March 13, 2006
Two Le Moyne College swimmers earn All-America honors at NCAA Division II National Championships, men’s relay 12th in 200 free for Honorable Mention All-America
INDIANAPOLIS –Sophomore women’s swimmer Alison Lesher (Sherrill, N.Y./V-V-S) and senior men’s swimmer Will Chidsey (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) earned All-America honors at the NCAA Division II Championship meet. The men’s 200 free relay team earned a 12th place finish for Honorable Mention All-America status.
Lesher scored in two of three events to become the programs first women’s swimmer to acquire full All-America status. Lesher competed in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 butterfly, finishing 23rd in the 200 IM in 2:11.00 and qualified for finals in the 400 IM and 200 butterfly. Lesher finished the 400 IM in 10th place and posted a time of 4:29.97. The time was a program record and the sixth-fastest of all the finals. In the preliminary heat, Lesher finished 11th and posted a time of 4:34.49. In the 200 butterfly, Lesher improved upon a 6th place preliminaries finish in 2:07.32 by over a second to a 5th place finish in the finals with a time of 2:05.71.
Will Chidsey scored in all three individual events he competed in. On opening day, he placed 12th in the 50 free with a time of 20.91. In the preliminary heat, he posted a time of 20.82, just four-tenths of a second short of the top eight. In the following days, he finished sixth in the 100 free with a time of 45.44 and 9th in the 100 backstroke with a time of 50.46. Chidsey picked up 28 individual points for Le Moyne.
Freshman Ricky Chidsey (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) scored in one individual event for the Dolphins. He placed 13th in the 200 backstroke in 1:52.48 after a finish of 1:53.20 in preliminaries. He fell 3 tenths of a second short of qualifying for finals in the 100 backstroke with a time of 52.22. He also competed in the 50 free, finishing with a time of 21.89.
The relay teams of Ricky Chidsey, Will Chidsey, Ryan Lowrie (Johnson City, N.Y./Johnson City) and Shawn Bankey (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) scored in all three relays they competed in. The quartet teamed for a 16th place finish with a time of 1:35.41 in the 200 medley, 12th in the 200 free with a time of 1:25.14 and touched 15th with a time of 3:30.17 in the 400 medley.
The 400 free team of Bankey, Ricky Chidsey, Will Chidsey, and William Clayton (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy) placed 18th with a time of 3:09.84.
The Le Moyne College men’s swimmers placed 20th with 47 points while the women placed 23rd with 21 points.
COMPLETE RESULTS FROM
2006 NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP MEET
(compiled by Amanda McClure ’06)
