Final Results
BROWN DEER – The UW-Stevens Point men's swimming and diving team dominated from the opening event on Thursday and swam its way to a 12th straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship. The UWSP women also secured their second consecutive league title by a slim 25.5 point margin.
The league title for the Pointer men is their 14th in the past 15 seasons and 16th overall. The title for the women is the team's sixth and their fourth in the past six seasons.
The Pointer men finished the three day event with a team total of 945 points, outpacing second place UW-Eau Claire by 306 points. The women had a much narrower margin of victory, winning by just 25.5 points over second place UW-La Crosse.
On the final day of the championship the Pointers secured three men's championships and three individual women's titles.
Lauren Alexander (Gurnee, IL/) secured the conference title in the women's 1650 free with her time of 17:48.04
Luuk Dekkers (Ames,IA/) captured the men's title in the 1650 free with his time of 16:18.66
Andrea Wagner (Apple Valley, MN/) secured the league crown in the 100 freestyle with her time of 51.56 and in the process set a new conference record and posted a NCAA “B” cut qualifying time.
Sam Davy (Stevens Point, WI/) secured another Pointer conference title with his swim of 45.47 in the 100 free.
Kelly Kading (De Pere, WI/) set a new league mark with her time of 2:20.58 in the 200 breaststroke on her way to securing the conference championship and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships.
The men's 400 free relay team of Matt Olp (Oregon/Oregon), Joey Clapp (Faribault, MN/), Ryan Farmer (Naperville, IL/) and Sam Davy (Stevens Point, WI/) posted a NCAA “B” cut time on their way a conference championship. Davy was a part of the league record-setting team in 2009.
For his three day effort Sam Davy was named the swimmer of the meet. Matt Olp was named the Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete. Olp was also named to the All-Sportsmanship team.
On the women's side, BethAnn Abraham was awarded the Judy Kruckman Co-Scholar Athlete Award along with UW-La Crosse's Katelyn Hartung. Abraham was also selected to the All-Sportsmanship Team.
