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Lawrence student-athletes honored on academic all-conference team

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University had 165 student-athletes earn Academic All-Midwest Conference honors for 2013-14.

To be eligible for selection, a student-athlete must have a minimum grade point average of 3.3 during the academic year.

The women’s swimming and diving team led Lawrence with 16 student-athletes honored. Lawrence had five other teams that had double-digit selections — women’s outdoor track and field, women’s cross country, women’s indoor track and field, women’s soccer and men’s soccer.

The women’s outdoor track and field team was next with 15 student-athletes honored. Women’s cross country had 13 of its 16 team members chosen, and women’s indoor track and field had 13 selections. Women’s soccer had 10 selections, and women’s tennis saw nine of its 11 student-athletes chosen.

Lawrence’s top men’s team was soccer, which had 10 selections. Men’s golf had seven of its 11 student-athletes chosen.

Lawrence had 64 student-athletes chosen from the fall season, 57 from the winter season and 44 from the spring season.

Complete list

Lawrence student-athletes receive awards at Honors Celebration

APPLETON, Wis. — Sixteen Lawrence University student-athletes were recently honored at the 2014 Honors Celebration.

The awards and winners are as follows.

The Ruth Bateman Award is given for excellence in scholarship, athletic ability and leadership by a female athlete. Junior Taylor Winter (Bayside, Wis./Nicolet) won the award after completing another stellar season. Winter won the 1,650-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle at the 2014 Midwest Conference Championships and also took the 1,650 title in the Wisconsin Private College Championships. A three-time MWC champion, Winter also holds the school records in both the 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle.

The Iden Charles Champion Cup is given for excellence in scholarship, athletic ability, college spirit and loyalty. Junior Andrew Borresen (West Bend, Wis./Living Word Lutheran) is a reserve on the men’s basketball team and deeply involved in campus life. A member of the Dean’s List and Mortar Board, Borresen has a 3.89 grade point average and is majoring in history. Borresen is set to capture his third consecutive Academic All-Midwest Conference selection. The co-chairman of Lawrence’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Borresen also works in the Lawrence’s sports information office and for the Lawrentian, the student newspaper.

The Outstanding Freshman Athletic Award for Men is given the freshman man who has made the most outstanding contribution to Lawrence athletics. Blake Roubos (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Michael’s) won the award after lettering in two sports during his rookie year at Lawrence. A hockey and tennis standout, Roubos was named to the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association all-freshmen team and was named a NCHA Player of the Week during the season. Roubos led the team in scoring with 26 points on a team-best 16 assists and 10 goals. Roubos recorded his first career hat trick and the first hat trick for a Lawrence player since the 2009-10 season when he scored three times in a 4-2 win over Finlandia University that clinched a berth in the NCHA playoffs. Roubos had a season-best five points and a season-high three assists to go with two goals in Lawrence’s 6-6 nonconference tie with Gustavus Adolphus College early in the season. Roubos was a starter at No. 3 doubles and played matches at No. 6 singles for tennis team. Roubos and Sam Wiener won the consolation title at No. 3 doubles at the Midwest Conference Championships.

The Outstanding Freshman Athletic Award for Women is given to the freshman woman who has made the most outstanding contribution to Lawrence athletics. Amy Hutchings (Ripon, Wis./Ripon) earned the award after earning letters in both cross country and track and field. During the cross country season, Hutchings finished ninth at the Midwest Conference Championships to earn all-conference honors. Hutchings, who is one of just three women in Lawrence history to finish in the conference’s top 10 as a freshman, led Lawrence to a third-place finish at the league meet. Hutchings also competed in multiple distance events in both indoor and outdoor track.

The Ralph V. Landis Award was established by the Lettermen of Lawrence in honor of Dr. Landis, physician to Lawrence students from 1926-78, and is awarded for outstanding contributions to Lawrence athletics by a senior male athlete. Luke Barthelmess (Appleton, Wis./Principia) completed a record-setting career at quarterback for the Lawrence football team. A 2013 All-Midwest Conference selection, Barthelmess completed 193 of 346 passes for 2,133 yards and 14 touchdowns. He finished second in the league at 213.3 passing yards per game. Barthelmess also ran 177 times for 889 yards and two touchdowns. Barthelmess, who averaged 5.0 yards per carry, finished eighth in the conference at 88.9 yards per game. Barthelmess also finished first in the league in total offense at 302.2 yards per game. Barthelmess, who is Lawrence’s career leader in a number of passing categories, completed 648 of 1,181 passes in his career. He threw for a record 8,190 yards and a record 62 touchdown passes. Barthelmess, who was named the MVP at the Bowl of the Stars in Mexico, is the starting quarterback for the Stuttgart Scorpions of the German Football League.

