Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

Senior Maddy Hawkins
(Boylston, Mass.) earned
the Wynne Jesser McGrew
Scholar-Athlete Award,
given annually to a graduating
female student
who has made significant
contributions to both the
academic and varsity
programs of the college.
Alpine Skiing
The Alpine ski team
made its return to the
Eastern Intercollegiate Ski
Association (EISA) after
spending the past 15
seasons as a member of
the United States Ski and
Snowboard Association
(USCSA). Throughout the
EISA race season, the
Chargers had impressive
team results and individual
accomplishments.
Senior Shawn Dunstan
(Sinking Spring, Pa.),
who was named Colby-
Sawyer’s Outstanding
Male Athlete of the Year,
competed at the NCAA
Championship in
Bozeman, Mont. Of the
three programs (Boston
College, Plymouth State
and Colby-Sawyer) who
transitioned from the
McConnell Division to
EISA racing this season,
Colby-Sawyer was the
Shawn Dunstan ’13 was named the Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year this spring.
Throughout the EISA race season, the Alpine ski team had impressive team results and
individual accomplishments.
only team represented
at the NCAA Skiing
Championships.
Senior Ryan Lawless
(Charlemont, Mass.) just
missed qualifying for
the NCAAs after a stellar
season that included
multiple top-15 finishes.
Senior Cece Andvord
(Oslo, Norway) was the
lone upperclassman on
the women’s team, leaving
the team with a young
talented crop of skiers for
the 2013 campaign.
Swimming and
Diving
The men’s and women’s
swimming and diving
teams enjoyed a season
that sent 15 members to
the New England Intercollegiate
Swimming and
Diving Association
(NEISDA) Championships.
The men finished 10th
and the women 12th in the
multi-day event.
Eight school records were
set on the women’s side,
all of which came at the
NEISDA Championships.
A new mark was set by the
200-meter freestyle relay
team of Erin Dunican
(Bennington, Vt.), Krystyna
Estrada (Lebanon, N.H.),
Jen Gavell (Lebanon,
N.H.), and Lanie White
(Bass Harbor, Maine).
Dunican, Estrada, Gavell
and Emily Olson (Lynn,
Mass.) also set a record
time in the 400-meter
freestyle relay.
Dunican also set three
breaststroke records
in the 50-, 100- and
200-meter races. Estrada
added a pair of school
records in the 50- and
100-meter freestyle. White
is the new record holder of
the 50-meter butterfly.
Dunican, Estrada, Gavell
and White also competed
at the Eastern College
Athletic Conference
(ECAC) Championships
in Annapolis, Md.
The Charger men were
led by senior co-captains
Jack Nessen (Beverly,
Mass.) and Owen Worden
(New Bedford, Mass.).
Worden, who received the
Colby-Sawyer Male Senior
Scholar-Athlete Award,
is a member of the school
record holding 400-meter
freestyle relay team.
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