Seniors Elise Mason and Megan Clifford finished their swimming careers at the NCAA Division II Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, last week. Clifford became the first woman in Hillsdale swimming history to earn All-American honors in the 200-yard freestyle for the third straight year. Mason’s best finish of the week was a 21st place finish in...
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Clifford and Mason qualify for NCAA nationals in Indy
Seniors Megan Clifford and Elise Mason will swim in the NCAA Division II championship March 11-15 in Indianapolis, after qualifying for the competition last month. “It was more a relief than anything,” Clifford said about qualifying for nationals. “I knew that I had the capacity to qualify. It was just a matter of doing it.”...
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Kirner is Coach of the Year
Head swim coach Kurt Kirner won his fifth Great Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award in seven years on Feb. 15. The award is given to an outstanding coach during the G-MAC/Mountain East Conference championship meet each year. On the podium, alongside his assistant coach, Alissa Lufkin, ‘16, he pointed to his team...
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Mason dominates as Chargers take runner-up
Senior Elise Mason claimed three conference titles and head coach Kurt Kirner won his fifth Coach of the Year award last week at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference meet as the Chargers swim team earned its third straight runner-up finish in the conference with a score of 1414.5. During her first three years as a...
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Awards abound as Chargers earn third straight runner-up finish at G-MACs
Senior Elise Mason claimed three conference titles and head coach Kurt Kirner won his fifth Coach of the Year award last week at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference meet as the Chargers swim team earned its third straight runner-up finish in the conference with a score of 1414.5. During her first three years as a...