Swimmers Evan Kennel and Katie Doogan -- Both SCAC's Best -- Competing at NCAA Championships

March 10, 2005

March 10, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - Two DePauw swimmers -- both deemed the best in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference this year -- are now competing at the NCAA Division III swimming and diving championships in Holland, Michigan. Senior Evan Kennel, the SCAC Male Swimmer of the Year, earned a trip to the nationals with a time of 1:51.76 in the 200-yard backstroke preliminaries at the SCAC Championships last month. Freshman Katie Doogan, the SCAC Female Swimmer of the Year, turned in an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 2:06.41 in the 200-yard backstroke final, a time that broke the conference championship record.

"Division III DePauw has been a perfect fit for Doogan, who coming out of high school, wanted to continue swimming competitively, but at the same time stressing the importance of academics," writes Jim Toth in Michigan's Rochester Eccentric. Doogan tells the newspaper, "I was looking outstate because I've moved all my life as part of a military family, and so staying close to home was a big thing. I was looking at Miami (Ohio), but I didn't know about swimming D-I. I looked at DePauw because it was similar, just D-III. It's prestigious academically and the atmosphere with only 2,500 students is great."

Read the newspaper's profile of the freshman swimmer, which includes a quote from DePauw women's swimming coach Mary Bretscher, by clicking here.

DePauw's men's swimming and diving team was the SCAC champion for the second time in three seasons. Visit the team's Web page here, and learn more about the women's team, which finished second in the conference, here. 

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