Championship Central
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. – Drury University completed another dominating wire-to-wire performance Saturday to earn its fourth consecutive Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship and sixth in seven years at the Crawfordsville Aquatics Center in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
The Panthers scored a GLVC-record 1,727 points for the win, which beats their previous league mark of 1,012 points, set in last season’s GLVC Championship. The University of Indianapolis garnered runner-up accolades with 1,653 points, while Lindenwood University (1599) had a strong showing with a third-place finish in its first-ever meet as league members. Truman State University (914) and McKendree University (826) rounded out the top five, while Bellarmine University (620) and University of Missouri-St. Louis (495) placed sixth and seventh, respectively. Lewis University (455) was eight, William Jewell College (370) finished in ninth, and Maryville University (269) completed out the 10-team field.
A total of eight women’s records were broken over the course of the four-day event, including six by Drury with one today thanks to senior Erica Dahlgren’s 16:42.96 in the 1650-yard Freestyle. Also earning wins on the final day was UIndy freshman Leticia Vaselli in the 100 Freestyle (50.94) and senior Edda Skoric in the 200 Backstroke (1:56.55), along with the Greyhounds foursome of Marizel Van Jaarsveld, Krystal Caylor, Johanna Buys, and Vaselli, who combined for the GLVC and Pool record time of 3:21.62 in the 400 Free Relay. Additionally, Drury senior Bailee Nunn won the 200 Breaststroke (2:12.02).
At the conclusion of the meet, Drury senior Erica Dahlgren was named the GLVC Swimmer of the Year, while Lindenwood’s Beata Maruszczyk was recognized as GLVC Freshman of the Year by the league coaches, who also named Brian Reynolds as GLVC Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. As announced yesterday, UIndy’s Cassie Kury earned GLVC Diver of the Year honors following her wins on the 1- and 3-meter boards on Thursday and Friday.
The league coaches also selected McKendree as the recipient of the GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award in women’s swimming and diving, while 10 student-athletes were named GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award honorees, as announced Wednesday evening.
2020 GLVC WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING MAJOR POSTSEASON AWARDS
Swimmer of the Year: Erica Dahlgren, DU
Diver of the Year: Cassie Kury, UINDY
Freshman of the Year: Beata Maruszczyk, LWU
Coach of the Year: Brian Reynolds, DU
GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD
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GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP INDIVIDUAL AWARD HONOREES
Grace Roegner, BU
Erica Dahlgren, DU
Krystal Caylor, UINDY
Stephanie Palczynski, LEWIS
Stephanie Marks, LWU
Abby Hall, MU
Camryn Anderson, MCK
Zara Konstapel, UMSL
Rae Friesz, TSU
Delaney Haralson, WJC