CU Swimming & Diving Preview – at Liberty League Championships (2/18-21)

For the previous couple of weeks, the Clarkson University Swimming & Diving group has been getting ready for its most essential occasion of the season because the Golden Knights and the remainder of the convention descend upon Ithaca for the four-day Liberty League Championships.

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The Men: A number of data have been damaged throughout the common season, even a number of as early as the primary semester, a rarity for the Golden Knights. Freshman Evan Paneras broke a pair of data within the butterfly occasions, topping a file from Jacob Baker within the 200 butterfly that was only a few years outdated and likewise besting the close to 29-year-old file of Charlie Weisman within the 100 butterfly. Paneras has the second quickest seed time within the 100 butterfly and the fifth within the 200 butterfly, and he has one of the best probability of attaining an NCAA ‘B’ lower, although work would must be finished to achieve the NCAA Championships. Paneras had a time of 49.94 seconds within the 100 butterfly in December, however the ‘B’ lower for the final three years has ranged from 48.63 seconds to 49.02 seconds. Similarly, his 200 butterfly time of 1:52.82 is in shouting distance of the ‘B’ cuts for that occasion, which have ranged from 1:49.88 to 1:50.85 within the final three seasons.

Andrew Sammons participated in two ‘A’ finals on the Liberty League Championships a 12 months in the past, ending up in seventh within the 100 breaststroke and third within the 200 breaststroke. He briefly held the file for the 200 breaststroke after his second-place preliminary time (2:05.34) and was even quicker in his finals time later that day (2:04.17), however teammate Calvin Woolfolk topped him within the finals (2:03.88), giving Sammons a mark to shoot for on the championships.

Owen White additionally broke a file within the 400 particular person medley final 12 months in Ithaca, shaving off 10 seconds from his seed time to his file of 4:12.09. His seed time this 12 months is 4:16.65, so he has a shot at his personal normal as soon as once more. He can even be vying for the 200 particular person medley file, held by Matt Szrama (1:54.38) from 2005. White’s seed time of 1:57.62 places him in placing distance of that file.

Casey Everett broke data in a pair of distance freestyle races a 12 months in the past, hitting new marks for his 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle. Everett’s seed time is three seconds off his 500 freestyle time of a 12 months in the past. Similarly, Gavin Stuhler will probably be eyeing marks within the dash freestyle races. His seed time of 21.70 is likely to be an enormous ask to high former teammate Connor Tasselmeyer’s mark of 20.55 seconds, however he has an opportunity of being the second quickest within the occasion, as Jerry Miller’s 21.40 seconds stood for near 4 many years earlier than Tasselmeyer topped it. Mason Cartier will probably be trying to take down Al Catano’s file within the 100 backstroke. Catano was the Liberty League Swimmer of the Year in 2014 thanks partially to a 51.41 time within the 100 backstroke, and Cartier is available in with a 53.15 seed time.

Gavin Cibelli has already certified for the NCAA Regionals and he hopes to erase the names of Joe Kozlowski (1-meter, 466.55 factors) and Brent Reid (3-meter, 449.55 factors) from the Clarkson file books.

The Women: There will not be as many challengers for program data on the ladies’s facet, however the names will probably be repetitive. Sophomore diver Evelyn Vieira took little time to set data within the diving occasions for Clarkson final 12 months and he or she has already damaged three marks this season. The solely file she hasn’t damaged this season is the 1-meter dive for championship occasions, although she got here shut with 337.80 seed factors which was simply shy of her 350.75 factors in Ithaca a 12 months in the past.

The sophomore class will probably be additional represented by Natasha Hurff, Fiona Reilly, and Aurora Zary. Hurff set the file for the five hundred freestyle final season and broke the 1000 freestyle file on the finish of January this 12 months in Middlebury, setting her up for a run in the direction of the one-year-old mark within the 1650 freestyle, set by Gabriela McSwieney. Reilly’s seed time within the 500 freestyle a 12 months in the past was 5:20.09, which was simply topped by her preliminary time (5:15.62) after which toppled by her finals race (5:12.84). With a seed time this 12 months that’s 1.52 seconds quicker than a 12 months in the past, she could also be trying to make additional changes to Clarkson’s all-time requirements.

Reilly broke the mark for the 200 particular person medley final February, and each she and Zary have stable seed occasions to compete for ‘A’ finals spots. However, each swimmers might not compete in that occasion as they are going to be restricted within the variety of races by which they’ll compete, so will probably be as much as coach Marc Danin and his employees to determine the place to greatest place the swimmers to extract as many factors as potential. Reilly has spots within the 200 particular person medley, 100 breaststroke, and 200 breaststroke, whereas Zary might additionally compete within the 400 particular person medley and each the 100 and 200 backstroke occasions. Zary was simply a few seconds in need of the highest time within the 200 backstroke a 12 months in the past.