Landmark Conference

All-Landmark Swimming & Diving Teams Announced

2/8/2014 12:00:00 AM

TOWSON, Md. - The Landmark Conference Swimming & Diving Championships wrapped up on Sunday with the final awards ceremony. Catholic University collected five major awards, while the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy took home three. The University of Scranton and Marywood University picked up one each.

The Mariners' Kevin Lindgren was named the Men's Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive year. Lindgren dominated the competition over the weekend by winning every event in which he competed. The junior picked up three individual wins and four relay victories. All of the relays broke records and he set new records in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke while hitting NCAA "B" cuts in four of the seven events.

USMMA sophomore William Porter won the 1 meter and 3 meter diving events to repeat as Men's Diver of the Year. He stood at the top of the podium in the 3 meter for the second year in a row and set pool records in both events.

The Men's Rookie of the Year honor was awarded to Catholic's Guido Saccaggi. The freshman tore through the distance events all season and capped off his rookie campaign with a memorable championship weekend. Saccaggi won the 500 freestyle, the 1650 freestyle, and the 400 IM. He set meet and pool records in all three events. Saccaggi's 1650 time set a new conference record and was just .27 seconds shy of a NCAA "B" cut while he hit a "B" cut in the 400 IM. He also helped the Cardinals to a runner-up finish in the 400 freestyle relay and a third place finish in the 800 freestyle relay.

The coaches were split when selecting the Men's Coaching Staff of the Year. Greg Brown and his staff at Marywood share top honors with Sean Tedesco and the USMMA staff. This marks the first Coaching Staff of the Year award for Marywood since they joined the Landmark for the 2011-12 season. The Pacers finished fourth and added more than 60 points to their score from a year ago. Tedesco tallied his fifth coaching honor in seven years of competition in the conference. He led the Mariners to their seventh straight Landmark title with a conference record 950 points.

Catholic senior Joanna Ladas and junior Julia Wisler were named Women's Co-Swimmers of the Year. Both swimmers won two individual events and teamed up to win the 800 freestyle relay. They also combined to finish second in the 400 freestyle relay. Ladas earned top honors after being named Swimmer of the Year in 2011. After missing the 2013 championships, she came back and won the 500 freestyle for the third time in her career and the 1650 freestyle for the second time. Wisler won the 100 freestyle for the third consecutive year and repeated as champion in the 50 freestyle.

The Cardinals' Christine Loughery earned Women's Rookie of the Year honors. She won the 200 freestyle and finished second in the 100 freestyle to Wisler. Loughery also teamed up with Ladas and Wisler to win the 800 freestyle relay and finish second in the 400 freestyle relay.

Scranton's Colleen Barry prevented the Catholic sweep by earning Women's Diver of the Year honors. The junior has been named the top Landmark diver for the third consecutive year. Barry won the 1 meter dive with a new meet, conference, and pool record. She also finished third in the 3 meter dive.

Catholic head coach Paul Waas and his staff were named the Women's Coaching Staff of the Year for the second year in a row, and third time in four years. The Cardinals finished third and took home five individual wins to go along with one relay.

First Team All-Landmark honors are awarded to those swimmers who finishes first at the Landmark Championships while second place finishers earn Second Team All-Landmark recognition. USMMA led the seven men's teams with eight student-athletes named to the First Team while winning nine individual events and all five relays. The women's First Team features seven Susquehanna Crusaders who combined to win five individual events and two relays. Catholic and Juniata are represented on the First Team with four women each.

2014 Landmark Men's Swimming & Diving Awards
Men's Swimmer of the Year	Men's Diver of the Year	Men's Rookie of the Year	Men's Coach of the Year	Men's Coach of the Year
Kevin Lindgren USMMA	William Porter USMMA	Guido Saccaggi Catholic	Greg Brown Marywood	Sean Tedesco USMMA
2014 Landmark Women's Swimming & Diving Awards
Women's Swimmer of the Year	Women's Swimmer of the Year	Women's Diver of the Year	Women's Rookie of the Year	Women's Coach of the Year
Joanna Ladas Catholic	Julia Wisler Catholic	Colleen Barry Scranton	Christine Loughery Catholic	Paul Waas Catholic

 

