Cortland Wins 2025 SUNYAC-AMCC Women's Swimming & Diving Championship
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Cortland was crowned the overall women's team champion at the SUNYAC-AMCC swimming and diving championships, Saturday at the Burt Flickinger Aquatic Center at Erie Community College (ECC). The Red Dragons were the top team across both SUNYAC and AMCC teams with 927 points. Penn State Behrend finished second and Oswego was third. This is the first year the SUNYAC hosted a combined championship with the AMCC.
Saturday Event Champions
1650 freestyle - Leah Bernhardt, Cortland
200 backstroke - Camryn Watter, Penn State Behrend
100 freestyle - Jayna Laferriere, Oswego
200 breaststroke - Ella Garrow, Cortland
200 butterfly - Julia Bryce, Cortland
400 freestyle relay - Alfred State; Madison Snayczuk, Gabriela Leite, ALyssa James, Mallory O'Keefe
SUNYAC All-Conference Teams
The All-Conference first, second and third teams consist of the top three SUNYAC finishers in each event.
Individual Awards (PHOTOS)
Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet - Camryn Watters, Penn State Berhend
Co-Outstanding Diver of the Meet - Cortland's Alyssa Haberlack and Megan McLaughlin (tied with 36 points each)
Swimming Coaching Staff of the Meet - Cortland
Diving Coach of the Meet - Veronica Ribot-Canales, Cortland
Grace Mowatt Award - Leah Bernhardt, Cortland
The James Fulton and Grace Mowatt Awards are given annually to a senior male and female swimmer/diver based on the following criteria: All America honors, All-SUNYAC honors, improvement throughout collegiate career and academic achievement. Grace Mowatt was an associate professor of Physical Education and the women's swimming and diving coach for 30 years at Oswego before retiring in 1993. In 1996 she won the Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton one mile ocean swim for her age group. (First award given in 1996-97).
Final Women's Team Rankings
- Cortland 927
- Penn State Behrend 667
- Oswego 549
- Alfred State 503
- Oneonta 297
- Penn State Altoona 271
- New Paltz 248
- Potsdam 163
- University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 106
- Fredonia 91
