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The Basics
Team Champions: M – Denver | W – Denver
Location: IU Natatorium – Indianapolis, Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS – After the final evening of the 2017 Summit League Swimming and Diving Championships, it was the University of Denver who raised both the men’s and women’s team trophies for the fourth consecutive year. The Pioneers set two individual Summit League records Saturday and one relay record, bringing their four-day meet total to 16 championship records.
IUPUI finished in second on the men’s and women’s side. The Jags were followed by South Dakota State in third on the men’s side. For the women, South Dakota finished in third.
Kyle Robrock was named Swimming Championship MVP. Robrock, is a two-time event champion in the 50 free. He also won the 100 back earlier this week giving him five individual titles in his career. Robrock’s teammate Johanna Roas was named Women’s Swimming Championship MVP after picking up three individual titles at the meet, pushing her individual career total to seven.
IUPUI sophomore diver Krisztian Somhegyi claimed the three-meter diving title to go along with the one-meter he took home Thursday night. He set a new championship record with a score of 379.45, while earning the men’s Diving Championship MVP for the second straight year.
IUPUI’s sophomore Olivia Treski, All-league in the 1650 free, 500 free, was named Newcomer of the Championship. Denver’s Sid Farber, finished with one titles of his own, earned the same honor for the men. Pioneer head coach Brian Schrader was voted both Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year for the fourth time in as many seasons.
IUPUI’s Eric Barnes was named Men’s and Women’s Diving Coach of the Year and senior Jaguar diver Melissa Berger earned the women’s Diving Championship MVP.
News & Notes
- This was the first time the 100 IM that we have swam as an event at our Championship. Denver’s Bailey Andison set the women’s 100 IM record with a 54.41. Ben Severino of DU set the men’s 100 IM record at 50.28.
- Denver’s 400 freestyle relay broke a championship record set in 2009 by Oakland. The Pioneers team of Sid Farber, Kyle Robrock, Patrick Guillory and Hugo Sykes swam a 2:55.40.
- Denver’s Maddie Myers defended her Summit League title in the women’s 1,650 freestyle with a time of 16:28.76. It is her second title at this year’s championships and sixth of her career.
- Four other Pioneers defended their event titles: Johanna Roas (100 freestyle), Morgan McCormick (200 backstroke), Amanda Sanders (200 breaststroke) and Heidi Bradley (200 butterfly).
- Denver has taken the Summit League Championship in men’s and women’s four straight years.
Team Standings
Men
1. Denver – 1060.5
2. IUPUI – 754.5
3. South Dakota State – 508.5
4. South Dakota – 474.5
5. Western Illinois – 363
6. Eastern Illinois – 263
Women
1. Denver – 1,052
2. IUPUI – 584.5
3. South Dakota – 582.5
4. Omaha – 490
5. South Dakota State – 454
6. Western Illinois – 196
7. Eastern Illinois – 186
Champions
Individual
Men’s 100 IM – Ben Severino, Denver (50.28)*
Women’s 100 IM – Bailey Andison, Denver (54.41)*
Men’s 1,650 Free – Scott Bergstrom, Denver (15:16.99)
Women’s 1,650 Free – Maddie Myers, Denver (16:28.76)
Men’s 200 Back – Anton Loncar, Denver (1:41.41)
Women’s 200 Back – Morgan McCormick, Denver (1:54.43)
Men’s 100 Free – Sid Farber, Denver (43.26)
Women’s 100 Free – Johanna Roas, Denver (48.93)
Men’s 200 Breast – Tim Cottam, Denver (1:58.24)
Women’s 200 Breast – Amanda Sanders, Denver (2:09.14)
Men’s 200 Butterfly – Andrew Torres, Denver (1:46.02)
Women’s 200 Butterfly – Heidi Bradley, Denver (1:59.25)
Men’s Three-Meter Dive – Krisztian Somhegyi, IUPUI (379.45)*
Relay
Men’s 400 Free – Denver (2:55.40)*
Women’s 400 Free – Denver (3:18.36)
*Summit League Championship record
Awards
Men
Swimming Championship MVP
Kyle Robrock, Denver
Diving Championship MVP
Krisztian Somhegyi, IUPUI
Newcomer of the Championship
Sid Farber, Denver
Swimming Coach of the Year
Brian Schrader, Denver
Diving Coach of the Year
Eric Barnes, IUPUI
Women
Swimming Championship MVP
Johanna Roas, Denver
Diving Championship MVP
Melissa Berger, IUPUI
Newcomer of the Championship
Olivia Treski, IUPUI
Swimming Coach of the Year
Brian Schrader, Denver
Diving Coach of the Year
Eric Barnes, IUPUI
Up Next
League teams will send divers to the NCAA Diving Zones, which take place March 6-8, in Blacksburg, Va. (Zone A), Auburn, Ala. (Zone B), Columbia, Mo. (Zone D), Flagstaff, Ariz. (Zone E) and March 9-11 in Bloomington, Ind. (Zone C). Swimmers await NCAA selections to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships will take place in Indianapolis, Ind., from March 15-25.
News courtesy of the Summit League.
Well said Dude.
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) would be a more logical and competitive conference for DU. It would create some rivals in-state with Air Force and give the DU student athlete competition at conference other than their own teammate to race.
denver should join a real conference instead of mopping up against these schools. I think they are afraid
Tell our athletic department. We don’t want to be there just as much as they don’t want us to be there.
fair enough. DU is pretty stacked on both guys and girls. It would be nice to see how they would fare in a better conference
The thing is that conferences aren’t just about one sport. The Denver athletic department didn’t move their entire program to the Summit League so the swim team could win conference, and they won’t leave the Summit League just because the swim team is winning conference going away. Oakland used to be in the Summit League, but they left for the Horizon League (not really any better of a swimming conference) right when Denver joined the Summit League.
I suspect it’s mostly a geography thing – Denver used to be in the Sun Belt conference. That’s inconvenient – not to mention there isn’t a single men’s swim team in that league.
Anyway, where else do you suggest they go?
Denver should join the Big 12. DU Gymnastics is already there.
Small, private school with no football makes conference choices harder (Sun Belt was heavy on football schools and geography made it hard)…JP is right on, I doubt the decision to move was driven by the swim&dive teams, more likely a conference that matched sports and gave their revenue sports a chance to make a NCAA tourney (see basketball).
Maybe the WAC was a good fit size and geography-wise, however the year DU was in the WAC there was no Men’s championship…thankfully DU gets great dual meet competition all year to create some rivalries with Air Force, Utah, Wyo., ASU in the region.