The Charles E. Pond Award for Men is given for all-around athletic ability by a senior man in two or more sports and for sportsmanship, school spirit and scholarship. Dan Thoresen (Verona, Wis./Verona) earned the award after completing a stellar career in cross country and track and field. Thoresen earned All-Midwest Conference honors four times in track and field and was a member of Lawrence’s 2011 conference championship cross country squad. A biology major, Thoresen has a 3.935 grade point average in biology.

The Marion Read Award is given for outstanding contributions to Lawrence athletics. The award had two winners this year as seniors Mary Diduch (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) and Hannah Gabriel (Elmhurst, Ill./York) shared the award. Diduch won four letters in softball and was part of the 2014 and 2014 squads that reached the Midwest Conference Tournament. Diduch also worked as a student manager for the football team and served in a leadership position with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Gabriel was a two-time Midwest Conference champion, taking the title twice in the 200-yard freestyle and setting a meet record in the event. Gabriel also holds the school record in the 200 freestyle and is part of record-holding teams in the 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay.

The Letterwinner Award is presented by the L Club to those outstanding seniors who have earned eight or more letters. The winners are:

Brielle Bartes (Waukesha, Wis./Mukwonago), volleyball, softball and track and field

Jamie Brisbois (Falcon Heights, Minn./Roseville), cross country and track and field

Katherine Dannecker (Milwaukee, Wis./Arts), cross country and track and field

Kevin Fitzgerald (Naperville, Ill./North), cross country and track and field

Alyssa Herman (Wadsworth, Ill./Warren Township), cross country and track and field

Sam Luebke (Greendale, Wis./Greendale), indoor and outdoor track and field

Mike Mangian (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South), cross country and track and field

Charlie Mann (Denver, Colo./Littleton), men’s soccer and swimming

Andy Paider (Denmark, Wis./Denmark), football and track and field

Dan Thoresen (Verona, Wis./Verona), cross country and track and field

Winter takes another title, LU women finish fourth

GRINNELL, Iowa — Taylor Winter captured her second title of the Midwest Conference Championships on Sunday to lead the Lawrence University women’s swim team to a fourth-place finish.

Winter won the 1,650-yard freestyle in dominating fashion with a winning effort of 17:40.75. Second-place finisher Jalyn Marks of Grinnell College was 25 seconds behind Winter, who also won the 500 freestyle on Friday.

The Lawrence women finished with 413 points, which was just short of third place. Grinnell won the title with 894 points.

It took a meet record to beat Lawrence’s Emily Flack in the 200 backstroke. Flack swam to second in a time of 2:08.15, but Lake Forest College’s Emily Bowens won the race in a record time of 2:06.57.  Lawrence also got a pair of fourth-place finishes as Hayley Cardinal took fourth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:28.58 and Paige Witter was fourth in the 200 butterfly in 2:15.10.

The 400 freestyle relay team of Flack, Witter, Winter and Hannah Gabriel was fifth in 3:40.65.

On the men’s side, Charlie Mann was the day’s top finisher as he grabbed seventh in the 100 freestyle in 47.85. The Lawrence men were sixth with 216 points. Lake Forest won the title with 944 points.

Results

Cardinal takes title at MWC Championships

GRINNELL, Iowa — Hayley Cardinal won the title in the 100-yard breaststroke on Saturday to lead the Lawrence University swim teams at the Midwest Conference Championships.

Cardinal swam to victory in the event in a time of 1:07.09 as she edged Lake Forest College’s Lauren Dalecky, who was second in 1:07.33.

Hannah Gabriel and Taylor Winter were the other top finishers for the Lawrence women as they took third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 freestyle. Gabriel was third in 1:57.20 and Winter was fourth in 1:57.46.

The women’s 800 freestyle relay team of Paige Witter, Emily Flack, Winter and Gabriel grabbed second in 7:56.61.

The Lawrence women are tied for third place with Carroll University with 289 points.

On the men’s side, the top finisher was the 200 medley relay team of Josh Ladwig, Stephen Salansky, Evan Flack and Charlie Mann. They took sixth in 1:40.99. The top individual finisher on the day was Mann, who grabbed eighth in the 100 backstroke in 55.05 seconds.

The Lawrence men are in sixth place in the team standings with 159 points.

Results

Winter takes title, records fall for Vikings at MWC Championships

GRINNELL, Iowa — Taylor Winter led a Lawrence University sweep of the top-three places in the 500-yard freestyle to pace the Vikings on the opening day of the Midwest Conference Championships on Friday.

