Roanoke Places 14 on All State Swim Teams

5 women and 9 men honored by VaSID
5 women and 9 men honored by VaSID

The Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) announced their 2022 All State Swim teams on Monday afternoon. Roanoke College would have 14 different honorees on the men's and women's All-State squads. Five women and nine men were honored for their accomplishments during the 2021-22 season.

Roanoke College Women's Swimming:

  • Susanna Price - 1st team Freestyle Distance. Price was named to the 1st team after finishing her first season with the Maroons by winning the 500 Freestyle at the ODAC Championships, finishing runner-up in two other events and being named 1st team all conference.
  • Maddie Andrews - 2nd team Backstroke. Andrews was a 2nd team All ODAC selection after her 4th place finish in the 100 Backstroke at the Championships.
  • Lily Mullens, Elizabeth Roberts, Maria Vinson, Susanna Price - 2nd team 400 Freestyle Relay. 

Roanoke College Men's Swimming:

  • Ben Tate 1st team Freestyle Distance and Butterfly. Tate, the 2022 ODAC Men's Swimmer of the Meet, finished the 2022 ODAC Championships with a pair of individual wins, a 4th place finish, and was a member of RC relay teams that earned a trio of runner-up and a 3rd. Tate set a new meet and ODAC record in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:35.31.
  • Xavier Williams - 1st team Freestyle Sprints. Williams earned 1st team honors after wrapping up the conference championship meet by finishing runner-up in the 50 Freestyle.
  • Connor Kinkema - 1st team Breaststroke. Kninkema was one of two swimmers in the ODAC Championships to earn an NCAA 'B' cut when he finished runner-up in the 200 at the championship meet.
  • Ethan Brewer - 2nd team Freestyle Distance. The freshman would break the old ODAC record with his runner-up effort in the 1650 Freestyle at the ODAC Championships.
  • Logan Deal - 2nd team Individual Medley. Deal was runner-up at ODACs by less than 1/2 a second in the 200 IM.
  • Richie Evans, Brian Grimmett, Logan Deal, Xavier Williams - 2nd team 200 Freestyle Relay.
  • Ben Tate, Brian Grimmett, Mack Calvert, Xavier Williams - 2nd team 400 Freestyle Relay.
  • Ben Tate, Cole Hensen, Ethan Brewer, Brian Grimmett - 2nd team 800 Freestyle Relay.