SAU wins third straight LAC Championships
St. Ambrose cruised to its third straight Liberal Arts Conference Championships on both the men's and women's side when the four-day event wrapped up in Mount Pleasant, Wis., Saturday.
The men piled up 670 points to easily outdistance the rest of the field. Illinois Tech was second with 475 points. Milwaukee School of Engineering (389), Asbury (249) and Minnesota Morris (188) rounded out the field.
The Bee women were equally as dominant. SAU finished with 606 points. Asbury was second with 410 points. Minnesota Morris (374), Illinois Tech (280) and Milwaukee School of Engineering (163) completed the standings.
Leyre Antonanzas was named Women's Swimmer of the Championships after winning six golds. She won individual conference crowns in the 200-yard individual medley, 400-yard individual medley and 200-yard backstroke. She was also a member of the first-place 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.
For the second straight year, Rob Miecznikowski was named the league's Women's Coach of the Championships. Miecznikowski led his women to a total of nine individual conference championships.
Antonanzas won three titles and Bryn Kiley (200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle) and Bridget O'Grady (100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke) each won two championships. Irene Artabe won the 100-yard butterfly and Grace Bobeldyk won the 1650-yard freestyle.
The Bee women also won four relays - 200-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relays.
The St. Ambrose men won eight individual titles. Jonas Friess matched Antonanzas with three individual crowns. He won the 200-yard, 500-yard and 1650-yard freestyle events. Marat Usov won both the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medleys. Cory Werrett (100-yard breaststroke), Luke Thomas (200-yard breaststroke) and Bram Mess (1-meter diving) also had first-place finishes.
The SAU men also swept the five relays, taking the 200-yard, 400-yard and 800-yard freestyle relays, and the 200-yard and 400-yard medley relays.
The top three performers in all individual events and the top-three performances by relay teams were named to the All-Championship Team.
Women's results
800 free relay: 1-Bryn Kiley, Grace Bobeldyk, Leyre Antonanzas, Sophia Ewanic (7:54.62); 4-Kennedy Capman, Riley Loeffler, Madeline Piper, Annaliese Bowser (8:22.26); 6-Amber Warak, Emily Henson, Sarah Priewe, Alexis Hill (8:50.39)
200 free relay: 2-Anna Gute, Ruthie Gemmen, Irene Artabe, Bryn Kiley (1:39.45); 5-Rylie Steinkamp, Amber Warak, Riley Loeffler, Kate Henson (1:45.56); 7-Sarah Priewe, Hannah Blackmore, Tessa Stephens, Emily Henson (1:55.21)
500 free: Finals: 1-Bryn Kiley (A-5:13.91); 2-Grace Bobeldyk (A-5:15.34); 4-Annaliese Bowser (A-5:23.19) | Prelims: 1-Bryn Kiley (5:15.73), 2-Grace Bobeldyk (5:20.64); 3-Annaliese Bowser (5:24.52)
