Conference Championships Continue while PAC-12 wraps up Duals

By Lauren Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, February 12. THIS weekend's slate of college swimming action featured several conference meets as well as some heated PAC-12 rivalry meets. Here's a look at some highlights.

The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) championship took place in Buffalo, NY this weekend, where the SUNY-Geneseo men and women both walked away with team titles. It was the 14th consecutive title for the men and fifth for the women.

Kaitlin Wilcoxen (200 breast, 2:25.08) and Abby Max (500 free, 5:01.70) had standout swims for the Geneseo women, while John Nasky (500 free, 4:42.07) and Frank Schiappa (100 free, 46.28) provided fireworks on the Geneseo men's side.

Meanwhile, in Jenison, Mich., the Wayne State University men and women wrapped up a win at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) championships with narrow victories over Grand Valley State.

Maura Donahue of the University of Indianapolis earned Women's Swimmer of the Year honors after her first place finishes in the 100 free (50.70) and 200 free (1:50.68), while Wayne State's Andrey Seryy took home Men's Swimmer of the Year with his victories in the 50 (19.72), 100 (43.38) and 200 (1:37.37) free events.

In dual meet action, several Pac-12 teams wrapped up their conference schedules in exhilarating fashion.

The number eight ranked Stanford women upset first-ranked Cal on Saturday at Stanford's home pool.

Stanford had multiple winners on the day as Felicia Lee (100 back, 53.03), Andi Murez (200 free, 1:46.85), Maddy Schaefer (100 free, 48.69) and Maya DiRado (200 back, 1:56.18), as well as several others, posted strong times en route to victory.

Caitlin Leverenz (200 fly, 1:55.39; 200 breast, 2:12.94; 200 IM, 1:55.70) won three events for Cal.

Arizona State and Arizona faced off in Tempe on Saturday, where the Wildcats came away with two dual meet wins. Arizona's Lauren Smart raced to an NCAA A-cut in the 100 back (51.58) and also took home a win in the 100 fly (52.60).

Wilcat Kevin Munsch put his stamp on the breaststrokes with wins in both the 100 (54.06) and 200 (1:57.57) events.

For more college dual meet results, check out the College Channel.

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