GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson sophomore diver
Taylor Weyrich (McMurray, Pa./Seton LaSalle) and interim head diving coach
Josh Vasko earned Presidents' Athletic Conference awards as the 2022 PAC Swimming & Diving Championships concluded Saturday evening.
Weyrich earned the PAC's Women's Diver of the Year award for the second-straight year. Weyrich prevailed on both the 1-meter board and 3-meter board, finishing with a score of 431.05 points on the one-meter board Thursday and a score of 432.75 on the three-meter board Saturday. She surpassed the qualifying standards on both boards for the NCAA Division III Region 4 (Northeast/South) Diving Championships on Friday-Saturday, Feb. 25-26.
A former PAC Diver of the Year during his time as a student-athlete at W&J, Vasko was named PAC Women's Diving Coach of the Year. Vasko was a three-time PAC Diver of the Year for W&J. He won conference titles in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives in consecutive years (2014-15 and 2015-16).
Amanda Graves (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford) registered a fifth place finish in the 200 Backstroke. The sophomore completed a strong run at the 2022 championships by recording a time of 2:15.32 in the event.
Sydney Neumann (Long Beach, Calif./Millikan) posted a fifth place effort in the 200 Breaststroke. The freshman raced to a time of 2:38.26 in the event.
Kimber Randolph (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) competed in the "B Final" of the 200 Breaststroke and finished 10th overall (2:43.70).
Morgan McGuire (Freidens, Pa./Somerset), Randolph, Neumann and Graves made up the 400 Free Relay team for the Presidents. The quartet swam to a fifth place finish with a time of 3:52.11.
Additionally, sophomore diver
Alexis Griner (Valrico, Fla./Bloomingdale) represented W&J on the PAC Sportsmanship Team.
Grove City paced the seven-team championship field with 1,048 points. Saint Vincent College was the runner-up with 765.50 points. Westminster College finished third (659) and was followed by Chatham University in fourth (369), Washington & Jefferson College in fifth (330), Franciscan University sixth (272.50) and Bethany College in seventh (7). The conference championships were held at Grove City's James E. Longnecker Competition Pool, home of the league's swimming and diving championships since 1990.
