BABSON PARK, Mass. (March 3, 2011) – For the third time in five years, the Mount Holyoke College women's swimming and diving team has earned the NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award. The league office recently announced all of its postseason award winners for the 2010-11 season. Mount Holyoke also received the Sportsmanship Award in 2007 and 2008.
After leading MIT to its first ever NEWMAC Championship, Dawn Dill was named the league's Coach of the Year. Clark University's Laura O'Tell was tabbed as the NEWMAC Diving Coach of the Year after helping junior Eileen Garcia sweep both boards at the Championship meet for the second year in a row. As a result of her performance, Garcia repeated as NEWMAC Diver of the Year. Following the Championship, Springfield College's Kellie Pennington was voted as the Swimmer and Rookie of the Year by the league's coaches. The first year won three individual events and also figured in on a pair of relay victories.
Mount Holyoke closed out its 2010-11 campaign with a dual meet record of 5-3. The Lyons hosted the NEWMAC Championship from February 18-20.
2010-11 NEWMAC Women's Swimming and Diving All-Conference Teams and Award Winners
NEWMAC Swimmer of the Year: Kellie Pennington, Springfield
NEWMAC Rookie of the Year: Kellie Pennington, Springfield
NEWMAC Diver of the Year: Eileen Garcia, Clark
NEWMAC Coach of the Year: Dawn Dill, MIT
NEWMAC Diving Coach of the Year: Laura O'Tell, Clark
NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award: Mount Holyoke College
Final Team Standings
1. MIT – 917.5
2. Springfield College – 894.5
3. Coast Guard Academy – 446
4. Wheaton College – 359.5
5. Wellesley College – 340
6. Clark University – 299.5
7. WPI – 202
8. Smith College – 188
9. Babson College – 115
10. Mount Holyoke College – 113
All-Conference Teams
(Event Winners Earn First Team All-Conference)
| Event |
First Team | Second Team |
| 200-yard Freestyle Relay | Kellie Pennington, Jaclyn Van Waalwijk, Caroline Kosciusko, Kaitlin Reilly (Springfield) – 1:35.10 !& |
Christy Rogers, Katelyn Rossick, Nicole Wang, Elina Hu (MIT) – 1:36.76 & |
| 500-yard Freestyle | Kimberly Shadwick (Coast Guard) – 5:00.71 & | Keelin Nave (Wellesley) – 5:04.88 & |
| 200-yard Individual Medley | Anna Kokensparger (MIT) – 2:04.99 & | Katelyn Rossick (MIT) - 2:08.73 & |
| 50-yard Freestyle | Kellie Pennington (Springfield) - 23.60 & | Dania Piscetta (Wheaton) – 24.07 & |
| 400-yard Medley Relay | Christy Rogers, Morganne Klein, Anna Kokensparger, Elina Hu (MIT) – 3:52.60 !& |
Elle Van Cott, Nicole Zais, Taryn Brosnan, Dania Piscetta (Wheaton) – 3:59.52 |
| One-meter Diving | Eileen Garcia (Clark) – 476.00 & | Jennifer Thompson (Springfield) - 457.65 |
| 200-yard Medley Relay | Christy Rogers, Calley Murphy, Anna Kokensparger, Elina Hu (MIT) – 1:45.91 & |
Kerry Lynch, Janella Cuyler, Kaitlin Reilly, Kellie Pennington (Springfield) – 1:46.69 & |
| 400-yard Individual Medley | Katelyn Rossick (MIT) – 4:29.45 !^& | Alexandra Hall (MIT) – 4:37.89 |
| 100-yard Butterfly | Kellie Pennington (Springfield) – 56:54 & | Anna Kokensparger (MIT) – 57.14 & |
| 200-yard Freestyle | Heidi Gayman (Coast Guard) – 1:53.00 & | Kimberly Shadwick (Coast Guard) – 1:53.75 |
| 100-yard Breaststroke | Morganne Klein (MIT) – 1:05.31 & | Nicole Zais (Wheaton) – 1:06.82 |
| 100-yard Backstroke | Christy Rogers (MIT) – 57.51 & | Kathryn Greskoff (MIT) – 59.49 |
| 800-yard Freestyle Relay | Joanna Yeh, Sydney Giblin, Katelyn Rossick, Anna Kokensparger (MIT) – 7:35.86 !^& |
Kellie Pennington, Aimee Doe, Kaitlin Reilly, Caroline Kosciusko (Springfield) – 7:39.98 & |
| 1,650-yard Freestyle | Kimberly Shadwick (Coast Guard) – 17:13.53 & | Meghan Sisson (MIT) – 17:31.49 & |
| 200-yard Backstroke | Katelyn Rossick (MIT) – 2:06.18 & | Christy Rogers (MIT) – 2:06.64 & |
| 100-yard Freestyle | Kellie Pennington (Springfield) – 50.89 !^@ | Heidi Gayman (Coast Guard) – 52.14 & |
| 200-yard Breaststroke | Nicole Zais (Wheaton) – 2:22.96 & | Morganne Klein (MIT) – 2:23.15 |
| 200-yard Butterfly | Joanna Yeh (MIT) – 2:08.36 & | Anna Kokensparger (MIT) – 2:08.80 |
| 400-yard Freestyle Relay | Kaitlin Reilly, Aimee Doe, Caroline Kosciusko, Kellie Pennington (Springfield) – 3:29.68 !^& |
Joanna Yeh, Sydney Giblin, Elina Hu, Anna Kokensparger (MIT) – 3:30.40 & |
| Three-meter Diving | Eileen Garcia (Clark) – 531.65 | Beth Stavely (MIT) – 479.70 |
! - NEWMAC Championship record
^ - NEWMAC Open record
@ - NCAA "A" standard
& - NCAA "B" standard
