Indoor Track and Field for the second year in a row, the men’s track and field team won the MAAC indoor title in 2012. The Jaspers defeated Rider by 60 points to earn their 16th consecutive crown. On the women’s side, Manhattan finished second behind Saint Peter’s. Manhattan got off to a great start at the MAAC Championships and took the first four places in the weight throw. Seniors Colin Quirke and Roman Ewald then went 1-2 in the shot put. Junior Brian McGovern defended his MAAC title in the pole vault, then broke his own school record in the event a week later. Senior Albert Johnson III won the gold medal in the long jump, and senior Kevin D’Emic earned the conference title in the 800-meter dash. A trio of freshmen also had strong showings at their first MAAC Championships. Abdias Myrtil won silver medals in the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash, while Sheldon Derenoncourt took second in the 400-meter dash. Greg Perrier placed second behind D’Emic in the 800 meters. In addition to their MAAC championship,
the Jasper men turned in strong performances throughout the season. Manhattan secured second place in the team standings at both the Metropolitan Championships and the inaugural Millrose Games Collegiate Invitational. The team qualified 13 individuals for the IC4A Championships. Head Coach Dan Mecca was named MAAC Men’s Coach of the Year. Leading the way for the women’s team at the MAAC Championships were juniors Cara Rostant and Andrea Nyback, as well as freshman Karolin Wagner. Rostant was named Most Outstanding Performer for Track Events at the MAAC Championships after setting a meet record in the 200 meters and also winning the 400 meters. Rostant then won a silver in the 4 x 400-meter relay. Nyback and Wagner shared Most Outstanding Performer for Field Events honors. Nyback scored points for the Jaspers in three different events, including a gold medal in the high jump. Earlier in the season, she notched the second-best pentathlon score in
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school history, finishing just eight points shy of her own school record. Wagner set a meet record in the pole vault at the MAAC Championships. She established a new school record in the event twice during the season. The Jaspers also enjoyed success in the classroom. Ewald, Johnson, senior Pat Porteus, juniors Mike Carroll, Yardley Keshinover and Billy Wilkens, and sophomores Rokas Kirlys, Mikael Rojeras and Tom Voorheis were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team on the men’s side. Among the women, Nyback, senior Maria Jangsten, juniors Emmy Koskien and Melissa Yap, and sophomore Sarah Moore earned MAAC All-Academic Team selections. Bridget Latino ’12
Swimming COntinuing to build upon the success of past seasons, the 2011-12 swim team brought the program to new depths this year. In a season that saw records shatter and swimmers continue to raise the bar, the Jaspers starred in both the pool and the classroom. Head coach Walter Olsewski ’68 picked up his 150th career win on Oct. 21, when both the men and women swept local rival College of Mount Saint Vincent. It would begin what was an impressive year for both teams. The men’s program finished the year 12-6 in their meets, while the women were 7-11 in their competitions. Led by the impressive sprinting of junior Robert Varieur, the Jaspers completely rewrote the program record book as they set 27 new school marks. Varieur now has his name next to seven different records including the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle events. The junior also took second in the MAAC at the conference meet in the 200 freestyle. Sophomore PJ Sweeney and freshman Mike Mackay also set new marks, while freshman James Kelly added a new feature to the men’s team in his ability as a diver. Senior Bridget Latino finished off arguably the greatest career for the Manhattan women. After a second-place finish at the MAAC Championships in the 200-yard butterfly and fourth place in the East-
ern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships, she ends her career with 16 different school records, including 11 individual marks, and is the only four-time team MVP in program history. In the classroom, both the men’s and women’s teams earned College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-American Team awards for the fall semester. The men were ranked 39th out of 72 teams, while the women made the list for the 30th consecutive semester (dating back to the spring of 1997), the longest streak in Division I. Eight individual swimmers, three men and five women, earned individual MAAC All-Academic honors. MANHATTAN.EDU N 19