ST. PETERS, Mo. - Union College wrapped up the 2009 NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championship Saturday by posting four Top-15 finishes en route to solid team finishes.
Michael Viscardi (Marietta, Ga.) finished eighth in the men's 200-yard breaststroke finals. His finals time of two minutes and 10.77 seconds was slower than his school-record prelim time of 2:08.06.
Tamsin Petersen (Johannesburg, South Africa) posted a ninth-place swim in the 200 butterfly. The freshman completed the event in 2:09.93 to lower her Union record.
The Lady Bulldogs' 400 freestyle relay squad finished 13th. The group needed 3:49.64 to cover the distance in program-record fashion.
The men's 400 freestyle relay team trimmed seven seconds off their prelim time en route to a 14th-place swim. The quartet finished at the 3:19.69 mark to once again break the Union record.
Mollie Messmer (Scott City, Mo.) lowered her 1,650 freestyle record down to 18:35.21 and finished 10th in the event.
Colin McEachran (Blenheim, Canada) cut his school-record 1,650 freestyle time down to 17:48.66 in the finals.
The Bulldogs were 10th behind 68 points while the Lady Bulldogs collected 76 points to finish 12th.
Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) swam away with the women's crown with 691 points. California Baptist University was second with 639.5 points. On the men's side California Baptist captured the national championship with 693 points, 204 points better than Fresno Pacific (Calif.) University.
- [Women's Cross Country] - Eden Ellison - Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- [Football] - Quintin Borders - MSC East Offensive Player of the Year
- [Football] - Demetrius Davis, Quinton Borders & William Roundtree - All-MSC East First Team
- [Football] - Brad Fulton & Josh Littleton - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Patricia Nardy - AAC Defensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Offensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall - Golden Boot Award Winner
- [Women's Soccer] - Jason Lanham - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall, Stephanie Cagle, Patricia Nardy, Nikki Jeck & Kristina Kirk - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum, Ashley Hall, Patricia Nardy, Renata Peixoto, Jessica Brandner & Jessica Florence - All-AAC First Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Danny Bartlett, Nathan Koebcke, Roscoe Moonieyan, Kevin Niehaus, Austin Sebald & Max Sisson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Jonathan Sutton, Jonathan Shaw & Aaron Miller - All-AAC First Team
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - Whitney Elam - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland - AAC Setter of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Amanda Silva - AAC Libero of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Chelsea Kirschman - AAC All-Freshman Team
- [Volleyball] - Autumn Combs, Christina Prindle, Maddie Peterson, Sarah Alderson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland, Autumn Combs, Brooke Vinovich, Amanda Silva - All-AAC First Team
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Cycling] - Bulldogs place second at NCCA National Championship Meet
- [Cycling] - Rachel Millsop - Placed Third in the 2009 NCCA Division II Women's Omnium
- [Cycling] - Zach Winn - 2009 NCCA Division II Men's Omnium National Champion
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