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Swim to Success
Team Success Leads to Individual Recognition
Laker Swim Team
The Oswego State Women’s Swimming and Diving Team won its third straight SUNYAC Championship this year.
The Oswego State women's swimming and diving team won its third straight SUNYAC Championship, and had seven student-athletes named to the All-SUNYAC Swimming and Diving teams. Oswego State also had five honorees on the men's all-conference teams including the Outstanding Male Swimmer and Outstanding Male Diver of the year. Oswego State head coach Kami Gardner was named Women's Coach of the Year for the seventh year in a row.

For the Laker women, Leslie Simrell ’07, Patricia Connolly ’07 and Meredith Thomas ’09 were on the first team. Simrell won the 1,650 free and was also honored with the Grace Mowatt Award, which is presented to a female swimmer or diver for outstanding athletic and academic achievement in their collegiate careers. Connolly won the 100-yard backstroke and Thomas won both the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly.

The Laker women also had three swimmers and a diver named to the All-SUNYAC Second Team. They were swimmers Allyson DaFoe ’07, Yolanda Lee ’09, and Jenny VanEtten ’10 and diver Eileen McMahon ’10.

For the Oswego State men, Greg Doyle ’07 was named as the meet's Most Outstanding Swimmer for the second year in a row. He set the SUNYAC meet record with a time of 46.27 seconds in the 100 free, and also won the 200 free in 1:42.47. Doyle was also second in the 50 free.

Doyle
Greg Doyle ’07 was named the most outstanding swimmer for the second year in a row.
Diver Kevin Morgan ’08 was named Outstanding Male Diver for the third consecutive year after winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. Morgan's score of 529.60 for 11 dives on the 3-meter board was an Oswego State record. He also holds the record for 11 dives on 1-meter.

Joining Doyle and Morgan on the All-SUNYAC First Team were Dan Callinan ’07 and Jason Cotter ’08. Callinan won the 100-yard backstroke and 200 back. Cotter won the 1,000 free and 500 free. Diver Chris Dotson ’08 was named to the Second Team after finishing third in the 1-meter diving event.

The top three finishers in each individual event at the SUNYAC Championships make the all-conference teams. Individual event winners are on the first team, and swimmers and divers finishing in second or third place are on the second team.

—Joe Gladziszewski
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