SwimMAC Sweeps Team Awards, Wins Combined Title by Almost 200 Points

SwimMAC affirmed its status as the top national-championships-level club in the country on Sunday, sweeping the men’s, women’s, and overall combined team titles at the 2014 U.S. National Championships in Irvine, California.

So dominant was SwimMAC’s final point total that if you were to remove the points scored by Tyler Clary, Ryan Lochte, and Micah Lawrence, the team’s three highest-scoring swimmers, SwimMAC still would have won the combined scoring.

In other superlatives, NCAP was the highest finishing team made predominantly of junior and amateur athletes. There were three exceptions, Andre Gemmell (23 years old, 18 points, NCAA post-grad); Chuck Katis (21 years old, 10 points, Cal undergrad), and Kaitlin Pawlowicz (21 years old, 17 points, Texas undergrad), but their other 147 team points all came from junior swimmers. The age of those three listed above is almost negated by the fact that NCAP got 29 points from 14 year olds Cassidy Bayer and Isabella Rongione.

In honor of their performance, below we’ve listed out all of the swimmers who contributed top 16 finishes to the effort, including relay swimmers.

Women

• Miach Lawrence – 54
• Katie Meili – 41.50
• Kathleen Baker – 39
• Emma Reaney – 35
• Cammile Adams – 34
• Madison Kennedy – 29
• Kate Mills – 25
• Melissa Gates – relays
• Nora McCullagh – relays
• Becca Postoll – relays
• Caitlin Casazza – relays
• Alyssa Marsh – relays
• Kathryn Saurborn – relays

The SwimMAC women were the 2014 team champions at U.S. Nationals. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

Men

• Tyler Clary – 73
• Ryan Lochte – 67
• Tim Phillips – 37
• Nick Thoman – 33
• Matthew Josa – 27
• Cullen Jones – 22
• Mark Weber – 11
• Ty Stewart – 11
• Dax Hill – 5
• Kip Darmody – 4
• Paul Powers – 4
• Michael Chadwick – relays
• Nic Eriksson – relays
• CJ Fiala – relays

The SwimMAC men are were also team champions at U.S. Nationals. (Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

The full top 10 teams in each category are listed below. See the full team standings here.

Women’s Top 10 Teams – FINAL

1. SwimMAC Carolina – 372.50
2. Cal – 307
3. North Baltimore Aquatic Club – 217.50
4. Athens Bulldog Swim Club – 159
5. Tennessee Aquatics – 131
6. Stanford Swimming – 125
7. Cavalier Swimming – 120.50
8. Wisconsin Aquatics – 118
9. NCAP – 112
T-10. Aggie Swim Club – 105
T-10. Longhorn Aquatics – 105
(How apropos)

Men’s Top 10 Teams – FINAL

1. SwimMAC Carolina – 384
2. North Baltimore Aquatic Club – 305
T-3. Cal – 259
T-3. Club Wolverine – 259
5. Stanford Swimming – 199
6. Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics – 177.50
7. Tennessee Aquatics – 155
8. Wisconsin Aquatics – 129
9. Ohio State University – 124
10. New York Athletic Club – 120

Combined Top 10 Teams – FINAL

1. SwimMAC Carolian – 756.50
2. Cal – 566
3. North Baltimore Aquatic Club – 522.50
4. Stanford Swimming – 324
5. Club Wolverine – 288
6. Tennessee Aquatic s – 286
7. Wisconsin Aquatics – 247
8. Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics – 212.50
9. Athens Bulldog Swim Club – 211
10. NCAP – 192