Official Psych Sheet
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College men's and women's swimming teams will take aim at their fourth-straight Centennial Conference (CC) titles this weekend when they travel to Franklin & Marshall College for the 2014 CC Championships. The three-day event will be held from Friday through Sunday at the Kunkel Acquatic Center.
The Bullet men are coming off an undefeated dual-meet season, finishing 9-0 and 6-0 in the Centennial Conference. The women's team went 9-1 and 6-1 in CC competition.
The meet features a trials and finals session each day, beginning with Friday's trials at 11:30 a.m. and concluding with finals on Sunday at 6 p.m.
The men's team, which has won a CC-leading 11 crowns, cruised to its first-place conference finish during the season, winning all but two of its meets by at least 38 points. The Bullets have also established themselves on the national level and held a No. 18 Division III ranking for part of the season. In addition, Gettysburg piled up 10 NCAA Division III Championship-qualifying "B" cuts during the Gettysburg Invitational back on Nov. 22-23.
Prior to the scratch deadline, Gettysburg was seeded first in nine of 18 events, including the 200-medley, 200-freestyle, 400-freestyle, and 800-freestyle relays. In both the 200- and 400-freestyle relays, the Bullets "B" relay team is also seeded second. In addition, Gettysburg owns the top-three seeded swimmers in the 200-freestyle and the top-four seeds in the 100-free.
Individually, junior
Jason Potter (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan), the Centennial Conference record-holder in the 100-freestyle, is the top seed in three events – the 50-freestyle, 100-freestyle, and the 200-freestyle. In addition, junior
Mike Harmon (Shippensburg, Pa./home-schooled) is the top seed in both the 200-IM and the 200-backstroke, and he is also second in the 100-backstroke. He owns the conference record in the 200-back and the 200-IM.
Six other Bullets enter the meet seeded among the top-three in their respective events. Junior
Ashton Leyens (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) is second in both the 100- and 200-freestyle and third in the 200-IM, senior
Sean Staerk (Abington, Pa./Abington) is second in the 500-freestyle and third in both the 100- and 200-freestyle, sophomore
Tyler Gould (Darien, Conn./Darien) is second in the 100-butterfly, junior
Stu Cubbison (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic) is third in the 50-freestyle, freshman
Josh Kiehl (Clarksburg, Md./Clarksburg) is third in the 500-freestyle, and junior
Will Nelligan (Newtown Square, Pa./Haverford School) is third in the 100-breaststroke.
The women's squad, which has won a league-leading 14 CC crowns, enters the meet with six top seeds. Sophomore Lea Candelmo (Oakland, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy), last year's Centennial Conference Championship Women's Most Outstanding Rookie, is first in both the 400-IM and 500-freestyle and third in the 1,650-freestyle.
Also ranked first are senior Ali Roth (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) in the 50-freestyle, sophomore Emily Schmitt (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) in the 200-breaststroke, and freshman Sydney Boswell (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) in the 100-backstroke. Boswell is also second in the 100-butterfly and third in the 200-butterfly.
Senior Perri Finnican (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) enters the meet ranked second in the 200-breaststroke while three additional Bullets are slotted third – sophomore Haley Weaver (Charlotte, N.C./South Mecklenburg) in the 200-IM, freshman Caroline Moyer (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) in the 200-breaststroke, and freshman Maddie Tulp (Franklin Lakes, N.J./Indian Hills) in the 200-backstroke.
In addition, Gettysburg's 200-medley relay enters the meet seeded first.
All events are subject to scratches.
Fans unable to attend the meet can follow the action through live results at https://edisk.fandm.edu/benjamin.delia/swim/index.htm or live video at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/fandm.portal#.
