Men's Swimming

Ronayne Headlines Men's Swimming All-Conference Teams

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the 2022 Men's Swimming Major Award Winners and All-Conference teams on Tuesday morning as Cabrini University, St. Mary's College of Maryland and Marymount University earned major awards.

Tommy Ronayne earned Swimmer of the Year after taking home 6 gold medals and 1 silver. Ronayne set records in each of his three gold medal individual events: Men's 200 IM (1:56.96), Men's 400 IM (4:09.24) and the Men's 200 Fly (1:57.65). The sophomore was also a part of Cabrini's 400 medley relay team, 200 medley relay team and 800 freestyle relay team. Each of those teams won gold. Ronayne's silver medal came in the 400 freestyle relay.

Freshman phenom from St. Mary's, Luke Schwenk, earned Rookie of the Year after dominating his events. Schwenk claimed gold in the Men's 50 Free with a time of 20.76, the Men's 100 Fly in 50.70 and the Men's 100 Back in 50.20. The freshman was a member of three relay teams that placed second, and anchored the 400 freestyle relay team that won gold. Schwenk also set three records in each of his individual events.

Cabrini University was awarded Coaching Staff of the Year, as voted on by the coaches of the conference, after winning the Atlantic East title for the fourth season in a row.

Finally, the Atlantic East Elite 20 award winner for men's swimming, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the Atlantic East's 20 team championships, is Trevor Cairns from Marymount University. Cairns, a member of runner-up Marymount, maintains a cumulative 3.98 GPA.

In swimming, the Elite 20 winners are chosen from the top two team finishers at the championship. For the entire selection criteria and process, click here.

The full list of First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All Conference is listed below. 

MAJOR AWARDS
Swimmer of the Year: Tommy Ronayne, Cabrini
Rookie of the Year: Luke Schwenk, St. Mary's
Elite 20 Award Winner: Trevor Cairns, Marymount
Coaching Staff of the Year: Cabrini University
 
EVENT FIRST-TEAM SECOND-TEAM
50 Free Luke Schwenk, St. Mary's Michael Gray, Cabrini
100 Free Mac Granto, Cabrini Gabriel Bocaj, Immaculata
200 Free Cameron Mousley, Cabrini Matthew Seifried, Cabrini
500 Free Cameron Mousley, Cabrini Matthew Seifried, Cabrini
1650 Free Cameron Mousley, Cabrini Sebastian Ludwig, St. Mary's
100 Butterfly Luke Schwenk, St. Mary's Sam Shenot, St. Mary's
200 Butterfly Tommy Ronayne, Cabrini Sam Shenot, St. Mary's
100 Backstroke Luke Schwenk, St. Mary's Thomas McClaughlin, Cabrini
200 Backstroke Ben Sealts, Gallaudet Trevor Cairns, Marymount
100 Breaststroke Anri Cifuentes-Robinson, St. Mary's Michael Gray, Cabrini
200 Breaststroke Michael Gray, Cabrini Jason Lee, Marywood
200 IM Tommy Ronayne, Cabrini Ben Sealts, Gallaudet
400 IM Tommy Ronayne, Cabrini Trevor Cairns, Marymount
200 Free Relay Cabrini (Mousley, Gray, McLaughlin, Granto) St. Mary's (Cifuentes- Robinson, Kennedy, Shenot, Schwenk)
400 Free Relay St. Mary's (Cifuentes-Robinson, Kennedy, Ludwig, Schwenk) Cabrini (Gray, Ronayne, McLaughlin, Granto)
800 Free Relay Cabrini (Ronayne, Lok, Seifried, Mousley) St. Mary's (Ludwig, Shenot, Cifuentes-Robinson, Kennedy)
200 Medley Relay Cabrini (McLaughlin, Gray, Ronayne, Granto) St. Mary's (Schwenk, Ludwig, Shenot, Kennedy)
400 Medley Relay Cabrini (McLaughlin, Gray, Ronayne, Granto) St. Mary's (Schwenk, Cifuentes-Robinson, Shenot, Ludwig)

Final Team Results:
1. Cabrini: 691 points
2. Marymount: 454 points
3. St. Mary's College of Maryland: 450 points
4. Marywood: 385
5. Gallaudet: 378 points
5. Immaculata: 342 points