Randolph-Macon, Roanoke Round Out Top-Three
FOREST, Va. --- Eleven-time defending conference champion Washington and Lee University stands atop the ODAC Women's Swimming Coaches' Poll, picking up 121 points including 11 first place votes in the league's annual survey. Randolph-Macon College sits second with 109 points, while Roanoke College breaks into the top-three with 95 tallies including the remaining top nod as the Maroons embark on their second season of competition.
Three new squads added to the depth and quality of the women's swimming ranks and subsequent championship competition in 2017-18, but you wouldn't know it from watching Washington and Lee dominate at the Greensboro Aquatic Center last February. The Generals racked up 1,053.0 points after winning 12-of-13 individual events and all five relays to hoist their ODAC record 28th women's swimming trophy. Randolph-Macon finished second with 613.0 points, and Bridgewater College out-paced Emory & Henry College, 365.0 to 337.0, to place third.
Five records fell over the three days of competition, which was quite an achievement considering 20 new benchmarks were established at the 2017 championships. W&L's Mattie Grant and Emily Hageboeck, who went on to secure ODAC Rookie and ODAC Swimmer of the Year laurels, set championship and ODAC overall records in the 1,650-freestyle (17:30.94) and 200-breaststroke (2:16.81), respectively. The Generals 400-medley relay team of Ashley Johnston, Hageboeck, Ali MacQueen, and Elle Chancey set a new championship record (3:48.18).
RELATED: 2018 ODAC Championship Results | ODAC Record Book
Washington and Lee's success continued at the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., as 13 Generals including eight women's swimmers competed over four days. Each student-athlete took home at least one Honorable Mention All-American award. Hageboeck highlighted the contingent as she broke her own ODAC record in the 400-IM (4:29.18) and finished seventh in the 200-breaststroke (2:18.41) to earn First Team All-America recognition.
RELATED: NCAA Championship Results | ODAC Championship Release
The combination of another year's worth of high-quality recruiting and a strong crop of talented returners could see unprecedented levels of success in ODAC waters in 2018-19. In fact, 31 of the 35 All-ODAC honorees return to league rosters including every member of the 14-woman All-ODAC First Team and each athlete that won an event at the ODAC Championships.
The Generals lead that charge with 16-of-18 overall honorees and all 10 of their first team qualifiers back in Lexington. Kelly Amar, Chancey, Taylor Ecleberry, Grant, Hageboeck, Johnston, and MacQueen won at least one event in Greensboro in 2018, while Katherine Degner, Hannah Freibert, and Jordan Watson earned their top-billings with second place finishes.
Randolph-Macon welcomes back all nine of its All-ODAC standouts including three from the first team. That latter group is made up of Kata Kylliainen, Kacey Pool, and Laney Sanchez. The remaining first team returner dons Roanoke colors. Reilly Bird was the only non-Washington and Lee swimmer to win an individual event at last year's championships.
RELATED: 2018 All-ODAC Swimming Awards
The Greensboro Aquatic Center will again be home to the ODAC Championships in 2019. This season's event is scheduled for February 15-17. The GAC and the ODAC in conjunction with the Greensboro Sports Commission have the added privilege of hosting the 2019 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships. That four-day affair is set for March 20-23.
Listed below is the 2018-19 ODAC Women's Swimming Coaches' Poll as well as preview capsules for each of the ODAC women's swimming programs. You can also tune in to a preview interview with Roanoke head coach Scott Thacker. For more information on ODAC women's swimming, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com. Don't forget to become a fan of the ODAC on Facebook and follow @odacathletics on Twitter and Instagram.
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2018-19 Poll Position: 4th Head Coach: Gwynn Harrison Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: Kelley Hilliker Third Team: Emma Daw, Rachael King 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 3rd | 365.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 400 IM: Kelley Hilliker | 4th | 4:50.02 * 100 Butterfly: Emma Daw | 5th | 1:00.25 * 200 Back: Kelley Hilliker | 5th | 2:12.83 * 100 Back: Kelley Hilliker | 5th | 1:00.94 * 200 Butterfly: Rachael King | 5th | 2:15.89 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 5th Head Coach: Cody Skinner Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: Olivia Anson Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 4th | 337.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 100 Breastroke: Brianna Chessock | 3rd | 1:06.74 400 IM: Holly Roth | 3rd | 4:49.34 100 Free: Olivia Anson | 4th | 0:53.87 * 200 Breaststroke: Brianna Chessock | 4th | 2:26.88 50 Free: Olivia Anson | 5th | 0:24.72 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 10th Head Coach: Margaret Parcell Bisnett Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: None Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 9th | 87.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 200 Butterfly: Katie Shoaf | 10th | 2:29.39 * 100 Butterfly: Kaite Shoaf | 13th | 1:05.73 * 400 IM: Kylie Patrick | 14th | 5:32.27 1650 Free: Shannon Johnson | 18th | 22:44.42 1650 Free: Courtney Moyer | 19th | 23:18.28 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 11th Head Coach: Jim Sheridan Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: None Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 8th | 118.