Winter won the title in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:09.48 at Osgood Pool at Grinnell College. Lawrence’s Hannah Gabriel was second in 5:10.31, and teammate Paige Witter grabbed third in 5:14.83.

The Lawrence women, who are in third place with 128 points, also broke a pair of school records. Hayley Cardinal finished 10th in the 200 individual medley but broke the school record with a time of 2:14.65. The team of Emily Flack, Cardinal, Witter and Gabriel finished third in the 400 medley relay and broke the school record with a time of 4:01.68.

On the men’s side, Charlie Mann narrowly missed taking the title in the 50 freestyle. Mann finished second in 21.54 seconds and was edged out by Lake Forest’s Travis Johnson, who won in 21.41.

The Lawrence men are in fifth place with 85 points.

Competition resumes on Saturday and wraps up on Sunday.

Results

Cardinal takes pair of titles at Private College Championships

KENOSHA, Wis. — Hayley Cardinal won a pair of titles Saturday to lead the Lawrence University women’s swim team to a second-place finish at the Wisconsin Private College Championships at Carthage College.

Cardinal won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.75 and raced to the title in the 200 breaststroke in 2:32.85. Paced by Cardinal, Lawrence was second in the team standings with 156 points. Carthage won the title with 246.

Paige Witter and Taylor Winter also took home titles for the Lawrence women. Witter won the 200 butterfly in 2:20.68, and Winter was dominant in winning the 1,650 freestyle in 18:17.16.

On the men’s side, senior Charlie Mann picked up a title for the Vikings. Mann raced to victory in the 100 freestyle in 49.47 seconds, edging Carthage’s Erik Pinter by .06 seconds.

The Lawrence men finished fifth in the standings with 54 points. Carthage won the title with 257.

Results

Vikings pick up four individual titles at LU Triangular

APPLETON, Wis. — Four Lawrence University swimmers were winners on Saturday as the Vikings took on Lake Forest College and Carroll University in a triangular at Boldt Natatorium.

Lake Forest was perfect on the day as the Foresters defeated Carroll and Lawrence in both the men’s and women’s meet. On the women’s side, Lake Forest topped Lawrence 124-99, and Carroll defeated Lawrence 118-97. In the men’s competition, Lake Forest downed Lawrence 150-46 and Carroll topped Lawrence 129-78.

Hannah Gabriel, Paige Witter, Taylor Winter and Hayley Cardinal were all winners for Lawrence.

Gabriel won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:01.18, and Witter was second in 2:01.44. Witter grabbed first in the 100 butterfly in 1:01.68. Winter took the top spot in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:23.91. Cardinal cruised to a win in the 100 breaststroke in 1:10.17.

Lawrence’s top finishers on the men’s side were Grant Wilkie, who was second in the 200 freestyle in 1:57.76, Charlie Mann, who was second in the 50 freestyle in 22.79, and Stephen Salansky, who was second in the 200 individual medley in 2:16.37.

Results

Inside LU Athletics: Lawrence swimmers laying down the law

It sounds like a law firm — Winter, Gabriel, Flack, Cardinal and Witter.

This group of Lawrence University women’s swimmers has been laying down the law with the competition this season by making it very clear they are a force to be reckoned with.

Hannah Gabriel, Taylor Winter, Emily Flack, Hayley Cardinal and Paige Witter form the core of a very good Vikings squad, one that has high hopes as it hits the stretch run of the season. This fab five is powering the squad, according to Gabriel, the lone senior in this quintet.

“I do personally feed off the other swimmers on the team, and I’m sure that they would say the same thing,” Gabriel said. “You are always encouraged to have a healthy competition with your teammates as it helps you strive towards your personal best. Having a strong nucleus of swimmers is beneficial to any swim team, especially when it comes to having relays that are competing for the top spots in the conference.”

Gabriel, who is a two-time Midwest Conference champion in the 200-yard freestyle, said the team is working through the grind of January to get some really fast times next month.

“The last few weeks of the season are always difficult and gauging performance is not always easy, you just have to put your trust into all of the training accomplished over the course of the season,” Gabriel said. “I think that there will be some great performances by all members of the team as the season winds down, especially at the conference meet.”

Led by the core of the squad, Lawrence finished fourth last weekend at the tough University of Chicago Invitational. Lawrence coach Drew Fleek was buoyed by the results because the team is still slogging through a major workload as it edges closer to the end-of-season taper.    

“There’s really no surprise to how good they’ve been, but it’s a testament to the work they’ve put in,” Fleek said. “They all have a tremendous work ethic.”

Putting in that work and pushing each other is something Cardinal loves.   

“I really think that being able to swim with such amazing and talented swimmers has allowed me, and I’m sure everyone, to push themselves just that much further, not just in our specialty strokes but in events that we may not be as strong in,” said Cardinal, a sophomore.

