Bobcats, Lady Bobcat swim teams both finish sixth in MEC/GMAC Championships

CANTON, Ohio – The Frostburg State men’s and women’s swimming teams repeated as Mountain East Conference Champions on Saturday evening, following the conclusion of the 2024 G-MAC/MEC Swimming & Diving Championships in Canton.

Frostburg State was the highest scoring MEC team in the meet’s team standings, with the men scoring 1,303 points, topping Fairmont State (719.50), Davis & Elkins (671), Notre Dame (520), Wheeling (394) and West Virginia Wesleyan (282) for the league championship.

In the women’s standings, Frostburg State scored 964.50 points, outscoring Fairmont State (555), Wheeling (500.50), Davis & Elkins (458), Notre Dame (423) and West Virginia Wesleyan (160) for the championship.

Saturday’s finals were headlined by a pair of second-place finishes in men’s individual events. Frostburg State’s Nate Canapp finished second in the 1650 with a time of 15:59.32, while Fairmont State’s Patrick Fubio finished runner-up in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.57.

The Frostburg State men’s and women’s relay teams turned in third-place finishes in the 400 freestyle relays to close out the night.

Following the meet, Notre Dame College freshman Juan Diego Nunez Barreras was named the men’s Freshman of the Meet. Nunez Barreras finished sixth in the 1650 freestyle on Saturday evening.

The complete list of all-conference honorees from Saturday evening are listed below.

2024 Mountain East Conference All-MEC Swimming
(*The top three MEC times at the G-MAC/MEC Swimming & Diving Championships earn all-conference recognition)

Day 4 Results

Women’s 1650 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Gabby Baiano, Wheeling
Second Team All-MEC: Mia Abruzzino, Fairmont State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Amanda Soustek, Frostburg State

Men’s 1650 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Nate Canapp, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Jack Bond, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Juan Diego Nunez Barreras, Notre Dame

Women’s 100 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Liz Perry, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Courtney Ledbetter, Notre Dame
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Gabriella Douglas, Frostburg State

Men’s 100 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Gabriel Peragallo, Fairmont State
Second Team All-MEC: Julian Najarro Sedar, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jiwh Santos, Wheeling

Women’s 200 Backstroke
First Team All-MEC: Lydia Nebiolo, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Jade Miller, Wheeling
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jayme Meadows, Frostburg State

Men’s 200 Backstroke
First Team All-MEC: Patrick Fubio, Fairmont State
Second Team All-MEC: Payton Williamson, Davis & Elkins
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jackson Miller, Frostburg State

Women’s 200 Breaststroke
First Team All-MEC: Natasha Paciello, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Shelbey Fuller, Davis & Elkins
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jordan Stump, Notre Dame

Men’s 200 Breaststroke
First Team All-MEC: Marcus Walker, West Virginia Wesleyan
Second Team All-MEC: Enrique Garcia, Davis & Elkins
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Luis Miguel Aguilar Delgado, Notre Dame

Women’s 400 Free Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Rickabaugh, Nebiolo, Hooper, Perry)
Second Team All-MEC: Fairmont State (Antol, Abruzzino, Perez, Hoover)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Notre Dame (Ledbetter, Dawlett, Monahan, Junge)

Men’s 400 Free Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Najarro Sedar, King, Loper, Miller)
Second Team All-MEC: Fairmont State (Fubio, Ridenour, Hoover, Peragallo)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Wheeling (Kirby, Tayali, Yost, Santos)

Day 3 Results

Women’s 500 Free
First Team All-MEC: Gabby Baiano, Wheeling
Second Team All-MEC: Mia Abruzzino, Fairmont State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Rachel Rickabaugh, Frostburg State
 
Men’s 500 Free
First Team All-MEC: Nate Canapp, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Jakob Knoblauch, Davis & Elkins
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Juan Nunez Barreras, Notre Dame
 
Women’s 100 Backstroke
First Team All-MEC: Lydia Nebiolo, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Jade Miller, Wheeling
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Lexi Antol, Fairmont State
 
Men’s 100 Backstroke
First Team All-MEC: Patrick Fubio, Fairmont State
Second Team All-MEC: Carter Redelman, Fairmont State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Gabriel Peragallo, Fairmont State
 
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
First Team All-MEC: Natasha Paciello, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Shelbey Fuller, Davis & Elkins
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jordan Stump, Notre Dame
 
Men’s 100 Breaststroke
First Team All-MEC: Enrique Garcia, Davis & Elkins
Second Team All-MEC: Marcus Walker, West Va. Wesleyan
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Edwin Li, Davis & Elkins
 
