Swimming and Diving Climbs CSCAA November Rankings

LEWISBURG, P.A. – The males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving groups moved up within the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) nationwide ballot, introduced on Friday, November 14. The males’s crew moved up a formidable seven spots from the October ballot, coming in at #18, whereas the ladies’s crew moved into the rankings at #23.

The Knights are off to a formidable begin this season, with each groups sitting at 7-0 following a robust displaying this previous weekend. Geneseo cut up up their groups between the DIII Shootout at Chicago, and a house tri-meet in opposition to Top-25 groups in Trinity (TX) and RIT. The Knights swept the tri-meet with ease, as the lads defeated RIT 206-83 and Trinity 186-102, whereas the ladies’s crew gained by scores of 233-32 and 160-71, respectively. Geneseo swept the Empire 8 weekly honors following their performances on the DIII Shootout, with Alex Palmer and Greg Meder successful the lads’s swimming and diving honors, whereas Alex Sotek and Lydia Benjamin picked up the ladies’s honors.

Palmer supplied the massive spotlight for the Knights on day one of many DIII Shootout, breaking this system document for the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 54.84 and a primary place end out of the ten groups competing. Palmer’s time additionally marked an NCAA “B” reduce effort. After breaking this system document within the 100-yard breaststroke on Friday within the DIII shootout, Palmer took second within the 200-yard breaststroke on Saturday, recording a time of two:01.28. It is Palmer’s second E8 weekly accolade of the season.

Meder was dominant on the DIII Shootout over the weekend, successful each the 1- and 3-meter diving occasions. Meder took first general within the 1-meter dive with a rating of 316.60, then adopted it up on Saturday with a 363.60 rating within the 3-meter occasion, topping the occasion document set by former teammate and NCAA National Champion Trent Makowiec to earn his third straight E8 weekly honor.

Sotek was stellar for the Knights on the DIII Shootout this previous weekend, incomes top-eight finishes in all six occasions, together with two top-three finishes. In the 100-yard butterfly, Sotek positioned second general with a time of 56.22 seconds, then took third within the 50-yard freestyle, hitting the wall in 23.58 seconds. She positioned sixth in each the 200- and 400- yard medley relay occasions and was seventh within the 200-yard butterfly at 2:10.95, and seventh as a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay crew. It is Sotek’s second straight E8 weekly accolade.

Benjamin was stellar for the Knights on the DIII Shootout hosted by Chicago this previous weekend, ending second and third within the 1- and 3-meter dives, respectively. Benjamin took second within the 1-meter diving occasion with a rating of 258.80, then adopted it up on Saturday with a third-place end within the 3-meter with a rating of 247.30.

Full press release from the CSCAA.