Posted: Feb 22, 2014
Geneseo women were crowned the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Swimming and Diving Team Champions for the 22nd time in the history of the program and the seventh consecutive year in a row.
The Blue Wave finished with 880 points. Cortland followed with 573 team points and New Paltz was third (472). Over the course of the three days there the women broke five meet records and one conference record.
Junior Abagail Max (Geneseo) was named the SUNYAC Women's Outstanding Swimmer as voted on by the conference coaches. Fredonia senior Ashley Keller earned the SUNYAC Women's Outstanding Diver award after winning both the 1 and 3 meter dives at the championship meet. New Paltz's Chelsea Allocco was honored with the Grace Mowatt award for her overall excellence in academics and athletics. Geneseo's Paul Dotterweich was voted the SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year after leading his team to the Conference team title.
For the fourth year in a row Chelsea Allocco (New Paltz) won the women's 1650 free in 17:11.12. Oneonta's Lauren Zentko was second (17:33.06) and Geneseo's Sophie deFreitas (17:38.71).
Lauren Boyce took the 200 yard backstroke back to Geneseo after New Paltz won the event for the past four years, 2:05.72. Buffalo State's Charlotte Archdeacon followed in second place in a time of while Cortland's Angelica Ford came in third.
Abigail Max (Geneseo) took the 100 yard freestyle crown away from two-time defending champion Sarah Culmo who touched second. Max finished in 51.55 and Culmo in 52.12 followed by Oneonta's Chandler Shepard, 52.81.
For the first time since 1988 a Brockport swimmer won the 200 yard breaststroke. It was Melanie Melweski who finished in a time of 2:22.66. She was followed by Samantha Granan from New Paltz (2:26.23) and Larissa Dobson from Fredonia (2:26.25).
Hailey Modelewski Hailey made the NCAA “B” cut time, but just missed breaking the SUNYAC meet and conference records in the 200 yard butterfly touching the wall in 2:06.94. Teammates Lily Powell and Jenna Gibbons were second and third respectively with Powell also making the NCAA “B” cut time in 2:07.38.
The Geneseo Blue Wave grabbed the 400 yard free relay for the third-straight year. Brockport finished second, 3:34.49 and Cortland was third, 3:34.95
SUNYAC Women's Swimming and Diving All-Conference Teams
(First place finishers are placed on the first team, second and third place finishers are placed on the second team)
| First Team | |
| Abigail Max, Geneseo | 500 free, 200 free, 100 free |
| Lauren Boyce, Geneseo | 200 IM, 100 back, 200 back |
| Sarah Culmo, Cortland | 50 free, 200 free, 100 free |
| Ashley Keller, Fredonia | 3 meter dive, 1 meter dive |
| Chelsea Allocco, New Paltz | 500 free, 400 IM, 1650 free |
| Hailey Modelewski, Geneseo | 100 fly, 200 fly |
| Melanie Melewski, Brockport | 100 breast, 200 IM, 200 breast |
| Second Team | |
| Krista Caputo, Cortland | 500 free |
| Lily Powell, Geneseo | 200 IM, 100 fly, 200 fly |
| Taylor Schaffert, Brockport | 50 free |
| Julie Holloway, Geneseo | 50 free |
| Katelyn Haley, Fredonia | 3 meter dive, 1 meter dive |
| Heather Colby, Fredonia | 3 meter dive, 1 meter dive |
| Lauren Zentko, Oneonta | 400 IM, 1650 free |
| Jenna Gibbons, New Paltz | 400 IM, 200 fly |
| Chrisanna Hickey, Cortland | 100 fly |
| Cassidy Griger, New Paltz | 200 free |
| Samantha Granan, New Paltz | 100 breast, 200 breast |
| Larissa Dobson, Fredonia | 100 breast, 200 breast |
| Louisa Seelbach, Geneseo | 100 back |
| Angelica Ford, Cortland | 100 back, 200 back |
| Sophie deFreitas, Geneseo | 1650 free |
| Charlotte Archdeacon, Buffalo State | 200 back |
| Chandler Shepard, Oneonta | 100 free |
| Outstanding Swimmer | Abagail Max, Geneseo |
| Outstanding Diver | Ashely Keller, Fredonia |
| Grace Mowatt Award | Chelsea Allocco, New Paltz |
| Coach of the Year | Paul Dotterweich, Geneseo |
Final Team Standings
1 Geneseo 880
2 Cortland 573
3 New Paltz 472
4 Oneonta 409
5 Fredonia 404
6 Brockport 320
7 Buffalo State 189
8 Oswego 184
9 Potsdam 124
