Since joining the Presidents' Athletic Conference for the 2006-07 season, the PAC/AMCC Championships have been kind to the Saint Vincent Bearcats. The Bearcats, coached by Josh Gurekovich, have finished fifth at the event in each of the past two seasons, and 17 of the team's current records were set in the past two years at Grove City.

The Bearcats enter the PAC Championships with a 5-4 record, and the team has received contributions from a healthy mix of veteran upperclassmen and newcomers throughout the season.

Senior Eric Clouse, the team's record holder in the 100 and 200 fly as well as the 200 IM, has enjoyed a solid final season for the Bearcats, earning a total of eight individual wins and six second-place finishes in his three specialty events as well as the 100 free. Clouse's classmate, Jon Okonak, who boasts school records in the 50 and 100 free, has also done quite well in '08-09, earning six individual first place finishes and seven second-place finishes on the year.

Zack Krejdovsky has displayed excellent versatility throughout his sophomore season, setting a school record with a time of 5:01.40 in the 500 Free on Dec. 4th while also earning points in the 1000 and 1650 Free and the 100 Back on the year.

A pair of freshmen, Matt Snelick and Dan Kostovny, has led Saint Vincent in the breaststroke, as they've shared either first or second six times through the Bearcats' nine meets. Another first-year swimmer, Andre Maldonado, has complimented the veteran Okonak well in the short freestyle races, earning points in the 50, 100 or 200 in seven dual meets.

Snelick and Clouse have been constants on SVC's medley relay squads, teaming with Krejdovsky, Okonak, Troy Linebaugh, and Adam Thomas to capture first or second in the 200 and 400 seven times on the season, while Okonak, Maldonado, Linebaugh, and Kirk Selembo have teamed up to earn points in the 200 and 400 free relays in six different meets on the year.
 

The Saint Vincent women will turn to a number of young faces as they look to improve upon their seventh place finish in the 2008 PAC/AMCC Championships. With a roster composed of five freshmen, two sophomores, and a junior, the Saint Vincent College Lady Bearcats are the youngest team in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Despite the lack of experience, the team has put together a solid, and promising, 4-6 record up to this point, with contributions made by each and every member of the squad.

In her first year of competition, freshman Mandie West has earned 17 first-place finishes, setting school records in five individual events, including the 200, 500, 1000, and 1650 free and the 400 IM. West’s classmate, Jess Kennedy, enters this championship weekend owning team records in both the 50 and 100 free, while she has also earned points throughout the year in the 200 free, and the 100 and 200 fly. A third Lady Bearcat freshman, Maggie Demspey, owns seven individual wins in the 50 and 100 free, while first-year swimmer Christine Dunleavy has spearheaded SVC’s breaststroke efforts on the year, earning points in the 100 and 200. Swimming the 100 fly, 200 free, and 1000 free, sophomore Amanda Haile has earned first- or second-place finishes in all 10 of her team's dual meets on the year.

Freshman Haley Krol came on over the second half of the season to post wins in the 50, 100, and 200 free, while junior Molly Michael has also earned points in all three events throughout the year. Sophomore Sarah Denning has picked up three wins and five second places in backstroke events.

The Lady Bearcat foursome of Kennedy, Haile, Dempsey, and West set school records in both the 200 and 800 free relay, while the medley relay squad of Krol, Dempsey, Kennedy, and Haile owns multiple wins in both the 200 and 400 distances.