3:37.34 - Boston College

2011 Award Winners
HAROLD M. GRODEN MD AWARD - Outstanding Performance
This award is named after the coach‟s father. It is given to a swimmer or diver for the outstanding
individual performance of the season - in a situation where he or she „rose to the occasion‟ for the benefit of
the team. Dr. Groden was a Boston College athlete (hockey - class of „35) and recognized the importance
of competition and striving for excellence in athletics as well as academics.
The HM Groden Award was actually created to as a response to a great swim. Back in 1985 the final meet
of the season for the men‟s team was against the University of Connecticut. It was the first season when the
New England‟s and the Big East were on the same weekend so we would only have one shaved meet to
conclude the season. Captain Lonnie Quinn ‟85 suggested that we shave for U Conn as our second shave.
The Huskies were a consistent top five team in the New England‟s where BC had never been in the top ten.
It seemed like a great fit and the team agreed. The meet came down to the last individual event - the 200
breaststroke. CT had two breaststrokers who had both been 2:17 so far that season. BC had Kevin Foley
„88 who had already done a personal best of 2:24 that year and Dean Schneble ‟87. Dean‟s personal best
was 2:18 and seasonal best was a 2:21. Three asides here – first - only three places scored at this time with
5 for 1st, 3 for 2 nd and 1 for 3 rd . Second – Kevin Foley was swimming his first meet of the semester as he
cut the cast off his broken arm to shave for this meet. Third – We needed this event as U Conn‟s 400 free
relay had all four swimmers back from the crew that had won last year‟s New Englands and set a NE record.
Kevin Foley got us started. His split for the first 100 was a personal best for his 100. Kevin died badly but
he had set the pace. Despite “dying badly”, Kevin still dropped five full seconds off his time to a 2:19, but
it was only good enough for fourth place. The two Huskies went 2:17 and 2:18 for second and third but the
Eagle‟s Dean Schneble had amazingly done a 2:13. He had taken eight seconds off his seasonal best and a
full five off his personal best. A swim great enough for a BC win versus U Conn and worthy of creating
this award. The Eagles inspired by Dean‟s effort then went out and closed out the meet by beating CT‟s
free relay to finalize the Boston College victory.
2011 HM Groden Award Winners
This has always been one of my favorite awards. To me it is the essence of competition. It is not about
times or just winning a race – it is about taking yourself to a higher level as a competitor. It is about seeing
a need that your team has at that time and fulfilling that need not just with your best effort, but with that
combination of effort and result that makes a team succeed due to your success.
Lauren Nightingale ’12 Allen, Texas
Patricia Kautz ’12 Bettendorf, Iowa
Mackenzie Campbell ’11 Foster City, California
Lia Breunig ’11 Walnut Creek, California
400 Freestyle Relay vs Army – October 8, 2010
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The trip to West Point during the 2011season turned out excellent. First- this year the weather was
excellent so we got to enjoy the ride and we got to walk around the beautiful West Point campus. The next
marked improvement was the way the meet was run. The 2010 problems had been solved and a well run
meet was conducive to some excellent swims. We stayed comfortably ahead of Stony Brook and the
Vermont meet slipped away from us, but the BC-Army meet kept going back and forth. The Eagles were
trailing but the diving 1-2 of Erin Rademaker and Ashley Driscoll got us closer. Then when Kathryn
Raplee won the 200 individual medley it meant that for the second year in a row the meet had come down
to the last relay.
Lauren Nightingale led off with a 54.28 followed by Patty Kautz‟s 54.26. Then the California
seniors Mackenzie Campbell and Lia Breunig contributed a 54.05 and a 54.75. All four team‟s A relays
came off the last turn and charged to the wall close together. When the final touches showed up on the
scoreboard they all registered 3:37 but the Eagles had the fastest hundredths for the win in both the last
event and the win in the meet over Army. The Army pool had once again provided us with another
excellent conclusion to a Boston College-Army dual meet.

