Delaware Swimming and Diving Men Place 13th in Final Mid-Major Poll, Women Receive Votes
March 17, 2011
Photos Courtesy of UD Media Services
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SOMERS, Wis. - - The final 2010-11 CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major poll was released on Tuesday, and again both the University of Delaware men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams moved up in the standings following their performances at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships late last month.
After finishing third in the CAA Championships, the men moved up three spots from the previous poll, finishing 13th with 237.9 points. The women gained nearly 12 points from the previous poll, as they finished just outside the top 25, receiving 236.0 points.
The top CAA vote getters for the men was UNC-Wilmington with an 11th place finish, beating the Blue Hens by a mere 0.6 points. Towson moved up an impressive nine spots, all the way to second place on the women’s side. James Madison jumped from 25th to fourth in a single poll as well on for the women. UNC-Wilmington, and William & Mary were also above Delaware in the final poll for the women.
At the CAA Championships, their relay teams led the men once again. For the fourth year in a row, the Blue Hens came home with the 400-yard freestyle relay championship and claimed second in the 200 and 400-yard medley relay events. Individually, Ryan Roberts won the 200-yard backstroke event, while the team had three top-five finishers in the 200-yard backstroke and the 100-yard breaststroke events. The team finished third for the fourth year in a row.
Michael Wodoslawsky, Ross Buckwalter (above right) and Zach Schiavo all competed at the Indianapolis Grand Prix and the NCAA Last Chance Qualifier and were all NCAA “B” Cut Qualifiers throughout the year. The 200 and 800-yard freestyle relay teams also made the “B” cut for the NCAA National Championships, but were not selected to compete in the national tournament.
The women finished the season 8-6 in dual meet competition, and came in seventh at the CAA Championships for the second year in a row. Courtney Raw and Erika Bilenki both placed fourth at the CAA Championships, finishing as the top individual performers for the Blue Hens. Bilkeni came in fourth in the 1-meter diving event while Raw placed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke event.
The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Stephanie Dodd, Cortney Barry, Meghan Barber, and Donna Healy touched home in fifth to round out the CAA Top 5 Finishers for the women.
It is the second straight year the Princetion University women’s swimming and diving team, champions of the Ivy League, have been crowned the CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Dual Meet Champions. On the men’s side, the United State Naval Academy, winners of the Patriot League, claimes their third title since the 2008-09 season. Princeton’s men’s team finished second behind the Midshipmen.
The Mid-Major rankings use an objective point system to compare teams' relative strength in a traditional dual meet lineup as submitted by participating teams. The ranking is available to those institutions that a) are not members of a BCS conference or Mountain West Conference, or b) provide less than one-half of the allowable scholarships under the NCAA rules. Teams must have submitted entries in at least two polling periods to be eligible for the final ranking.
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TYR/CSCAA Mid-Major Division I Swimming and Diving Final 2010-11 Dual Meet Rankings
Men’s Rankings Top 15:
1 – Navy (261.7); 2 – Princeton (258.2); 3 – Cal State Bakersfield (255.8); 4 – Denver (249.9); 5 – Western Kentucky (248.9); 6 – Harvard (248.7); 7 – Columbia (248.2); 8 – Oakland (248.1); 9 – Eastern Michigan (247.5); 10 – Cleveland State (240.9); 11 – UNC Wilmington (238.5); 12 – Cal Poly (238.1); 13 – Delaware (237.9); 14 – Massachusetts (237.9); 15 – Dartmouth (237.7).
Women’s Rankings Top 10:
1 – Princeton (263.7); 2 – Towson (261.5); 3 – Miami (Ohio) (257.9); 4 – James Madison (257.5); 5 – Harvard (257.2); 6 – Toledo (255.8); 7 – Denver (253.9); UC-Davis (253.8); 9 – Western Kentucky (253.2); 10 – Oakland (252.7)… Also receiving votes: Davidson (241.7); UMBC (240.9); Fordham (238.8); Cleveland State (238.6); William & Mary (238.4); Missouri State (236.8); Delaware (236.0).
