Ithaca College Athletics
Ithaca College Athletics
Ithaca College Athletics
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ITHACA COLLEGE<br />
Sheila Rhoades won individual conference titles in the 50-, 100- and<br />
200-yard freestyle events and Missy Keesler won the Empire 8 title in the<br />
200-yard backstroke. The Bombers also won Empire 8 titles in the 200- and<br />
400-yard medley relays.<br />
<strong>Ithaca</strong> automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Women’s<br />
Swimming & Diving Championships in four events by meeting the NCAA<br />
A provisional qualifying standard.<br />
NCAA Championships: Six <strong>Ithaca</strong> swimmers combined to earn All-<br />
America finishes in two relays and four individual performances during the<br />
four-day NCAA event. <strong>Ithaca</strong> finished 13th in the team standings with 75<br />
points. It was <strong>Ithaca</strong>’s highest team finish since placing 11th in 2003. The<br />
Bombers have now finished in the top-20 of the team standings 20 times<br />
in the last 27 years.<br />
Lauren Botterbusch concluded her outstanding <strong>Ithaca</strong> career as a fourtime<br />
All-American in 2009 and a 12-time All-American in her career. Her<br />
12 All-American finishes rank 14th in <strong>Ithaca</strong> history. She placed third in the<br />
100-yard breaststroke at the NCAAs and was a member of the sixth-place<br />
400-yard medley relay team. She was also 14th in the 200-yard breaststroke<br />
and on the ninth-place 200-yard medley relay team.<br />
Sheila Rhoades finished 10th in the finals of the 100-yard freestyle<br />
in 51.31 seconds. It was her first ever All-American finish in individual<br />
competition and the seventh overall All-American honor of her career.<br />
She added two All-American finishes in relay events in 2009 on both the<br />
200- and 400-yard medley relay teams.<br />
Jen Heberton joined Botterbusch and Rhoades on the 200- and 400yard<br />
medley relay teams to earn two more All-American finishes and she<br />
now totals six overall All-American honors in her career.<br />
Amanda Vitullo (200 medley relay) and Missy Keesler (400 medley<br />
relay) completed the two All-American relay teams and Becca Blazak earned<br />
All-American honors by placing 12th in the 100-yard breaststroke.<br />
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS<br />
year Record<br />
1990-2008 ICAC/<br />
Coach EAA/E8<br />
uNySSA/<br />
uNySCSA NCAA<br />
1989-90 8-3 Paula Miller 1st 2nd 9th<br />
1990-91 7-2-1 Paula Miller 1st 1st 6th<br />
1991-92 10-1 Paula Miller 1st 1st 5th<br />
1992-93 6-2 Paula Miller 1st 1st 6th<br />
1993-94 4-3 Paula Miller 1st 2nd 6th<br />
1994-95 5-2 Paula Miller 1st 3rd 21st<br />
1995-96 6-2 Paula Miller 3rd 11th<br />
1996-97 8-1 Paula Miller 1st 15th<br />
1997-98 9-0 Paula Miller 1st 8th<br />
1998-99 9-0 Paula Miller 1st 7th<br />
1999-2000 8-2 Paula Miller 1st 2nd 42nd<br />
2000-01 10-0 Paula Miller 1st 1st 24th<br />
2001-02 11-0 Paula Miller 1st 1st 15th<br />
2002-03 11-0 Paula Miller 1st 1st 11th<br />
2003-04 10-1 Paula Miller 1st 1st 33rd<br />
2004-05 4-7 Paula Miller 1st 3rd<br />
2005-06 7-5-1 Paula Miller 1st 1st 36th<br />
2006-07 7-6 Paula Miller 1st 2nd<br />
2007-08 9-4 Paula Miller 1st 2nd 20th<br />
2008-09 11-3 Paula Miller 1st 1st 13th<br />
ICAC = Independent <strong>College</strong> Athletic Conference (member 1983-92)<br />
EAA = Empire Athletic Association (member 1993-94)<br />
E8 = Empire 8 (member 1995-present)<br />
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