2011 Award Winners
HAROLD M. GRODEN MD AWARD - Outstanding Performance
Last year in this same spot I started with this quote of a quote, “As I stated above “This has always
been one of my favorite awards” and it is even better when it takes a team.” This year in choosing the
winner of the Groden Award – one of the tougher parts was – Which Meet? There were four distinct
choices. So I started to look them over and one stood out to me in so many ways. As I started to look
through the results, I started to re-live the emotion of that day – and there was so much emotion. Part of it
was concluding the first semester‟s competitions, some of it being a chance to possibly beat a school like us
only with a funded program, of course the noisy emotion of a few Fordham Prep boys, but mostly it was just
Boston College Swimming & Diving at its best.
This picture adorned the cover of the program for that meet. It is such a BC picture with so many
swimmers working so hard to help an Eagle swimmer or two succeed in a race. This John MacKay photo
from the Terrier Invite shows our team at their best – and all day long – we were at our best against
Fordham. No slight at all about Williams but on that day Fordham was the target and the motivation.
The meet started with the 200 medley relay and Stickney, Stephens, Thilo and Spaeth started us off
with a 1:37.29 to 1:37.57 win. That was as close as Fordham would get all day. Boretti, Panzarino and
Carroll swept the 1000 and we were off to the races. A 1-3-4 in the 200 freestyle led by John Maloy came
next followed by something that would happen only three times all day – a Fordham win in an individual
event. And in each of those three events (100 back, 50 free and 100 fly), BC took 2-3-4 so the Rams total
gain was three points for their three wins. The Eagles made much better use of their wins as they notched a
pair of 1-2‟s with the 100 breast and the one meter diving. Four times we took 1-2-3 (1000, 200 breast, 500
free and 200 IM) – each of those good for a plus thirteen for BC. Also, amazingly, our 200 flyer‟s chipped
in with a 1-2-3-4-5 finish in the meet. Fordham did take the 400 free relay, but true to form we took 2-3 to
minimize another race‟s damage. The final result was Boston College 203 – Fordham University 95
The Outstanding Performer chosen for the win that day was The TEAM – and proud to say that is
the recipient of the 2011 HM Groden Award for Outstanding Performance – The TEAM.
Sorry, I don‟t have the money for fifty trophies so I am giving one each to our three captains –
Dominick Boccio, Brett Bromann & John Maloy (each who won an event in the meet) and one to Marty
Long who was victorious off both boards. My Congratulations and a copy of the Award to the rest of you.
Eagles
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HM Groden MD – Outstanding Performance Award – Previous Winners
2010 Anna Smith ‟10 Westport, Connecticut
John Maloy ‟11 Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
Brett Bromann ‟11 Yorktown, Illinois
Dominick Boccio ‟11 North Massapequa, New York
Andrew Clancey ‟12 Dublin, Ohio
Timmy Corrigan ‟12 Lido Beach, New York
2009 John Maloy ‟11 Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
Katherine Fritsch ‟10 Concord, Massachusetts
Andrew Clancey ‟12 Dublin, Ohio
2008 Dominick Boccio ‟11 North Massapequa, New York
Caryn Switaj ,10 Farmington Hills, Michagan
2007 Tom Nececkas ‟07 Wayne, New Jersey
Maeve Brennan ‟08 Winnetka, Illinois
Bradie Dwyer ‟08 Garden City, New York
Ashley Leprine ‟10 New Fairfield, Connecticut