	Men's First Team All-Landmark				Men's Second Team All-Landmark
50 Free	Dominic Grillo	Catholic	Sr.	Volcano, Calif.	Lucas Cherry	Susquehanna	Fr.	Falls Church, Va.
100 Free	Austin Butt	USMMA	Fr.	Westminster, Md.	Lucas Cherry	Susquehanna	Fr.	Falls Church, Va.
200 Free	Alvaro Brice	USMMA	Jr.	The Woodlands, Texas	Tyler Long	Susquehanna	Sr.	Selinsgrove, Pa.
500 Free	Guido Saccaggi	Catholic	Fr.	Duluth, Ga.	Bill Crumrine	Susquehanna	Fr.	Beaver, Pa.
1650 Free	Guido Saccaggi	Catholic	Fr.	Duluth, Ga.	Jordan Cripe	USMMA	So.	Monterey, Calif.
200 IM	Kevin Lindgren	USMMA	Jr.	Palm City, Fla.	Caleb Capozella	Catholic	Sr.	Green Bay, Wis.
400 IM	Guido Saccaggi	Catholic	Fr.	Duluth, Ga.	Eric Lawrence	Susquehanna	Fr.	Bethlehem, Pa.
100 Fly	Morgan Richter	Goucher	So.	Cleburne, Texas	William Kelsik	USMMA	So.	New Castle, Ind.
200 Fly	Morgan Richter	Goucher	So.	Cleburne, Texas	Josh Jepsen	USMMA	Fr.	San Diego, Calif.
100 Back	Kevin Lindgren	USMMA	Jr.	Palm City, Fla.	Caleb Capozella	Catholic	Sr.	Green Bay, Wis.
200 Back	Kevin Lindgren	USMMA	Jr.	Palm City, Fla.	Caleb Capozella	Catholic	Sr.	Green Bay, Wis.
100 Breast	Stone Hewitt	USMMA	Fr.	Destin, Fla.	John Hughes	Scranton	Sr.	Lancaster, Pa.
200 Breast	Stone Hewitt	USMMA	Fr.	Destin, Fla.	John Hughes	Scranton	Sr.	Lancaster, Pa.
200 FR	USMMA (Lindgren/Brice/Butt/McCormick)				Catholic (Grillo/Wagner/Haas/Cihak)
200 MR	USMMA (Lindgren/Hewitt/Rowan/Butt)				Catholic (Capozella/Cihak/Grillo/Wagner)
400 FR	USMMA (Lindgren/Butt/Brice/McCormick)				Catholic (Capozella/Wagner/Saccaggi/Cihak)
400 MR	USMMA (Lindgren/Hewitt/Rowan/McCormick)				Susquehanna (Cherry/Csakai/Stewart/Frazier)
800 FR	USMMA (McCormick/Brice/Butt/Kendall)				Susquehanna (Long/Stewart/Crumrine/Csakai)
1-m Dive	William Porter	USMMA	So.	Houston, Texas	Ryan Mavity	USMMA	Fr.	St. Joseph, Mich.
3-m Dive	William Porter	USMMA	So.	Houston, Texas	Ryan Mavity	USMMA	Fr.	St. Joseph, Mich.
	Women's First Team All-Landmark				Women's Second Team All-Landmark
50 Free	Julia Wisler	Catholic	Jr.	Phoenixville, Pa.	Cate Anlas	Marywood	Jr.	Belvidere, N.J.
100 Free	Julia Wisler	Catholic	Jr.	Phoenixville, Pa.	Christine Loughery	Catholic	Fr.	Havertown, Pa.
200 Free	Christine Loughery	Catholic	Fr.	Havertown, Pa.	Kyle Seaman	Susquehanna	Jr.	Moreland Hills, Ohio
500 Free	Joanna Ladas	Catholic	Sr.	Silver Spring, Md.	Mariel Schwinger	Drew	Sr.	Los Angeles, Calif.
1650 Free	Joanna Ladas	Catholic	Sr.	Silver Spring, Md.	Mariel Schwinger	Drew	Sr.	Los Angeles, Calif.
200 IM	Kelsey Lessard	Susquehanna	So.	Chestertown, Md.	Hillary Palmer	Juniata	Sr.	Fayetteville, Ga.
400 IM	Kelsey Lessard	Susquehanna	So.	Chestertown, Md.	Nicole Craver	Goucher	Jr.	Spring Grove, Pa.
100 Fly	Ashlee Weingarten	Susquehanna	Fr.	Hackettstown, N.J.	Erika Fimple	Juniata	Fr.	Drexel Hill, Pa.
200 Fly	Ashlee Weingarten	Susquehanna	Fr.	Hackettstown, N.J.	Erika Fimple	Juniata	Fr.	Drexel Hill, Pa.
100 Back	Hillary Palmer	Juniata	Sr.	Fayetteville, Ga.	Erin McElwee	Susquehanna	Fr.	Phoenixville, Pa.
200 Back	Lexi Cole	Susquehanna	Jr.	Danville, Pa.	Erin McElwee	Susquehanna	Fr.	Phoenixville, Pa.
100 Breast	Alexis Walsh	Scranton	Jr.	Hazlet, N.J.	Emily Olsen	USMMA	Sr.	Glenwood, N.J.
200 Breast	Paige Agnello	Scranton	Jr.	Bridgewater, N.J.	Alexis Walsh	Scranton	Jr.	Hazlet, N.J.
200 FR	Juniata (Palmer/Fimple/Cahn/Nye)				Marywood (Petersen/Barlow/Paterson/Anlas)
200 MR	Susquehanna (McElwee/Bornman/Weingarten/Doherty)				Juniata (Palmer/Nye/Fimple/Cahn)
400 FR	Juniata (Palmer/Fimple/Cahn/Nye)				Catholic (Ladas/Loughery/DiGiacinto/Wisler)
400 MR	Susquehanna (McElwee/Bornman/Weingarten/Seaman)				USMMA (Green/Boyson/White/Demet)
800 FR	Catholic (Ladas/Loughery/Malia/Wisler)				Susquehanna (Lessard/Stearns/Henderson/Seaman)
1-m Dive	Colleen Barry	Scranton	Jr.	Pembroke, Mass.	Katelyn Green	Scranton	Fr.	Sellersville, Pa.
3-m Dive	Elizabeth Jackson	USMMA	Jr.	Albany, Ga.	Heather Wimmer	Marywood	Jr.	Brackney, Pa.

