Jayhawks Earn 56 All-Region 3 First-Team Honors In The Pool
ROCHESTER — The accolades keep rolling in for Jamestown Community College’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams as the Jayhawks received 56 All-Region 3 First-Team honors.
The women, who won last week’s regional championship at Monroe Community College in convincing fashion, garnered 48 of the 50 First-Team honors.
Madison Kramer, who was named the Female Swimmer of the Meet, earned awards in the 50-yard backstroke, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly.
Lindsey Spitz was also tabbed four times for winning the 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley.
The Jayhawks’ Paiden Wittmeyer snagged three by leading the region in the 50-yard freestyle, 50-yard butterfly and 100-yard individual medley.
Ella Fosberg also took home three honors in the 500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle.
Teammates Hayley Dawson and Ashlynn Swan each captured a pair of first teams by winning the 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard individual medley, and 1-meter diving and 3-meter diving, respectively.
The Jamestown CC women swept the honors in the relays as well. In the 200-yard freestyle, it was Kramer, Anna Jones, Dawson and Wittmeyer. The 200-yard medley was won by Kramer, Spitz, Wittmeyer and Jones. The team of Kramer, Wittmeyer, Jones and Dawson took home the 400-yard freestyle. In the 400-yard medley it was Fosberg, Spitz, Kramer and Wittmeyer. Lastly, Fosberg, Stacey Blacker, Jones and Dawson won the 800-yard freestyle relay.
On the men’s side, the Jayhawks took home eight All-Region First-Team honors. Those were handed out to Maxim Johnson and Brady Lindstrom, who received four spots apiece.
Johnson, the Male Swimmer of the Meet, won the 50-yard freestyle, 50-yard butterfly, 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard butterfly.
Lindstrom dominated the breaststroke, winning the 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard, as well as the 100-yard individual medley.
Jamestown also captured a handful of places on the Second Team.
Shaylyn Owens grabbed the 100-yard freestyle; Blackler the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard individual medley; Fosberg the 200-yard backstroke; Dawson the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley; Jones the 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard individual medley; and Wittmeyer added to her trophy case with a Second-Team award in the 100-yard butterfly.
The men also saw their names on the Second-Team list. Lukas Baer for the 100-yard freestyle, and the relay team of Lindstrom, Toby Gifford, Johnson and Rinat Kalimullin, who finished second in the 200-yard medley.
The Jayhawks now focus on the national championships, which take place in Fort Pierce, Florida, from March 6-9.