Mari Wunschel ‟08 Santa Rosa, California
Caitlin Doherty ‟10 Andover, Massachusetts
Caroline Byron ‟09 Dallas, Pennsylvania
Kelly Leahey ‟09 Allentown, Pennsylvania
Megan Hurd ‟07 Centreville, Virginia
Libby Snyder ‟08 Honeoye Falls, New York
2006 Torey Thelin ‟06 Darien, Connecticut
Caroline Byron ‟09 Dallas, Pennsylvania
Tommy Chandler ‟09 Fairfax Station, Virginia
Colin Scott ‟08 Moraga, California
Matt Northrup ‟07 Fayetteville, New York
Andy Faughnan ‟07 Aberdeen, New Jersey
Daniel Kollar ‟07 Schenectady, New York
2005 Brandon Twichell ‟05 Fayetteville, New York
The Women‟s ECAC Team 2005 ECAC Champions
2004 Andy Faughnan ‟07 Aberdeen, New Jersey
Andy Naumann ‟04 Tucson, Arizona
David Herman ‟05 San Anselmo, California
Matt Northrup ‟07 Fayetteville, New York
Liz Byron ‟06 Dallas, Pennsylvania
2003 Torey Thelin '06 Darien, Connectict
Lauren Keibler ‟04 Prospect, Kentucky
Liz Byron ‟06 Dallas, Pennsylvania
Tim Tully ‟05 New Rochelle, New York
Andy Naumann ‟04 Tucson, Arizona
Brandon Twichell ‟05 Fayetteville, New York
2002 Matt Baker ‟03 Lakewood, Washington
Caitlin Healey ‟04 Needham, Massachusetts
2001 Christopher Murphy '01 Westminister, Colorado
Nicole Duffy '03 Fairfax, Virginia
Caitlin Healey '04 Needham, Massachusetts
Lauren Keibler '04 Prospect, Kentucky
Caitlin Klick '03 Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Alexis Kostopoulos '02 Marblehead, Massachusetts
Michelle Lane '04 Kentwood, Michigan
Joanne Paleo '04 Mount Kisco, New York
Lauren Schwartz '02 Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Brianne Sullivan '02 Staten Island, New York
Nina Suryoutomo '03 Fremont, California
2000 Matthias Schildwachter ‟03 Yorktown Heights, New York
Nicole Duffy ‟03 Chesterfield, Missouri
Lauren Schwartz ‟02 Mount Laurel, New Jersey

1999 Ken Barton ‟01 Meridan, Connecticut
Marc Manganiello ‟01 Norwich, Vermont
Brian O‟Neill ‟01 Reno, Nevada
Sara Guerena ‟99 Santa Barbara, California
1998 Sara Guerena „99 Santa Barbara, California
Patty Schoenhaus „99 Edison, New Jersey
Rachel Enos „99 Ipswich, Massachusetts
Greg Dwyer „00 Rochelle Park, New Jersey
1997 Maggie Villamana „98 Tucson, Arizona
Shane Foley „99 New Milford, New Jersey
Greg Dwyer „00 Rochelle Park, New Jersey
1996 Steve Yap „98 Norwalk, Connecticut
Maggie Villamana „98 Tucson, Arizona
1995 Megan Lammon „96 Cumberland, Rhode Island
John Webber „95 Stamford, Connecticut
1994 Holly Bickle „94 St Louis, Missouri
John Webber „95 Stamford, Connecticut
1993 Heather Bickle „94 St Louis, Missouri
John Webber „95 Stamford, Connecticut
1992 Beverly Lazarski „93 West Chester, Pennsylvania
Maarten Kraaijvanger „92 Saunderstown, Rhode Island
1991 Heather Bickle „94 St Louis, Missouri
Maarten Kraaijvanger „92 Saunderstown, Rhode Island
1990 Cat Lukas „90 Riverside, Connecticut
Todd Hewett „90 Bradford, Massachusetts
1989 Gillian Fucigna „89 Douglastown, New York
Craig Jones „91 Darien, Connecticut
Mike Ryan „92 Hamden, Connecticut
Peter Sullivan „91 Chelmsford, Massachusetts
1988 Kristen Murphy „88 Acton, Massachusetts
Craig Jones „91 Darien, Connecticut
1987 Tara McKenna „87 Westport, Connecticut
Suzy Sullivan „88 Rockville Centre, New York
400 Free Relay - NE‟s
Todd Hewett „90 Bradford, Massachusetts
Aaron Thompson „89 Dover, New Hampshire
Alan Johnson „90 Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Scott Williams „87 Cheshire, Connecticut
Roberto Ayala „87 Mexico City, Mexico
1986 Suzy Sullivan „88 Rockville Centre, New York
Greg Greene „88 Chatham, Massachusetts
1985 Tara McKenna „87 Westport, Connecticut
Dean Schneble „87 Plainsboro, New Jersey