 

All-Landmark (By Institution)
Men's First Team
Catholic:	Dominic Grillo (50 Free); Guido Saccaggi (500 Free, 1650 Free, 400 IM)
Goucher:	Morgan Richter (100 Fly, 200 Fly)
USMMA:	Alvaro Brice (200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay); Austin Butt (100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay); Stone Hewitt (100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay); Jordan Kendall (800 Free Relay); Kevin Lindgren (200 IM, 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay); Josh McCormick (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay); William Porter (1m Dive, 3m Dive); Hunter Rowan (200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
Men's Second Team
Catholic:	Caleb Capozella (200 IM, 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay); Joe Cihak (200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay); Dominic Grillo (200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay); Nick Haas (200 Free Relay); Guido Saccaggi (400 Free Relay); Matt Wagner (200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay)
Scranton:	John Hughes (100 Breast, 200 Breast)
Susquehanna:	Lucas Cherry (50 Free, 100 Free, 400 Medley Relay); Bill Crumrine (500 Free, 800 Free Relay); Daniel Csakai (400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay); Duncan Frazier (400 Medley Relay); Eric Lawrence (400 IM); Tyler Long (200 Free, 800 Free Relay); Jourdan Stewart (400 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay)
USMMA:	Jordan Cripe (1650 Free); Josh Jepsen (200 Fly); William Kelsik (100 Fly); Ryan Mavity (1m Dive, 3m Dive)
Women's First Team
Catholic:	Joanna Ladas (500 Free, 1650 Free, 800 Free Relay); Christine Loughery (200 Free, 800 Free Relay); Elizabeth Malia (800 Free Relay); Julia Wisler (50 Free, 100 Free; 800 Free Relay)
Juniata:	Tzvia Cahn (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay); Erika Fimple (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay); Emily Nye (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay); Hillary Palmer (100 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay)
Scranton:	Paige Agnello (200 Breast); Colleen Barry (3-m Dive); Alexis Walsh (100 Breast)
Susquehanna:	Alex Bornman (200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay); Lexi Cole (200 Back); Julia Doherty (200 Medley Relay); Kelsey Lessard (200 IM, 400 IM); Erin McElwee (200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay); Kyle Seaman (400 Medley Relay); Ashlee Weingarten (100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
USMMA:	Elizabeth Jackson (3m Dive)
Women's Second Team
Catholic:	Nicole DiGiacinto (400 Free Relay); Joanna Ladas (400 Free Relay); Christine Loughery (100 Free, 400 Free Relay); Julia Wisler (400 Free Relay)
Drew:	Mariel Schwinger (500 Free, 1650 Free)
Goucher:	Nicole Craver (400 IM)
Juniata:	Tzvia Cahn (200 Medley Relay); Erika Fimple (100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay); Emily Nye (200 Medley Relay); Hillary Palmer (200 IM, 200 Medley Relay)
Marywood:	Cate Anlas (50 Free, 200 Free Relay); Valerie Barlow (200 Free Relay); Katie Paterson (200 Free Relay); Kim Petersen (200 Free Relay); Heather Wimmer (3-m Dive)
Scranton:	Katelyn Green (1m Dive); Alexis Walsh (200 Breast)
Susquehanna:	Caroline Henderson (800 Free Relay); Kelsey Lessard (800 Free Relay); Erin McElwee (100 Back, 200 Back); Kyle Seaman (200 Free, 800 Free Relay); Valerie Stearns (800 Free Relay)
USMMA:	Emily Boyson (400 Medley Relay); Nina Demet (400 Medley Relay); Jolyn Green (400 Medley Relay); Emily Olsen (100 Breast); Jacqueline White (400 Medley Relay)