The Panther swimmers earned fifth this past weekend in Rochester, Mich., at the Summit League Championships.

The Panther men scored 359 points while the women tallied 280, earning both teams a fifth place finish. Kelli DiCanio was the lone Panther to make the Women’s All-League team. There were four Panthers who made the Men’s All-League team, as Joe Ciliak, Michael Lacine, Matt O’Hagan and Richie Waszak were each named to the team.

Around the Summit League

Oakland’s men and women each won the Summit League Championship for the 13th straight year in a landslide with scores of 1,040 and 1,041. Multiple Oakland swimmers were named to the All-League team. For the men, Alex Aceino, Adam Cone, Amrel Sayed, Nick Evans, Tobias Hansen, Grant Harding, Anders Jensen, Zach Johnson, Matyas Keresztes, Tim Montague, Jordan Moses, Joe Rodgers, Mario Rusnak, Ben Vavra and Scott Yarbrough each made the team.

Vanessza Balough, Marcella Barretta, Alyssa Busch, Sandra Czerska, Jade Evink, Tricia Grant, Johanna Gustafsson, Jennifer Larsen, Emily Ludema, Kyra Rietveld, Nicole Salmeto, Christine Seiple, Julieanne Stears and Alyssa Vela were named to the women’s All-League team.

Both teams of South Dakota State won second place at the Summit League Championships, with the men earning 640.5 points while the women had 662.

Yann Desjardins, Connor Florand, Will Hogue, Clark Kocourek, Jack Morrow, Kyle Ochsner, Chris Schreier, Patrick Shea, Blake Yeager and Doug Ogilviequalified were named to the All-League team. The women’s All-League team was represented by Andrea Budahl, Kaylin Caron, Jessica Ferley, Samantha Fossum, Nicole Grimit, Kaitlyn Hemmingson, MorganMcLain, Ashley Valdez and Emma Wright.

South Dakota finished in third place with 544 points for the women and 413 for the men. Mariah Anderson, Torie Buberi, Elizabeth Hoffman, Molly Knowles, Shannon Moceri, Paige Stavely and Corey Wannamaker were named to the All-League team. Blake Frederick, Cody Horton, Terry Rolfe, Thad Stoddard, Jake Tempesta and Dane Van Arkel made it for the men.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis’ men and women earned a fourth place finish with scores of 385.5 and 492. Tony Carroll, Adam Ferguson, Mitchell Gauger and Luke Green were honored for their performances this season by making the All-League team. Margaret Barber, Lizzie Bourgeois, Lindsey Hurst, Chen Ni, Jenny Oleksiak and Peyton Zehner were named to the women’s All-League team.

Western Illinois came in last place with the men having 313 points and the women totaling 186. Doug Ogilvie was the only member of Western Illinois that made the All-League Team.

Nick Blankenship can be reached at 581-7942or nrblankenship@eiu.edu.