200 IM: Finals: 1-Leyre Antonanzas (A-2:08.92); 2-Irene Artabe (A-2:13.05); 6-Kennedy Capman (A-2:20.78); 10-Riley Loeffler (B-2:24.06) | Prelims: 1-Leyre Antonanzas (2:09.25); 2-Irene Artabe (2:14.09); 3-Kennedy Capman (2:19.10); 11-Riley Loeffler (2:23.76); 15-Amber Warak (2:29.94); Hannah Blackmore (2:44.26); Tessa Stephens (2:51.92)
50 free: Finals: 2-Anna Gute (A-24.19); 9-Ruthie Gemmen (B-25.54); 12-Rylie Steinkamp (B-27.20) | Prelims: 2-Anna Gute (24.55); 7-Ruthie Gemmen (25.24); 12-Rylie Steinkamp (26.18); 13-Kate Henson (26.54); 14-Madeline Piper (26.60); 20-Alexis Hill (27.28); 21-Emily Henson (27.57); 22-Sarah Priewe (28.01); Sylvia Zipperer (28.29)
400 medley relay: 1-Irene Artabe, Bridget O'Grady, Ruthie Gemmen, Anna Gute (3:58.17); 3-Sophia Ewanic, Kate Henson, Grace Bobeldyk, Bryn Kiley (4:05.93); 6-Riley Loeffler, Kennedy Capman, Alexis Hill, Rylie Steinkamp (4:18.50)
400 IM: Finals: 1-Leyre Antonanzas (A-4:36.49) | Prelims: 1-Leyre Antonanzas (4:39.37)
100 fly: Finals: 1-Irene Artabe (A-59.39); 3-Ruthie Gemmen (A-1:01.32); 8-Emily Henson (B-1:05.87); 10-Alexis Hill (B-1:06.04); 11-Amber Warak (B-1:09.75) | Prelims: 2-Irene Artabe (58.85); 4-Ruthie Gemmen (1:00.78); 8-Alexis Hill (1:05.39); 10-Emily Henson (1:06.01); 11-Amber Warak (1:08.77)
200 free: Finals: 1-Bryn Kiley (A-1:57.60); 2-Grace Bobeldyk (A-1:59.40); 6-Madeline Piper (A-2:03.79); 7-Annaliese Bowser (B-2:04.29) | Prelims: 1-Bryn Kiley (1:58.21); 2-Grace Bobeldyk (1:59.88); 4-Madeline Piper (2:03.40); 7-Annaliese Bowser (2:05.52); 15-Sarah Priewe (2:13.40)
100 breast: Finals: 1-Bridget O'Grady (A-1:05.39); 2-Kate Henson (A-1:07.72); 4-Kennedy Capman (A-1:09.31); 9-Rylie Steinkamp (B-1:16.88) | Prelims: 1-Bridget O'Grady (1:05.77); 2-Kennedy Capman (1:08.26); 3-Kate Henson (1:08.61); 9-Rylie Steinkamp (1:16.50); Sylvia Zipperer (1:16.83); Hannah Blackmore (1:22.28)
100 back: Finals: 3-Anna Gute (A-1:01.61); 4-Sophia Ewanic (A-1:02.00); 7-Riley Loeffler (B-1:04.62) | Prelims: 3-Anna Gute (1:02.08); 4-Sophia Ewanic (1:02.53); 8-Riley Loeffler (1:05.69); Tessa Stephens (1:17.71)
200 medley relay: 1-Irene Artabe, Bridget O'Grady, Leyre Antonanzas, Anna Gute (1:49.04); 4-Sophia Ewanic, Kennedy Capman, Ruthie Gemmen, Rylie Steinkamp (1:53.37); 6-Riley Loeffler, Kate Henson, Alexis Hill, Madeline Piper (1:56.70)
1650 free: 1-Grace Bobeldyk (18:16.78); 2-Annaliese Bowser (18:30.71)
200 back: Finals: 1-Leyre Antonanzas (A-2:08.02); 2-Sophia Ewanic (A-2:10.34); 5-Riley Loeffler (A-2:18.04) | Prelims: 1-Leyre Antonanzas (2:08.99); 2-Sophia Ewanic (2:12.94); 6-Riley Loeffler (2:20.49); Tessa Stephens (2:43.77)
100 free: Finals: 2-Anna Gute (A-53.74); 4-Bryn Kiley (A-54.82); 12-Madeline Piper (B-58.04) | Prelims: 2-Anna Gute (54.39); 3-Bryn Kiley (54.55); 12-Madeline Piper (57.88); 13-Rylie Steinkamp (57.96); 15-Alexis Hill (58.83); 18-Amber Warak (59.80); 21-Sarah Priewe (1:02.12)
