Who Will Step Into The Spotlight At The MIAC

2011-12 Concordia Women's Swimming and Diving Championship Preview

Head Coach: Julie Lucier (13th Year)
Last Year's Finish: 7th (237 points)

2011-12 Championship Preview
The question for the Concordia women's swimming and diving team at this year's MIAC Championship Meet will be, "which athlete will step out of the shadows and into the spotlight?"

Last year senior Katie Coleman used the conference meet to set four school records and become the team's star of the weekend. After another solid season of dual meets and multiple-team invitationals, there are plenty of Cobber athletes just waiting to shed the role of understudy and become the lead player in another championship meet drama.

The Cobbers will have five swimmers that will participate in three individual events at the conference meet over the course of the weekend. Adva Aharonovich (Kiryat, Israel), Kelsey Appert (So., Fergus Falls, Minn.), Jasmine Hanson (So., Albert Lea, Minn.), Alexis Phillbrick (Fr., Mundelein, Ill.) and Hannah Winge (Fr., Fargo, N.D.) will all have a trio of chances in individual events to post career-best and Concordia all-time list times.

The Concordia distance corps will once again have the best chance to shine at the MIAC Meet. Last year Coleman set the school records in the 500 and 1000-yard freestyle and this year the top times could be turned in during the distance freestyle events. Philbrick is ranked in the top 20 in the 1650-yard freestyle while Hanson and Winge and locked in the top 25 in the event. 

The backstroke events could also be an area of success for the Cobbers. Advharonovich and Greta Titus (St. Cloud, Minn.) are swimming both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events and have great opportunities to cut significant time off their season best marks.

As in years past, the Cobber diving crew has a chance to score big points at the meet. Molly Hansvick (Sr., Litchfield, Minn.), Allison Hall (Sr., Eagan, Minn.) and Cindy Moss (Jr., Eagan, Minn.) are all ranked in the top 15 in the 1-meter and 3-meter 11-dive scores. Hansvick, who finished fifth in the 1-meter and ninth in the 3-meter events last year, is currently ranked fifth in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. 



Complete MIAC Championship Meet Preview