2000-01 Men's Swimming & Diving News
Its nothing new that Wittenberg University athletic teams are enjoying a banner 2000-01 school year on the field, the court, the pool, the course anyplace where sporting events are contested.
Even the weather couldn't cool off the Wittenberg University men's and women's swimming & diving teams in March.
The Wittenberg University men's and women's swimming and diving teams enjoyed a breakthrough at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships last month.
As a new season dawned last fall, Wittenberg University Mens and Womens Swimming and Diving Head Coach Bob Rueppel was flush with optimism.
Wittenberg University was the buzzword this weekend at the 17th Annual North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming Championships.
While the swim team did not compete this past weekend, there is a lot in store for them this week as they travel to Canton for the 17th Annual North Coast Athletic Conference Championships.
A match-up with Case Western Reserve University marked the end of the regular season for the Wittenberg University Tiger men's and women's swim teams.
A challenging regular season schedule continued for Wittenberg's men's and women's swimming teams, as both posted two defeats over weekend despite some fine individual performances.
Wittenberg had their share of first, second and third place points at Kenyon College Friday night, but the depth of the Lord and Ladies swimming teams gave them the edge to pull a victory over the Tigers.
At the halfway point to the 2000-2001 season, the men's and women's swimming teams added another feather to their cap by defeating North Coast Athletic Conference opponent Oberlin College.
Wittenberg's swimmers and divers continued to build momentum as they took three victories over the weekend.
In a competition that has seesawed back and forth over the past several years, the Wittenberg men defeated the College of Wooster in the pool for the second year in a row (127-105).
In a pair of non-conference match-ups with Carnegie-Mellon University and Transylvania University, the Wittenberg University Men's and Women's Swimming teams opened their seasons with a flurry of new talent and high expectations.