200 breast: Finals: 1-Bridget O'Grady (A-2:26.37); 3-Kennedy Capman (A-2:28.90); 4-Kate Henson (A-2:35.20) | Prelims: 1-Bridget O'Grady (2:27.42); 2-Kennedy Capman (2:29.20); 4-Kate Henson (2:30.24); Sylvia Zipperer (2:51.87); Hannah Blackmore (3:03.82)
200 fly: Finals: 3-Emily Henson (2:28.65) | Prelims: 3-Emily Henson (2:29.43)
1m diving: 2-Ruthie Gemmen (278.05); 3-Sophia Ewanic (266.55); 4-Irene Artabe (222.60)
400 free relay: 1-Anna Gute, Leyre Antonanzas, Grace Bobeldyk, Bryn Kiley (3:36.38); 5-Ruthie Gemmen, Rylie Steinkamp, Madeline Piper, Sophia Ewanic (3:49.80); 8-Amber Warak, Annaliese Bowser, Sarah Priewe, Sylvia Zipperer (4:02.65)
Men's results
800 free relay: 1-Juan Gomez, Marat Usov, Jayden Coetzer, Jonas Friess (6:49.96); 3-Benny Zarhin, Brett Jones, Panagiotis Pappous, Thomas Noller (7:04.90); 6-Luke Sproule, Ryan Safta, Vincent Meo, Gonzalo Saenz (7:18.38)
200 free relay: 1-Brett Jones, Carter Gaber, Riley Stevenson, Cory Werrett (1:21.93); 4-Carter Prull, Panagiotis Pappous, Gavin Hopewell, Benny Zarhin (1:25.47); 6-Luke Thomas, Gonzalo Saenz, Henry Van Dyke, Lucas Ascua (1:27.47)
500 free: Finals: 1-Jonas Friess (A-4:36.77); 3-Juan Gomez (A-4:49.28); 5-Luke Sproule (A-4:53.01) | Prelims: 2-Juan Gomez (4:43.12); 3-Jonas Friess (4:45.97); 5-Luke Sproule (4:55.86); Vincent Meo (5:01.66); Joseph Blasen (5:11.57)
200 IM: Finals: 1-Marat Usov (A-1:52.57); 3-Jayden Coetzer (A-1:55.51); 4-Luke Thomas (A-1:55.93); 6-Thomas Noller (A-2:01.03); 7-Sebastian Pereira (B-1:58.66); 10-Michael Taylor (B-2:01.40) | Prelims: 1-Marat Usov (1:56.52); 2-Luke Thomas (1:56.86); 4-Jayden Coetzer (1:57.13); 6-Thomas Noller (2:01.66); 9-Michael Taylor (2:02.23); 11-Sebastian Pereira (2:02.85); Walter De Jongh (2:02.74); David Schneider (2:05.77); Khalil Ruiz (2:06.98); Nathan Calhoun (2:08.20); Tate Kuennen (2:09.98)
50 free: Finals: 2-Cory Werrett (A-20.46); 3-Brett Jones (A-20.95); 4-Riley Stevenson (A-21.06); 6-Carter Gaber (A-21.24); 8-Carter Prull (B-21.55); 11-Panagiotis Pappous (B-21.80) | Prelims: 2-Cory Werrett (20.72); 3-Riley Stevenson (20.99); 4-Carter Gaber (21.08); 5-Brett Jones (21.10); 9-Panagiotis Pappous (21.31); 12-Carter Prull (21.50); 18-Gavin Hopewell (21.81); 19-Benny Zarhin (21.88); Gonzalo Saenz (22.14); Henry Van Dyke (22.68); Lucas Ascua (22.82); Ryan Safta (23.43); Nathan Anderson (23.54)
1m diving: 1-Bram Mess (333.95); 4-Lane Otte (297.25)
400 medley relay: 1-Jayden Coetzer, Cory Werrett, Riley Stevenson, Jonas Friess (3:21.26); 5-Gavin Hopewell, Thomas Noller, Juan Gomez, Marat Usov (3:31.41); 6-Carter Gaber, Luke Thomas, Sebastian Pereira, Carter Prull (3:31.49)
400 IM: Finals: 1-Marat Usov (A-4:02.87); 2-Luke Sproule (A-4:15.44); 8-Michael Taylor (B-4:24.22) | Prelims: 1-Marat Usov (4:16.93); 2-Luke Sproule (4:18.40); 8-Michael Taylor (4:24.81)