Women’s 200 Butterfly
First Team All-MEC: Kendall Hooper, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Morgan Greenlee, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Alexis Ramsey, Frostburg State
 
Men’s 200 Butterfly
First Team All-MEC: Luis Miguel Delgado, Notre Dame
Second Team All-MEC: Dylan King, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: PJ Emrich, Frostburg State
 
Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Rickabaugh, Taggart, Meadows, Nebiolo)
Second Team All-MEC: Wheeling (Oltman, Baiano, Miller, Moorley)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Fairmont State (Perez, Hoover, Mann, Abruzzino)
 
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Davis & Elkins (Garcia, Williamson, Knoblauch, Dixon)
Second Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Loper, Bias, Bond, Canapp)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Fairmont State (Fubio, Redelman, Hoover, Peragallo)

Day 2 Results

Women’s 100 Butterfly
First Team All-MEC: Kendall Hooper, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Liz Perry, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Shelbey Fuller, Davis & Elkins
 
Men’s 100 Butterfly
First Team All-MEC: Patrick Fubio, Fairmont State
Second Team All-MEC: Enrique Garcia, Davis & Elkins
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Julian Najarro Sedar, Frostburg State
 
Women’s 400 IM
First Team All-MEC: Kendall Hooper, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Jade Miller, Wheeling
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Natasha Paciello, Frostburg State
 
Men’s 400 IM
First Team All-MEC: Juan Nunez Barreras, Notre Dame
Second Team All-MEC: Nate Canapp, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: PJ Emrich, Frostburg State
 
Women’s 200 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Grace Moorley, Wheeling
Second Team All-MEC: Mia Abruzzino, Fairmont State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Gabby Baiano, Wheeling
 
Men’s 200 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Gabriel Peragallo, Fairmont State
Second Team All-MEC: Jakob Knoblauch, Davis & Elkins
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Patrick Fubio, Fairmont State
 
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Betancourt, Paciello, Hooper, Perry)
Second Team All-MEC: Davis & Elkins (McCann, Fuller, Hobson, Foley)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Wheeling (Miller, Johnson, Baiano, Castillo)
 
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
First Team All-MEC: Davis & Elkins (Williamson, Li, Garcia, Robles)
Second Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Miller, Smith, King, Najarro Sedar)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Fairmont State (Groe, Bishop, Redelman, Hoover)

Day 1 Results

Women’s 200 Medley Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Betancourt, Paciello, Hooper, Douglas)
Second Team All-MEC: Notre Dame (Grzincic, Stump, Ledbetter, Junge)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Davis & Elkins (McCann, Fuller, Hobson, Foley)
 
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
First Team All-MEC: Fairmont State (Fubio, Bishop, Ridenour, Peragallo)
Second Team All-MEC: Davis & Elkins (Dixon, Li, Garcia, Allen)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Frostburg State (Miller, Emrich, King, Bias)
 
Women’s 1000 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Lydia Nebiolo, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Gabby Baiano, Wheeling
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Mia Abruzzino, Fairmont State
 
Men’s 1000 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Nate Canapp, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Jack Bond, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Juan Nunez Barreras, Notre Dame
 
Women’s 200 IM
First Team All-MEC: Jade Miller, Wheeling
Second Team All-MEC: Jayme Meadows, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jordan Stump, Notre Dame
 
Men’s 200 IM
First Team All-MEC: Enrique Garcia, Davis & Elkins
Second Team All-MEC: Luis Aguilar Delgado, Notre Dame
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jackson Miller, Frostburg State
 
Women’s 50 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Liz Perry, Frostburg State
Second Team All-MEC: Courtney Ledbetter, Notre Dame
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Zoe Hoover, Fairmont State
 
Men’s 50 Freestyle
First Team All-MEC: Gabriel Peragallo, Fairmont State
Second Team All-MEC: Julian Najarro Sedar, Frostburg State
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Jiwh Santos, Wheeling
 
Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Burke, Rickabaugh, Douglas, Perry)
Second Team All-MEC: Fairmont State (Abruzzino, Antol, Signorelli, Hoover)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Notre Dame (Ledbetter, Dawlett, Stump, Junge)
 
Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
First Team All-MEC: Frostburg State (Najarro Sedar, Loper, Creelman, Reynolds)
Second Team All-MEC: Wheeling (Tayali, Santos, Kofinke, Kirby)
Honorable Mention All-MEC: Notre Dame (Nunez Barreras, Floros-Angelinas, Stokes, Ganim)
 

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