WHITBECK PLACES THIRD IN 50 FREE, NAMED ALL-AMERICAN AT NCAA D-III MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Grove City College junior Tim Whitbeck earned his seventh career NCAA All-America honor on March 20 by placing third in the 50 freestyle at the NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at Miami University of Ohio. Whitbeck posted a time of 20.23 seconds in the finals to earn third place. Washington & Lee senior Alex Sweet won the national title with a Division III-record time of 19.85 seconds. On March 21, he finished in 30th place in the 100 backstroke in 53.35. Whitbeck will conclude the event by competing in the 100 freestyle Saturday.

GCC'S WHITBECK SET TO DEFEND TITLE AT 2008 NCAA DIVISION III MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
Junior sprinter Tim Whitbeck will represent Grove City College at the 2008 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships March 20-22 at Miami University of Ohio's Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center in Oxford, Ohio. It is Whitbeck's third consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships. Whitbeck is the defending NCAA Division III champion in the 50 freestyle and is a six-time NCAA All-American. He will compete in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at this year's Championships.

WC'S LEHBERGER NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY, 2008
The PAC has named junior men's swimming standout Chris Lehberger of Westminster College as its PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month, for February 2008.

GROVE CITY CAPTURES 2008 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP
The Grove City College men captured the team title at the 2008 PAC Swimming & Diving Championships on February 14-16, edging defending champion Westminster by 14 points. PAC MVP honors went to Grove City junior Tim Whitbeck, while Coach of the Year laurels were awarded to Dave Fritz of Grove City. Complete invitational results as well as daily results from Thursday, Friday and Saturday are now online.

GCC'S WHITBECK NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER 2007
The PAC has honored Grove City College’s Tim Whitbeck as PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for December, 2007.

PAC DUO SWEEPS NATIONAL SWIMMING HONORS
The PAC swept the national Division III Swimmer of the Week awards by the Collegeswimming.com website, as Tim Whitbeck of Grove City and Kaitlyn Orstein of Washington & Jefferson have garnered this week's honors. In addition, the Grove City men are ranked 19th and the W&J women are ranked 16th in the latest national rankings.

TOP PAC TIMES THROUGH 12/9 ONLINE
The top times in PAC swimming for individual men, individual women, relay men and relay women through meets of December 9, 2007 are now online.

WC'S CONOR SIMPSON NAMED PAC SAAC MALE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH FOR 11/07
The PAC has named Westminster junior men's swimming standout Conor Simpson as PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month, for November, 2007.

GCC'S WHITBECK EARNS NATIONAL AWARD
Grove City junior swimmer Tim Whitbeck was named CollegeSwimming.com's Division III National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week for his efforts Nov.16-17. Whitbeck helped the Wolverines finish 4-0 during the weekend by winning the 50 free both days and contributing in relay event wins both days as well.

GCC'S COURAGE QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS
Grove City College swimmer Caleb Courage has qualified for next summer's United States Olympic Trials in the 100-meter freestyle. Courage qualified for the Trials by posting a time of 51.53 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100-meter free on July 31 at the USA Swimming National Championships, hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). Courage surpassed the Olympic Trials qualifying standard of 51.59 seconds.

WESTMINSTER'S RADY BICYCLING COAST TO COAST THIS SUMMER FOR CANCER AWARENESS
Westminster College senior swimmer Adam Rady will be participating in a trans-America bicycle ride called Coast to Coast for a Cure this summer to raise money for cancer support and awareness through the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Rady will complete a two-month bike from Plymouth Rock, Mass., to San Francisco that is tentatively scheduled to begin May 25.

WESTMINSTER'S TRUNK NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH
The PAC has selected Ryan Trunk of Westminster as the male PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Month for March, 2007.

GCC'S COURAGE JOINS TEAMMATE AS NATIONAL CHAMP, REPEATS IN 100 FREE; GCC PLACES 9TH, WESTMINSTER 20TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
A stellar PAC swimming season came to an end on March 17, as yet another PAC swimmer captured a national championship. One week after W&J's Kaitlyn Orstein captured a pair of national crowns at the women's national meet and two days after Grove City teammate Tim Whitbeck captured the national title in the 50 freestyle, Grove City junior Caleb Courage repeated as national champion in the 100 freestyle at the 2007 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming & Diving Championships, hosted by the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. Courage, the 2006 national champion in the 100 free, posted a finals time of 44.36. He was trailed by Westminster senior Ryan Trunk, who tied for second in the event with a time of 44.93. In team competition, Grove City finished the championship in ninth place with 118 points, while Westminster was 20th with 57.5 points. Complete meet results for the NCAA Championship can be found here.

WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON, WESTMINSTER MEN CITED AS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
The Washington & Jefferson and Westminster men’s swimming and diving teams each earned Division III Team Academic All-America recognition by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). The Presidents posted a 2.88 team grade-point average, while the Titans compiled a 3.08 team grade-point average.

SWEET REPEAT: WESTMINSTER SWEEPS 2007 PAC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the second consecutive year, Westminster College has captured the PAC men's & women's swimming & diving championships, held Feb. 8-10 at Grove City College in Grove City, Pa. The Titan men posted 964.5 points to edge host Grove City (926), while the WC women recorded 865 points to top second-place Washington & Jefferson (708.5). The 2007 MVP awards went to Grove City junior Caleb Courage and W&J junior Kaitlyn Orstein, while Coach of the Year laurels went to Westminster's Rob Klamut on the men's side and W&J's Mike Orstein on the women's side. Complete results for the first, second and third days of competition, as well as a recap of the All-PAC honorees, are now online.

GCC'S RIDDELL TABBED FOR PAC HONOR
The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) has selected Joe Riddell of Grove City College as the PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for January, 2007.

GROVE CITY TO HOST 2007 PAC MEN'S & WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP
Grove City College will host the 2007 PAC Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday-Saturday, February 8-10. Morning sessions start at 10 a.m. each day, followed by evening sessions at 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Information about the championship, the official website (including live results) for the GCC Swimming Invitational, and the psyche sheet for the swimming & diving championship, are all now online.

COURAGE NAMED ECAC SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Grove City College junior Caleb Courage was named ECAC Co-Swimmer of the Week for January 22. Courage posted eight total victories last week as the Wolverines posted dual wins over PAC rival Westminster and Wooster.

GROVE CITY, WESTMINSTER EARN SPOTS IN
TOP 25 DIVISION III POWER RANKINGS
The Grove City and Westminster men's swim teams each landed in the top 25 nationally of the Division III power rankings on CollegeSwimming.com this week. The Wolverines (9-1, 1-0 PAC) are ranked 11th with 148.0 points, their highest ranking ever. The Titan men (6-2, 2-0 PAC) are 16th in the poll with 137.0 points.

WESTMINSTER'S KLAMUT EARNS MILESTONE 
Westminster College head men's and women's swimming coach Rob Klamut registered his 300th career win Friday, January 5, as the Titan men (6-2) and women (2-6) picked up dual meet wins over Occidental by scores of 133-70 and 120-69, respectively. Now in his 22nd year of coaching at Westminster, Klamut boasts a 160-59-2 (.729) career record as the Titan men's coach and a 140-58 (.707) career record as the Titan women's coach for a combined career record of 300-117-2 (.716).

2006-07 SWIMMING AND DIVING PREVIEW ONLINE
The Westminster Titans took home the men’s PAC Swimming and Diving team championship last year, and individually all first team All-PAC honoree in 2005-06 will return defend their titles in 2006-07. Get ready for the upcoming swimming and diving season with the 2006-07 PAC Swimming and Diving preview, online now.

2006-07 PAC COMPOSITE SCHEDULE ONLINE
The 2006-07 PAC men's & women's swimming & diving composite schedule is now online.

GCC'S COURAGE CAPTURES NATIONAL TITLE IN 100 FREESTYLE TO PACE PAC SWIMMERS AT 2006 NCAA MEN'S SWIM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sophomore Caleb Courage became the first men's swimming national champion in Grove City College history on March 18, as he captured the 100 freestyle title at the 2006 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming & Diving Championships in Minneapolis, Minn. Courage won the event in a school-record time of 44.51. Courage led a PAC contingent of five GCC swimmers and one Westminster swimmer which earned All-America honors at the 2006 meet. Complete results can be found at the official NCAA Championships site.

Grove City captured the 2008 PAC men's team championship title, edging Westminster by 14 points.


Grove City College President Richard Jewell, a former diving champion at GCC, presents the 2008 PAC MVP award to Wolverine junior swimmer Tim Whitbeck.