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 200 Back: Jurnee Dutremble | 10th | 2:19.70 400 IM: Lauren Spencer | 10th | 5:08.04 * 200 Butterfly: Lauren Spencer | 11th | 2:34.01 * 100 Back: Jurnee Dutremble | 12th | 1:04.62 200 Back: Lauren Spencer | 12th | 2:23.05 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 12th Head Coach: Bradley Herndon Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: None Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 12th | 40.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 100 Free: Carolyn O'Halloran | 10th | 0:57.51 * 50 Free: Carolyn O'Halloran | 13th | 0:26.57 * 200 Free: Carolyn O'Halloran | 15th | 2:09.79 * 200 Breaststroke: Isabel Gutierrez | 16th | 2:56.34 100 Breaststroke: Isabel Gutierrez | 18th | 1:20.91 100 Back: Isabel Gutierrez | 18th | 1:11.90 |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 6th Head Coach: Patrick Richardson Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: None Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 6th | 190.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 100 Breaststroke: Hanna DeVarona | 8th | 1:09.57 * 200 Breaststroke: Hanna DeVarona | 8th | 2:33.43 * 200 Butterfly: Maya Schattgen | 9th | 2:28.53 * 100 Butterfly: Maya Schattgen | 10th | 1:02.42 * 100 Back: Grace Davis | 14th | 1:08.34 200 Back: Grace Davis | 14th | 2:28.06 200 Butterfly: Grace Davis | 14th | 2:51.75 100 Free: Emily Miehlke | 14th | 0:59.44 * 200 Free: Alex Sanchez | 14th | 2:08.81 |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 9th Head Coach: Taylor Steele Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: None Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 11th | 52.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 200 Breaststroke: Georgia LeGrand-Carney | 26th | 4:07.57 100 Back: Shelby Lutz | 26th | 1:35.20 50 Free: Leah Dorman | 27th | 0:31.33 * 200 Free: Golden Dennison | 28th | 2:57.73 * 100 Breaststroke: Georgia LeGrand-Carney | 28th | 1:54.03 100 Back: Tabitha Stone | 28th | 1:57.65 |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 2nd Head Coach: Brent Kintzer Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: Kata Kylliainen, Kacey Pool, Laney Sanchez Second Team: Natalia Perdomo Third Team: Abigail Crank, Lindsei Hamilton, Grace Landolt, Lauren McCoy, Haylie Moore 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 2nd | 613.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 1650 Free: Kata Kylliainen | 2nd | 17:43.39 * 200 Back: Kacey Pool | 2nd | 2:08.19 * 400 IM: Laney Sanchez | 2nd | 4:47.84 * 500 Free: Kata Kylliainen | 3rd | 5:10.00 * 100 Butterfly: Natalia Perdomo | 3rd | 0:59.19 * 200 Butterfly: Natalia Perdomo | 3rd | 2:11.01 * 100 Back: Kacey Pool | 3rd | 1:00.40 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 3rd Head Coach: Scott Thacker Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: Reilly Bird Second Team: None Third Team: Sarah Virginia Scott 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 5th | 294.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 100 Back: Reilly Bird | 1st | 0:57.57 * 50 Free: Reilly Bird | 3rd | 0:23.97 * 100 Free: Reilly Bird | 5th | 0:53.91 * 200 Breaststroke: Sarah Virginia Scott | 6th | 2:30.75 * 1650 Free: Hannah Sells | 7th | 18:49.01 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 8th Head Coach: Jerry Diamond Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: None Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 7th | 120.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 200 Back: Sarah Ahson | 9th | 2:19.34 * 100 Back: Sarah Ahson | 11th | 1:03.82 * 50 Free: Sarah Ahson | 14th | 0:27.48 * 100 Butterfly: Sarah Cahoone | 15th | 1:13.78 400 IM: Theresa Carriveau | 15th | 5:41.05 * 50 Free: Lauren Graham | 15th | 0:27.60 * 200 Butterfly: Dharma Kear | 15th | 2:52.25 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 7th Head Coach: Mike Ginder Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: None Second Team: None Third Team: None 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 10th | 86.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 100 Butterfly: Alex Ghazaleh | 18th | 1:37.59 200 IM: Hayley Heath | 19th | 2:42.10 * 100 Breaststroke: Amanda Waller | 19th | 1:21.68 * 200 Breaststroke: Amanda Waller | 19th | 3:00.46 * 1650 Free: Taylor Morich | 20th | 24:04.88 * |
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2018-19 Poll Position: 1st Head Coach: Kami Gardner Returning All-ODAC Swimmers First Team: Kelly Amar, Elle Chancey, Katherine Degner, Taylor Ecleberry, Hannah Freibert, Mattie Grant, Emily Hageboeck, Ashley Johnston, Ali MacQueen, Jordan Watson Second Team: Bridget Bartley, Caroline Florence, Rebekah Irwin, Olivia Lamb, Olivia Luzzio Third Team: Tori Hester 2018 ODAC Champs Finish: 1st | 1,053.0 pts. 2018 ODAC Champs | Top-5 Individual Performances 50 Free: Elle Chancey | 1st | 0:23.87 * 100 Free: Elle Chancey | 1st | 0:51.80 * 200 Free: Elle Chancey | 1st | 1:52.87 * 500 Free: Mattie Grant | 1st | 5:04.91 * 1650 Free: Mattie Grant | 1st | 17:30.94 * 200 IM: Emily Hageboeck | 1st | 2:06.93 * 400 IM: Taylor Ecleberry | 1st | 4:38.19 * 200 Back: Ashley Johnston | 1st | 2:05.83 * 100 Breaststroke: Emily Hageboeck | 1st | 1:04.01 * 200 Breaststroke: Emily Hageboeck | 1st | 2:16.81 * 100 Butterfly: Ali MacQueen | 1st | 0:55.47 * 200 Butterfly: Kelly Amar | 1st | 2:07.14 * |