100 fly: Finals: 5-Riley Stevenson (A-51.03); 8-Sebastian Pereira (B-52.25) | Prelims: 3-Riley Stevenson (51.28); 8-Sebastian Pereira (52.50); Walter De Jongh (53.51); Khalil Ruiz (54.74); Vincent Meo (55.04); Tate Kuennen (55.65)
200 free: Finals: 1-Jonas Friess (A-1:39.81); 4-Benny Zarhin (A-1:45.12); 5-Juan Gomez (A-1:48.56); 6-Brett Jones (A-1:48.91); 9-Thomas Noller (B-1:48.87); 12-Panagiotis Pappous (B-2:04.61) | Prelims: 1-Brett Jones (1:42.88); 2-Jonas Friess (1:43.16); 4-Juan Gomez (1:44.12); 6-Benny Zarhin (1:45.00); 8-Panagiotis Pappous (1:45.89); 10-Thomas Noller (1:48.37)
100 breast: Finals: 1-Cory Werrett (A-55.47); 2-Luke Thomas (A-57.08) | Prelims: 1-Luke Thomas (57.97); 3-Cory Werrett (58.63); Joseph Blasen (1:01.64); Nathan Calhoun (1:02.52); Lucas Ascua (1:03.50)
100 back: Finals: 2-Jayden Coetzer (A-50.49); 6-Gavin Hopewell (A-52.73); 7-Carter Gaber (B-52.84); 9-Carter Prull (B-54.19) | Prelims: 2-Jayden Coetzer (50.95); 5-Gavin Hopewell (52.67); 7-Carter Gaber (53.14); 9-Carter Prull (54.63); Ryan Safta (53.37); Gonzalo Saenz (54.14); Nathan Anderson (54.91); David Schneider (57.10); Henry Van Dyke (1:03.00)
200 medley relay: 1-Jayden Coetzer, Cory Werrett, Riley Stevenson, Carter Gaber (1:32.18); 5-Carter Prull, Luke Thomas, Sebastian Pereira, Brett Jones (1:35.80); 6-Gavin Hopewell, Thomas Noller, Juan Gomez, Panagiotis Pappous (1:36.69)
1650 free: 1-Jonas Friess (16:15.15); Vincent Meo (17:47.63)
200 back: Finals: 2-Jayden Coetzer (A-1:50.37); 4-Gavin Hopewell (A-1:56.44); 9-Michael Taylor (B-2:01.58) | Prelims: 1-Jayden Coetzer (1:54.45); 4-Gavin Hopewell (1:56.95); 9-Michael Taylor (2:01.48); David Schneider (1:59.62); Nathan Anderson (2:06.11); Ryan Safta (2:18.99)
100 free: Finals: 2-Brett Jones (A-45.92); 3-Panagiotis Pappous (A-46.37); 6-Riley Stevenson (A-53.38); 8-Benny Zarhin (B-47.53); 11-Carter Prull (B-46.68); 12-Carter Gaber (B-57.72) | Prelims: 2-Brett Jones (45.76); 3-Riley Stevenson (46.49); 4-Panagiotis Pappous (46.50); 7-Carter Gaber (46.98); 11-Benny Zarhin (47.50); 12-Carter Prull (47.78); 17-Thomas Noller (49.02); 19-Sebastian Pereira (49.43); Gonzalo Saenz (47.92); Henry Van Dyke (49.67); Lucas Ascua (49.75)
200 breast: Finals: 1-Luke Thomas (A-2:03.11); 2-Cory Werrett (A-2:06.23) | Prelims: 1-Luke Thomas (2:05.01); 3-Cory Werrett (2:09.77); Joseph Blasen (2:13.29); Nathan Calhoun (2:20.54)
200 fly: Finals: 2-Juan Gomez (1:52.34); 4-Marat Usov (1:53.88); 6-Luke Sproule (1:59.75) | Prelims: 1-Juan Gomez (1:54.16); 2-Marat Usov (1:54.97); 6-Luke Sproule (2:01.93); Walter De Jongh (2:01.28); Khalil Ruiz (2:02.82); Tate Kuennen (2:03.48)
400 free relay: 1-Brett Jones, Panagiotis Pappous, Cory Werrett, Jonas Friess (3:02.37); 4-Riley Stevenson, Carter Prull, Benny Zarhin, Carter Gaber (3:08.10); 8-Gonzalo Saenz, Henry Van Dyke, Vincent Meo, Michael Taylor (3:17.35)