ABBEY POORE ELEVATED TO LE MOYNE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING HEAD COACH

Syracuse, N.Y. – Le Moyne College Assistant Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation Phil Brown introduced on Wednesday afternoon the elevation of Abbey Poore to the top coach of the boys’s and ladies’s swimming and diving packages. She turns into simply the third head coach in program historical past.

Poore joined the teaching workers as the primary full-time assistant in this system’s historical past final August. She was answerable for seasonal plan improvement, alumni fundraising, recruiting, group journey, exercise writing and coordination with visiting groups.

In the pool, she helped information Lucas Clay to a first-place end and NEC document within the 100-yard breaststroke on the NEC Championships. The Dolphins claimed 13 different medals on the championships, their highest whole since becoming a member of the convention.

“I couldn’t be more excited to name Abbey Poore as our next swim and dive head coach,” mentioned Brown. “Having served as our assistant coach, Abbey has been a great asset in shaping our team’s success and developing our student-athletes, both in and out of the pool. Her elevation ensures seamless continuity for our program while bringing a fresh vision to guide our team as new full members of NCAA DI sports.”

“It is an absolute honor to step into the head coaching role here at Le Moyne,” mentioned Poore. “Having spent the past year here as the assistant, where we set eight pool records and 15 school records, I know firsthand the dedication, resilience and potential of these student-athletes. We’ve built a strong foundation together and I’m ready to lead this program into its next era of excellence. I am excited to continue building a culture where our swimmers and divers thrive in the pool, the classroom and beyond. Phins Up!”

Poore, a Christian Brothers Academy graduate, returned to Central New York after two years on the workers at Washington & Jefferson College. In 2024-25, Poore helped information the Presidents’ males’s squad to a second-place end on the PAC Championships, their highest end since 2015-16. The males’s and ladies’s groups mixed for 15 All-PAC alternatives in 2024-25 after having 9 in her first 12 months with the packages.

She started her collegiate teaching profession at Carnegie Mellon. She helped the boys’s and ladies’s groups to every place fourth on the UAA Championships, every of which was an enchancment from the earlier 12 months.

Poore earned a Bachelor diploma in Biology from Drew University in 2022. She was a four-year member of the swimming and diving group and competed in distance freestyle occasions for the Rangers.