“I know when someone else is having a good day at practice or drops time in a meet, I want to keep up with them and help the team succeed from whatever I can do as well. So I think it’s encouraging to see how strong our team is, and I’m always impressed by how my teammates perform. I can’t help but get excited for them for the team as a whole.”

This group of Vikings not only brings great talent but also great versatility to the pool. In Gabriel and Winter, they have former conference champions and two of the top freestylers in the league. Cardinal ranks first and third in the league in the two breaststroke events and is one of the best in the individual medley. Witter holds some of the top times in the league in the butterfly, and Flack could win both of the conference titles in the backstroke.

“We have somebody near the top in every specific stroke, and that is a huge benefit too because there is not any event where we’re weak. It also makes for great medley relays,” Fleek said. “All of them are pretty versatile. It makes for great relays and they can all train together and push each other in practice.”

The Vikings hope the countless hours in the pool, the friendly competition and daring to dream a bit will push them to great achievements over the next month. Lawrence travels to the Wisconsin Private College Championships later this month and then goes to the Midwest Conference Championships in mid-February.

“We definitely know that we can improve on last year and are confident we can compete with Grinnell and Lake Forest,” said Winter, a former league champ in the 500 freestyle. “The Chicago Invitational gave us confidence, and we want to build on that success going into Wisconsin Private College Championships and the Midwest Conference Championships next month.” 

Lawrence finished fourth at the MWC meet last season, with Grinnell, Lake Forest and Monmouth all finishing ahead of them. Fleek said his team was OK with that finish but not jumping up and down with glee. He would like to see this team, which is 5-0 in dual meets this season, pull itself closer to the league’s elite.

“I think at the beginning of the year our goal was to place one spot higher in the conference as a team. I think we have a great opportunity to do that,” Fleek said. “I think now our definite goal is to get third and compete for conference championships in some relays.”

Start the music

You can crank up the calliope music on Saturday because the circus comes to Alexander Gymnasium. The Grinnell men’s basketball team takes on Lawrence at 1 p.m.

Lawrence, which defeated Grinnell here last season, really needs a victory because the Vikings (5-7, 3-4 MWC) are on a three-game conference losing streak. Grinnell (11-2, 6-2) leads the nation in scoring at 129.2 points per game, and Jack Taylor leads the nation at 38.1 points per contest.

Starting stretch run

The Vikings have a home-and-home Northern Collegiate Hockey Association series with MSOE this weekend, and that starts a 10-game run of league games to finish the regular season. 

Lawrence (4-10-1, 3-5-0 NCHA) currently sits in seventh place with six points, but the Vikings are looking to creep up the standings. If Lawrence could move up to fourth place, the Vikings could host a quarterfinal playoff series.

Lawrence faces MSOE (1-12-1, 0-8-0) at 7 p.m. Saturday night at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Lawrence women grab fourth at University of Chicago Invitational

CHICAGO, Ill. — Taylor Winter and Paige Witter both swam to second-place finishes to pace the Lawrence University women’s swim team at the University of Chicago Invitational this weekend.

The Lawrence women finished fourth in the team standings with 380 points. The University of Chicago won the title with 947 points. On the men’s side, Lawrence finished seventh with 147 points, and Chicago was first with 981.

Winter took second in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 18:19.00 and also took third in the 500 freestyle in 5:20.90. Witter grabbed second in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.71, and she took fifth in the 200 butterfly in 2:20.70.

Other top finishers for the Vikings included Hayley Cardinal (fourth, 100 breaststroke, 1:10.10), Hannah Gabriel (fifth, 200 freestyle, 2:02.89) and Emily Flack (fifth, 100 backstroke, 1:02.89).

Charlie Mann had the top finish on the men’s side as he took eighth in the 200 backstroke in 2:10.50, and the 200 freestyle relay team was seventh in 1:31.59.

Results

Witter takes Swimmer of the Week honor

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University swimming standout Paige Witter has been named the Midwest Conference Swimmer of the Week.

Witter (Denver, Colo./Washington), a freshman, took the award after her performance in a dual meet with UW-Oshkosh on Dec. 13. Witter won a pair of events and was part of a winning relay team in Lawrence’s 124-107 dual meet victory over UW-Oshkosh at Boldt Natatorium.

Witter raced to victory in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.82 and grabbed first in the 500 freestyle in 5:22.00. Witter also swam on the winning 200 medley relay team, which took first in 1:56.57.

This is the first conference Swimmer of the Week award for Witter.

The Vikings do not return to action until they travel to the University of Chicago Invitational on Jan. 10-11.