2011-12 Swimming & Diving News

May 14, 2012
Lake Erie Swimming Announces 2012-13 Recruiting Class
Going in the program’s third season, Lake Erie head coach Nicole Rose is excited to announce the addition of seven male and five female swimmers for the 2012-13 season.

March 17, 2012
Cizmar Earns Lake Erie's First All-America To Close National Championship
Freshman Ivan Cizmar finished in seventh in the 200 Yard Backstroke to earn the first All-America honor for Lake Erie Swimming in the program's second season.

March 12, 2012
PREVIEW: Two Storm Swimmers Prepare For National Championship
Storm swimmers Julian Milinkovskyi and Ivan Cizmar and Head Coach Nicole Rose talk about their experiences this season and expectations for this week’s NCAA National Championship.

February 27, 2012
Four Swimmers Named To GLIAC Academic Teams
The GLIAC announced its All-Academic and Academic Excellence Teams for swimming and diving with four Lake Erie College swimmers making the teams.

February 24, 2012
Deep Thoughts Blog Entry 9: GLIAC Championships
Swimmer Nicky Buckel looks back at the Storm's GLIAC Championships with a video recap in this week's edition of "Deep Thoughts With Nicky Buckel."

February 11, 2012
Milinkovskyi Wins Conference Title As Personal-Bests Fall At GLIAC Championship
Sophomore Julian Milinkovskyi won the 200 yard IM with a swim that set a NCAA "A" Cut qualifying time and broke the Championship record to highlight Lake Erie's efforts at the GLIAC Championship.

February 3, 2012
Storm Coaches Preview GLIAC Swimming Championships
Lake Erie College Swimming Head Coach Nicole Rose and Assistant Coach Mike Azzarello preview the 2012 GLIAC Swimming Championships held Feb. 8-11 in Jensen, Mich.

February 2, 2012
Deep Thoughts Blog Entry 8: Winter Training Trip
Better late than never, swimmer Nicky Buckel looks at the Storm winter training trip in this week's edition of "Deep Thoughts With Nicky Buckel."

January 21, 2012
Lake Erie Picks Up Five Pool Records, Eight Wins at Cal (Pa.) Duals
The Lake Erie won eight individual races and picked up five pool records in a pair of dual meets against West Virginia Wesleyan and host Cal (Pa.) Saturday.

January 13, 2012
Storm Swimming Defeat Malone For First Dual Wins
The Lake Erie men’s and women’s swimming teams picked up their first dual victories of the season at a tri-meet held at Ashland University.

January 6, 2012
Saint Leo Relays Wraps Up Lake Erie’s Florida Trip
The Lake Erie men’s and women’s swimming teams participated in the 2012 Saint Leo Relays to wrap up its Winter Break Florida Training Trip.

December 12, 2011
Lake Erie Swimming Gets Ready For Florida Trip (Interview)
Head Coach Nicole Rose and swimmers Julian Milinkovskyi, Cole Leonberg, Nick Brown and Lauren Menicucci join host Kyle Akins to preview their upcoming Florida trip

December 7, 2011
Storm Swimming Signs Two Females For 2012-13 Season
Lake Erie swimming has signed two female athletes to National Letters of Intent (NLI) to participate in the 2012-13 season.

December 6, 2011
Deep Thoughts Blog Entry 7: A Major Food Holiday
For most people, Thanksgiving dinner is a celebration. For freshman swimmer Nicky Buckel it's a science. Learn the tricks to his trade in this week's edition of "Deep Thoughts With Nicky Buckel."

November 25, 2011
Milinkovskyi Named A National Swimmer of the Week
Sophomore Julian Milinkovskyi was selected as one of six NCAA Swimmers of the Week (all divisions) by Collegeswimming.com.

November 21, 2011
Cizmar Earns Second GLIAC Athlete of the Week Award
Freshman Ivan Cizmar (Zagreb, Croatia) earned the second GLIAC Male Swimmer of the Week award of his young career for his accomplishments this weekend.

November 20, 2011
Storm Dominate 400 Yard IM At Day Two of OWU Invite
Lake Erie's men’s and women’s swimming teams each took the top two spots in the 400 Yard IM as the Storm competed in day two of the Corbiere -Merion Invitational.

November 19, 2011
Cizmar Locks In Place At Nationals On Day One of OWU Invite
It was a strong day for all Storm swimmers at the Corbiere-Merion Invitational and the efforts were capped by freshman Ivan Cizmar becoming the first swimmer in Storm history to qualify for the National Championships.

November 17, 2011
Swimming Coach Rose Talks About Season-To-Date
Head Swimming Coach Nicole Rose talks about the season thus far in a halftime interview with host Kyle Akins.

November 15, 2011
Deep Thoughts Blog Entry 6: Meet the Wolf Pack
Freshman swimmer Nicky Buckel introduces "the three best friends anyone can have" - his coaches - in this week's edition of "Deep Thoughts With Nicky Buckel."

November 7, 2011
Swimmer Cizmar Earns GLIAC Athlete of the Week
For the second time in just three weeks, a Lake Erie male swimmer won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week award, as freshman Ivan Cizmar earned this week’s honor.

November 5, 2011
Top Men and Women Shine In Home Meet vs. Wheeling Jesuit
The Lake Erie College swimming teams won 10 races as Lake Erie hosted its first meet of the season as it faced Wheeling Jesuit, It was a three-for-three day for two members of the Storm – sophomore Lauren Menicucci and freshman Ivan Cizmar.

October 29, 2011
Men's Swimming Earns Eight Race Wins At Gannon
The Lake Erie College men's swimming team won eight of 15 races in a dual meet with Gannon University, but the Golden Knights depth carried them to a 140-100 meet win.

October 25, 2011
Milinkovskyi Takes GLIAC Athlete Of The Week Award In First College Meets
It took just one week and a pair of college meets for freshman Julian Milinkovskyi (Ukraine) to win his first GLIAC Male Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week Award.

October 22, 2011
Cizmar and Milinkovskyi Sweep Individual Events, Set B Cuts, to Lead Lake Erie In Opening Weekend
A pair of international newcomers, freshmen Ivan Cizmar and Julian Milinkovskyi each went 6-for-6 in their individual races and combined for three NCAA B Cut times in Lake Erie's opening weekend.

October 18, 2011
Swimming Season Gets Underway Friday (Video Preview)
Preview with 2011-12 Lake Erie College Swimming season with Head Coach Nicole Rose and sophomores Casey Wendall and Lauren Menicucci.

October 3, 2011
Deep Thoughts Blog Entry 1: Meeting The Man
Freshman swimmer Nicky Buckel introduces himself in the first addition of his new blog, "Deep Thoughts With Nicky Buckel."