Swimming & Diving
Swimming & Diving
Women Win Veale Classic, While Men Take Second
The College of Wooster women’s swimming and diving team won the Veale Classic this weekend with victories over Oberlin College (108-97) and Case Western Reserve University (160-77), while the men’s squad placed second with a 134-68 win over the Yeomen on Friday and a loss to the Spartans (113-126) on Saturday at Cleveland, Ohio. Complete Story
Scot Swimmers Split With Ohio Northern in Dual-Meet Action
The College of Wooster’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split its meets with Ohio Northern University on Saturday, as the women triumphed 165-135 but the men dropped their contest 132-168 at Ada, Ohio. Complete Story
Program Overview
Wooster has played a large role in helping the North Coast Athletic Conference develop its reputation as NCAA Div. III’s preeminent swimming league.
The Fighting Scot women’s program is a perennially force at the NCAA Div. III Championships, having recorded 16 top-20 team finishes, including a streak of seven-straight from 1998-2004. The squad’s highest finish was fifth-place three different times (1986, 1987, 2003), and two individuals have brought home national championships – Brooke Henderson in the 50 freestyle (1989) and Elizabeth Roesch in the 1650 freestyle (2005).
The men’s program also has been a player on the national scene with four top-20 showings, the most recent being 11th-place in 2000, and overall, Wooster has had a representative at the NCAA’s 16 times. The men also have a national title winner in Stan McDonald, coming in the 100 butterfly (1979).
Within the NCAC, the Scot women are typically competing for a top-three finish, reaching that goal 15 times in the 25-year history of the conference, including nine of the previous 12, while the men have been top-four 11 times and five of the last seven.
The coaching staff typically employs a two-taper season, first for the annual Wooster Invitational, which closes out the fall semester competition in early December. A winter break training trip to Florida gears up the team for the “second season,” culminating in the NCAC Championships and national meet.