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| My cuts and records spreadsheet after the weekend |
After three long days, the 2013 NWC Championships are over. The men were second for the second year in a row and the women were third for the second year in a row, just four points behind second place. Twenty school records were broken, four meet records were broken, and one conference record was broken. Four of our individuals made NCAA "B" cuts: Claire Collins in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, Paul Chang in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, Genay Pilarowski in the 100 breaststroke, Galen Sollom-Brotherton in the 500 freestyle, 400 IM and 1650 freestyle, and Karl Mering in the 50 and 100 freestle. Our men also made B cuts in the 800 free relay and 400 medley relay--and the 400 medley relay posted a time that is faster than the 16th place invited time from 2012.
Our men won 10 events in total: Karl Mering won the 50, and 100 freestyle, and the 100 butterfly. He set school records in all of those events and made B cuts in both freestyle races with his times of 20.87 and 45.46 His 48.59 in the 100 butterfly set a new conference record and is currently the fastest 100 butterfly in DIII swimming. Galen Sollom-Brotherton won each of his individuals as well and met B cuts in all three: the 500 free, 400 IM, and 1650 free. Paul Chang won the men's 100 breaststroke with a school record and a B cut as well with his exceptional 57.53. The men's 800 free relay of Galen Sollom-Brotherton, Sam Starr, Kevin O'Leary, and Karl Mering won first easily with a B cut time of 6:50.15. Sollom-Brotherton, Starr, Mering and Chang combined forces for both the 400 medley and 400 freestyle relays as well. Both of them won and set Meet records in the process.
Claire Collins was the only individual event winner for our Women's team. She won the 200 IM on Friday night with a school record swim of 2:09.32.
