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GRINNELL, Iowa  – Grinnell got back to its winning ways and used a day three charge to win the women’s title while the Grinnell men held the lead built up after two days to again sweep the championships at the 2013 Midwest Conference (MWC) Swimming & Diving Championships.

The Grinnell men won their 12th straight team championship with 923 points and were followed by Lake Forest with 827 points and Monmouth with 374 points. The Grinnell women picked up its 14th championship in the last 15 years with 892 points barely beating runner-up Lake Forest (875.50) and Monmouth (420.50).

Five more MWC records were broken on Sunday that include Garr Punnett in the prelims of the 200 butterfly where he also secured a NCAA “B” cut, Michael Brus (Grinnell) who broke a national record in the 200 backstroke with a NCAA “A” cut time, Alex Dunn (Lake Forest) in the 100 freestyle, along with both the Grinnell men’s and Lake Forest women’s 400 freestyle relay teams.

Alex Marks (Lake Forest) and Hayley Levin (Grinnell) both earned NCAA “B” cuts in the 200 breaststroke while  Becky Shaak (Lake Forest) also earned a “B” cut in the 1650 freestyle.

Lake Forest Head Coach Vadim Tashlitsky was recognized as the Women’s Coach of the Year with Grinnell’s Erin Hurley receiving the Men’s Coach of the Year Award.

Here are the gold medalists from the final day of competition:

1650-yard Freestyle
Men: Mark Wilcozen, Lake Forest College (16:37.61)
Women: Becky Shaak, Lake Forest College (17:13.96)B

200-yard Backstroke
Men: Michael Brus, Grinnell College (1:45.94)*A (Also NCAA Record)
Women: Kelsie Miller, Lake Forest College (2:07.43)

100-yard Freestyle
Men: Gabe Baginski, Monmouth College (47.20)
Women: Alex Dunn, Lake Forest College (52.87)*

200-yard Breaststroke
Men: Alex Marks, Lake Forest College (2:06.27)B
Women: Hayley Levin, Grinnell College (2:21.49)B

200-yard Butterfly
Men: Garr Punnett, Lake Forest College (1:53.68)B
Women: Brooke Rowley, Lake Forest College (2:10.02)

400-yard Freestyle Relay
Men: Grinnell College (Jerry Brown, Joseph Lytle, Kevin Bennett, Michael Brus) 3:06.74*
Women: Lake Forest College (Kelsey Hoeper, Loren Dutca, Alex Dunn, Becky Shaak) 3:34.56*

Notes: * - Conference Record; A – NCAA “A” Cut; B – NCAA “B” cut


After the meet the individual award winners were announced which were as follows:

Women’s Diver of the Meet: Christina Pekar, Lake Forest College
Men’s Diver of the Meet: Alex Mishun, Carroll University
Women’s Swimmer of the Meet: Hayley Levin, Grinnell College
Men’s Swimmer of the Meet: Michael Brus, Grinnell College
Women’s Coach of the Year: Vadim Tashlitsky, Lake Forest College
Men’s Coach of the Year: Erin Hurley, Grinnell College

Gabe Baginski talks about his win in the 100-yard freestyle:

Mark Wilcoxen talks about his gold medal win in the 1650-yard freestyle: