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July 29, 2010

Bryan Kolacz, Junior, Men's Track and Field
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Peter Najem, Senior, Men's Track and Field
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Kristine Trutor
Position: Backstroke/Butterfly
Year: Senior
Hometown: Holden, Mass.
High School: Wachusett Regional

 

One of the programs' all-time great  performers and reigning  NEISDA and LEC swimmer of the year looking to complete her Keene State career with a productive senior season....a top competitor in sprint,  back and fly events, looking to defend her NEISDA and LEC titles  and return to the NCAA championships this year ... As a junior:  Competed in three events at the NCAA Championships, becoming the first KSC women's swimmer to score at the national meet when she qualified for the finals in the 100 fly, placing 14th with a school record time of 57.09....just missed reaching the finals in the 100 back, placing 17th in a school record time of 57.88 and placed 35th in the preliminaries of the 200 backstroke race.....named swimmer of the meet at the NEISDA Championships after leading KSC to its second consecutive title...four-time LEC swimmer of the week....set two individual pool records and two championship meet marks in the three-day event,  capturing  the 200-back (2:07.47-pool record), 100 back (57.63-meet and pool record), and 50 back (26.89-meet record) events....was also a member of the winning 200 free relay (1:39.65), 400 medley relay (3:57.68-pool record), 200 medley relay (1:48.66-pool record), and 400 free relay (3:35.77-pool record), which established new Keene State records....set three individual records and qualified provisionally for the NCAA Division III Championships to lead Owls  to its third straight Little East Championship... dominated the backstroke event, breaking two of her own personal championship records in the process... set a new standard in the 100-yard event with a time of 58.24, shattering the previous mark set in 2006 (1:01.28)...posted a time of 2:08.52 in the 200-yard backstroke to shave 6.47 seconds off the meet record. She also broke the two-year benchmark in the 100-yard butterfly, touching in at 58.57 seconds...As a sophomore: won 100 back and 200 back races at LEC championships ... swam to first-place finishes in 50 fly, 50 and 100 back at NEISDA championships ... also member of winning 200 and 400 free and 200 medley relays  ... as a freshman: captured All-New England championships in 50 and 100 back, 200 free, and 200 medley relays and claimed LEC titles in 100 and 200 back and 200 medley relay ... set Owl records in 50, 100, and 200 back and 50 fly  ... a member of the LEC All-Academic team ... Kristine is a film studies major.