La Crosse, Wis. - Eight members of the UW-La Crosse women’s swimming & diving team and six members of the Eagles’ men’s squad will compete at the 2010 NCAA Division III Championships Wednesday-Saturday, March 17-20. The meet will be held in the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Beloit College (Wis.) and The College of Wooster (Ohio) are serving as the hosts of the national championships.
Action is scheduled to begin each day at 10 a.m. with preliminary events. The finals each day are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
The women competitors who will represent UW-L at the championships are seniors
Chelsea Hoff of
Middleton (H.S.) and
Brianna Peyer of
Delavan (Delavan-Darien); juniors
Katelyn Hartung of
Madison (Memorial) and
Rachel LaValley of
Eau Claire (Memorial); sophomore
Danielle Ellingson of
Madison (Memorial) and freshmen
Abby Diehl of
Prairie du Sac (Sauk Prairie),
Dayna Johnson of
Waukesha (New Berlin West) and
Taylor Smith of
Rice Lake (H.S.).
Seniors
Matt Diehl of
Prairie du Sac (Sauk Prairie) and
Benjamin Knutson of
Lancaster (H.S.); junior
Casey Borden of
Brookfield (Central); sophomores
Joel Knuesel of
Oregon (H.S.) and
Spencer Loch of
Verona (Madison Memorial) and freshman
Kevin Misener of
Verona (H.S.) represent the men’s squad.
The Eagles' women’s squad finished eighth at the 2009 NCAA Division III Championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. UW-L finished with 125.0 team points while Kenyon College (Ohio) captured the national title with 560.0.
UW-L has recorded six finishes in the top-15 and 10 in the top-20. The Eagles placed a school-best fifth at the 2004 championships with 215.0 points. The 215.0 points was also a team record.
The men’s squad finished in a tie for 55th-place at the 2009 NCAA Division III Championships. UW-L recorded 3.0 team points while Kenyon College (Ohio) captured the national title with 604.0. UW-L finished a school-best 12th in 1992 with 87.0 points.
UW-L has yet to claim either a men’s or women’s individual NCAA champion.
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