three meter diving competition with 399.65 points for his second fifth place finish in the meet. His one meter total was a season’s best.
Other Saturday scorers for the Saints included Trumbower with a 13 th in 17:31.55 and Burnham with 16 th in 17:46.40 in the 1650 freestyle, Russ Hendrick with a 24 th in 2:13.88 in the 200 back, Stephen Dally with a 13 th in 2:19.31 in the 200 breaststroke, and Matt Kirkpatrick with a 15 th in 2:08.83 in the 200 butterfly.
SAINTS IN 8TH AFTER SECOND DAY AT UNYSCSA CHAMPIONSHIP Feb. 24: Led by strong performances from its freshmen, the St. Lawrence men's swimming and diving team scored 191 points on Friday to bring their championship total to 358 points. That total puts them in eighth place out of 14 teams. Alfred Univeristy is in first place with 844 points while Hartwick sits at second with 731. RPI has 702 points to hold third place. RIT and Ithaca round out the top five with 661 and 651 points respectively.
The Saints were led by freshman Chris Woolston, a three-time scorer for St. Lawrence. Woolston swam the first leg of the men's 200 yard medley relay team that placed seventh with a time of 1:40.30. The team of Woolston, Stephen Dally, Robo Ibler and Brandon Barone scored 46 points for the Saints.
Woolston also took seventh place in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:46.48, earning 23 points. He scored for the third time in the 100 yard backstroke. His time of 54.75 earned him a sixth place finish and scored 24 points. Sophomore Matt Feldman also scored in the event with at time of 57.31. He took 14th place and scored 13 points.
Freshman Robo Ibler followed up Thursday's strong showing by scoring in the 100 yard butterfly for St. Lawrence. He placed 14th with a time of 54.39 and scored 13 points.
Freshman Matt Kirkpatrick took seventh place in the 400 yard individual medley clocking in at 4:26.52, and earning 23 points. Dally, who swam the breaststroke leg of the 200 yard medley relay, also scored in the 100 yard breaststroke. His time of 1:02.88 earned a 17th place finish and nine points toward the Saints point total.
The 800 yard freestyle relay team of Mike Trumbower, Dave Burnham, Kirkpatrick and Feldman, rounded out the top finishers for the Saints with a ninth place finish in the event. The relay team clocked in at 7:28.40 earning 40 points.
The Saints will continue competition today at Nottingham High School in Syracuse, NY.
IBLER LEADS SAINTS IN UNYSCSA CHAMPIONSHIP Feb. 23: Freshman Robo Ibler placed third in the 50 freestyle to lead the St. Lawrence University men's swimming and diving team at the Upper New York State Collegiate Swim Association Championships Thursday night at Nottingham High School in Syracuse, NY. With a time of 21.84, Ibler's finish was the highest for any St. Lawrence competitor. He scored 27 points for the Saints.
The Saints had strong performances from both its 200 yard freestyle relay and its 400 yard medley relay. The 200 freestyle relay team of Chris Woolston, Brandon Barone, Dave Burnham and Ibler placed eighth in the finals with a time of 1:30.14. The team scored 44 points for the Saints. Ibler, who anchored the relay, swam a 21.22, the fastest final leg of the event.
The 400 medley relay team of Woolston, Stephen Dally, Matt Kirkpatrick and Ibler also placed eighth with a time of 3:41.88, scoring 44 points for the Saints.
The St. Lawrence 200 free relay team of Matt Feldman, Mike Trumbower, Stephen Dally and Matt Kirkpatrick finished 24th overall with a time of 1:37.60. The team scored two points for the Saints.
In the 500 yard freestlye, Kirkpatrick collected five points for the Saints with a 20th place finish. He swam a time of 4:59.76. Dally took 21st place in the 200 yard IM to score four points for the Saints. The freshman swam a time of 2:10.62.
In the diving events, sophomore Jason Johnson led the Saints with a fifth place finish in the 1 meter diving. He scored 345.40 points to collect 25 points toward the Saints' team total.
St. Lawrence finished the first day of competition in eighth place with 167 points. On top of the leader board is Alfred University with 416 points with RIT in second with 336 points. Ithaca College sits in third place with 306 points while RPI and LeMoyne College round out the top five with 298 and 273 points respectively.
The Saints will continue competition in the UNYSCSA Championship Friday and Saturday.
SAINTS SHOULD SCORE IN UNYSCSA MEET Feb. 20: St. Lawrence University’s men’s swim team is looking forward to increased point production as it heads into the 2007 Upper New York State Collegiate Swim Association Championships to be held at Nottingham High School in Syracuse Wednesday through Saturday.
The Saints, ninth in the championship a year ago, have several swimmers with top eight potential and while depth may be a factor, the team should score more points this year.
“We are a stronger team than we were a year ago,” said coach Bob Clemmer. “A big part of that is the addition of our freshman class and sophomore diver Jason Johnson. “With Robo Ibler, Chris Woolston, and Matt Kirkpatrick in the pool and Johnson and Eric Velasquez in the diving, we are more talented at the top and have several athletes with potential for top eight finishes.
“We are hurt a little bit in depth in that Geoff and Steve Walano are studying abroad this semester. We will have a tough time putting two strong relays together for each of the relay events without them. We should be fine in the A relays, but might find it tough to get scoring out of our B relays.”
All A relays advance to the finals and the top eight B relays as competition includes preliminaries in the morning and championship rounds at night. Diving preliminaries begin Wednesday with the swimming events starting Thursday morning and continuing through Saturday. The top 24 swimmers in each individual event advance to the evening finals.
“I like the team unity this group is showing and our team chemistry is such right now that it will be a positive factor in our performance in a three day meet,” Clemmer added. “Our freshman class comes in with a lot of experience in the longer type of meet because of their extensive club backgrounds. They are used to marathon meets, and that is important because that is what the UNYSCSA meet is…a marathon.”
Ibler will be a key performer for the Saints in the sprint freestyles and has the third best time among the entries in the 50 free at 22.30 and is also in the top ten in the 100 free. He will also be a potential scorer in the 100 fly in addition to being a significant component of Saint relays. Woolston has top ten times in the 100 and 200 back and 200 free while Kirkpatrick has potential to score in both the butterfly and individual medley. Mike Trumbower in the distance freestyle events, Matt Feldman in the backstroke and Stephen Dally in the breaststroke are also potential scorers for the Saints based on times already recorded this season.
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