United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(7/2/10)--The Coast Guard Academy men’s swimming and diving team earned All-Academic honors from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) while four individuals earned honorable mention All-Academic honors.

The Bears had a team GPA of 3.09 during the spring semester, a team needs to have a 3.0 or better to earn All-Academic honors.

Juniors Mike Carman and Eric Schwartz, sophomore Johnson Knox and freshman Nick Poehler earned honorable All-Academic honors by having over a 3.5 GPA in the spring semester and posting an NCAA “A” or “B” cut time during the season.

Carman, who had a 4.0 GPA and was All-conference in the 200 breaststroke, qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 breaststroke.

Schwartz, who also sported a 4.0 GPA, qualified in both the 400 and 800 freestyle relays. He was part of the 800 free relay team which won the NEWMAC championship while he also earned All-conference honors as part of the 400 free relay team.

Ariana Pourmonir was one of nine student-athletes named to the NEWMAC All-Academic team.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(3/15/10)--Coast Guard placed nine student athletes on the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) 2009-2010 Winter All-Academic team.

The men’s swimming and diving team led the way with four members, the women’s swimming team placed three on the team while the women’s basketball team also had two student athletes honored.

Juniors Mike Carman (Operations Research/Computer Analysis), Jared Hylander (Mechanical Engineering) and Eric Schwartz (Operations Research/Computer Analysis) along with sophomore Jeff Mistrick (Mechanical Engineering) were named from the men’s swim team.

Seniors Sarah Hohnstadt (Mechanical Engineering), Ariana Pourmonir (Marine and Environmental Sciences) and sophomore Katie Cappetta (Mechanical Engineering) represented the women’s swimming and diving team.

Nick Poehler earned NEWMAC Rookie of the Year honors with an outstanding performance this weekend.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(3/1/10)--Freshman Nick Poehler was named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Swimming Rookie of the Year as he posted three NCAA “B” cut times, won the conference championship in the 800 freestyle relay and earned All-conference honors with second place finishes in two other events at the NEWMAC Championships this past weekend.

Poehler teammed with Brian McGuiness, Alex Brown and Eric Schwartz to win the 800 freestyle relay with a school-record and an NCAA “B” cut time of 6:52.26.

He also took took second in the 500 freestyle with an NCAA “B” cut time of 4:38.08 and placed second in the 1,650 freestyle with an NCAA “B” cut time of 16:10.29.

Coast Guard placed second at the meet for the second straight season. The Bears won the NEWMAC Championship three straight years from 2006-2008.

Men's Swimming - Bears Finish 2nd at NEWMAC Championships

Mike Carman placed second in the 200 breaststroke to earn All-conference honors.

NORTON, MASS.--(2/28/10)--During the third and final day, Coast Guard earned All-conference honors with second place finishes in four events, all posting NCAA “B” cut times, as the Bears finished second for the second straight season at the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships at Wheaton College.

MIT won the championship for the second straight season as the Engineers finished with 1,027 points while the Bears totaled 947.5 points for the three-day championship. Coast Guard had won the NEWMAC Championship for three straight seasons from 2006-2008 before MIT won the crown last year.

The top two finishers in each event earn All-conference honors.

Freshman Nick Poehler placed second in the 1,650 freestyle with an NCAA “B” cut time of 16:10.29 while junior Alex Brown placed fourth (16:37.94).