University of Mary Washington - Featured Team

by Josh Huger (MrUtopia)

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Created April 17th, 2010 12:59:43 PM

Modified April 17th, 2010 01:18:03 PM

The University of Mary Washington was founded in 1908. The University was named after Mary Washington, who was a famed resident of Fredericksburg and the mother of George Washington. UMW is a co-educational, public institution located in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

There are 4,000 undergraduate students at the Fredericksburg campus. U.S. News and World Report ranked them 11th among southern institutions in the “Universities - Master’s” category for their 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges. Forbes.com rated them at the 13th best public college in its annual listing of Americas Best Colleges. They also were featured in the Princeton Review’s 2010 edition of The Best 371 Colleges.

The University of Mary Washington swimming program began in 1974. Over that 36 year period the school has seen 5 head coaching changes. Their current coach is Matt Sellman who began coaching at the school in 2007.

UMW boasts an impressive list of 64 All-American performances at the DIII NCAA Championships. The school competes in the Capital Athletic Conference. At this year’s conference meet the women won their twentieth straight championship title while the men won their tenth straight title.

To find out more about the Eagles check out http://www.umweagles.com/index.aspx?tab=swimming&path=swim

School Records

WOMEN:

50 Freestyle                                        Adriana Lesiuk                                 23.93

100 Freestyle                                       Sarah Crockett/Adriana Lesiuk          52.23     

200 Freestyle                                       Sarah Crockett                             1:51.32

500 Freestyle                                       Sarah Crockett                             4:58.79

1000 Freestyle                                      Sarah Crockett                          10:36.18

1650 Freestyle                                      Sarah Crockett                          17:38.99

100 Backstroke                                      Sarah Crockett                              58.11

200 Backstroke                                  Sarah Crockett                               2:04.54

100 Butterfly                                       Amy Carlson                                    56.33

200 Butterfly                                       Lorena de la Garza                         2:06.55    

100 Breaststroke                                Megan DeSmit                                1:05.91

200 Breaststroke                                Megan DeSmit                                2:22.53

200 Indiv. Medley                              Nina Michelle Sawyer                        2:06.82

400 Indiv. Medley                              Shannon Hutcherson                        4:33.22

200 Free Relay                                     Greenlee, LaCoe, Sawyer, Carlson   1:36.45

                                                                    

400 Free Relay                                Sawyer, Figuers, Crockett,Figuers  3:30.95                                                                                                    

                                                               

800 Free Relay                                    Sawyer, Lesiuk, Figuers, Crockett        7:37.39

                                                                                                                                                                                      200 200 Medley Relay                               Crockett, DeSmit,Sawyer, Lesiuk          1:46.87    

400 Medley Relay                              Crockett, DeSmit, Sawyer, Lesiuk          3:52.59

MEN:

50 Freestyle                                          Dale Parker                        21.12

100 Freestyle                                       Tyler Henderson                   46.72

200 Freestyle                                       Tyler Henderson                1:42.54

500 Freestyle                                       Tyler Henderson                4:37.64

1000 Freestyle                                      Brad Dunn                        9:47.66

1650 Freestyle                                      Brad Dunn                      16:18.32

100 Backstroke                                  Tyler Henderson                     51.73

200 Backstroke                                  Stephen Clendenin              1:51.91

100 Butterfly                                       Justin Snyder                        49.67

200 Butterfly                                       Stephen Clendenin             1:51.59

100 Breaststroke                                Dale Parker                            56.89

200 Breaststroke                                Dale Parker                         2:09.56

200 Indiv. Medley                              StephenClendenin                1:53.76

400 Indiv. Medley                              Stephen Clendenin               4:00.60

200 Free Relay                       Rice, Craddock, Parker, Smith,                                 1:24.89   

400 Free Relay                       O’Donnell, Anderson, Henderson,Dunn  3:07.58                                                           

800 Free Relay                       Henderson, Anderson, Dunn,Clendenin                             6:52.71

200 Medley Relay                   Brunner, Parker, Craddock,Smith                                          1:34.31    

400 Medley Relay                   Henderson,Cole,Clendenin,Anderson                                3:28.70