By Jason Marsteller<\/p>\n
BUFFALO, New York, March 11. YESTERDAY, Indian River Community College claimed both the men's and women's titles at the NJCAA Championships held in Buffalo, N.Y. from March 7-10. The triumphs came in remarkable fashion as the men won all but one event title, and the women pulled out the brooms to complete a sweep.<\/p>\n
In the women's meet, IRCC won with 975.5 points, while Monroe Community took second with 497.5 points. Lincoln (454), Vincennes (331) and Genesee (217) completed the top five.<\/p>\n
For the men, Indian River doubled up second-place finisher Lincoln, 1122-519, while Monroe Community took third with 356 points. Vincennes (311) and Dupage (239) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n
Women's 1650 freestyle<\/b>
\nIRCC picked up the top two in the distance event as Natalia Buso won in 17:26.43 and Amber Pheil placed second in 18:10.60. Monroe Community's Cailtin McNamar took third in 19:02.53.<\/p>\n
Men's 1650 freestyle<\/b>
\nIRCC swept the top three as Fernando Costa (15:17.29), Blake Wright (16:15.58) and Kevin Shofe (16:36.81) went 1-2-3 for Indian River.<\/p>\n
Women's 200 backstroke<\/b>
\nIndian River went 1-2 as Alexis Omans won in 2:10.17 and Wendy Garza took second in 2:13.71. Lincoln's Rachel Slattery finished third in 2:16.14.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 backstroke<\/b>
\nIRCC marched to a 1-2 again as Nick Schwartz (1:50.77) and Seth Clayton (1:54.04) topped the heat with Darton's Nathan Cornett touching third in 1:57.36.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 freestyle<\/b>
\nIRCC dominated with six of the top seven finishers. Amanda Neubig (51.05), Shanda Casella (52.28), Kalia Martin (54.10), Cortney Place (54.64), Erin Linley (54.80) and Vanessa Cox (55.28) finished 1-2-3-4-5-7.<\/p>\n
Men's 100 freestyle<\/b>
\nIn similar fashion, the IRCC men went 1-2-3-4-5 on the strength of the efforts from Gideon Louw (43.78), Scott Baker (44.41), Roberto Gomez (44.78), Raul Martinez (45.89) and LeRoux Pelser (46.13).<\/p>\n
Women's 200 breaststroke<\/b>
\nIRCC's Kim Martella won in 2:22.44, while teammate Ana Rubin placed third in 2:29.00. Vincennes' Courtney Hendrix split the difference in 2:26.48 for second.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 breaststroke<\/b>
\nMonroe Community's Kazuma Uda did what no other non-IRCC swimmer could do all meet \u2013 win a national title. The 2:08.88 performance ruined a complete IRCC sweep on the men's side of the meet, while Daniel Munoz (2:09.31) and Patrick Blom (2:10.26) finished second and third, respectively for Indian River.<\/p>\n
Women's 200 butterfly<\/b>
\nNatalia Buso won for IRCC in 2:10.68, while Lincoln's Mekenzie Lewis finished second in 2:11.41 and Monroe Community's Caitlin Gruschow took third in 2:27.03.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 butterfly<\/b>
\nIRCC's Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw touched first in 1:51.79, while Lincoln's Dale Cuffe (1:54.54) and Dillon York (1:57.37) placed second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n
Women's 400 freestyle relay<\/b>
\nIRCC's team of Shanda Casella, Amanda Neubig, Kalia Martin and Cortney Place completed the clean sweep of national titles for Indian River on the women's side with a time of 3:30.86.<\/p>\n
Men's 400 freestyle relay<\/b>
\nIndian River's foursome of Gideon Louw, Scott Baker, Roberto Gomez and Raul Martinez finished out the meet for IRCC with a winning time of 2:58.18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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