NEWS RELEASE - 03/08/04

Men 2nd, Women 4th at Nationals
Coach Paskvan Honored

FT. PIERCE, FL. - The Lincoln College men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed in the NJCAA National Tournament March 3-6. The men placed 2nd behind Indian River Community College in Florida who led the scoring with 277 points. The Lynx had 138 points for the meet and placed ahead of 9 other teams.

The women's team placed 4th of 12 teams scoring 234 points for the tournament. Indian River Community College also placed first for the women's division posting 606.5 points for the meet.

Coach Aaron Paskvan was also named Diving Coach of the meet.

Top performers for the Lynx were TJ Rietveld, who won the one and three meter diving events. Brianne Nation took first place in the 200 Yard IM. Her winning time was 2:14.76. Both of these athletes are All-Americans.

Second Place finishers for the Lynx include:

  • Will Dickerson, Robert Aritzmendi, Jared Sexton, Tyler Stegmaier: 400 Yard Medly Relay (3:37.14)
  • Will Dickerson, Robert Aritzmendi, Jared Sexton, Tyler Stegmaier: 200 Yard Medly Relay (1:38.65)
  • Stephen O'Leary: 400 Yard IM (4:12.65)
  • Jared Sexton: 200 Yard Breaststroke (2:09.61)

Third Place finishers for the Lynx include:

  • Amanda Hurt: 1 meter dive (745.35)
  • Paul Davis: 3 meter dive (694.75)
  • Rachel Seida, Reanna Guererro, Emily Simpson, Brianne Nation: 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (8:27.31)
  • Eric Piper, Jeff Byrne, Eric Girard, Stephen O'Leary: 800 Yard Freestyle Relay (7:41.38)
  • Robert Aritzmendi, Tyler Stegmaier, Jeff Byrne, Jared Sexton: 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (1:29.86)
  • Jared Sexton: 100 Yard Breaststroke (59.41)
  • Brianne Nation: 100 Yard Backstroke (1:01.50)
  • Will Dickerson: 100 Yard Backstroke (54.48)
  • Will Dickerson: 200 Yard Backstroke (1:57.99)

Fourth Place finishers for the Lynx include:

  • Jared Sexton: 200 Yard IM (1:59.00)
  • Amanda Hurt: 3 meter dive (788.70)
  • Reanna Guererro: 1650 Yard Freestyle (19:53.07)
  • Molly Turner, Reanna Guererro, Rachel Seida, Brianne Nation: 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (3:56.19)

Fifth Place finishers for the Lynx include:

  • Emily Simpson, Brianne Nation, Reanna Guererro, Molly Turner: 400 Yard Medley Relay (4:41.00)
  • Reanna Guererro: 50 Yard Freestyle (26.26)
  • Molly Turner, Rachel Seida, Emily Simpson, Reanna Guererro: 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (1:49.70)
  • Paul Davis: 1 Meter Dive (722.45)
  • Eric Girard: 200 Yard Backstroke (2:13.00)


 

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