Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving
Facility
The Kneller Pool, renovated during the summer of 2004, is a six-lane 25- yard facility with 1
and 3-Meter Duraflex diving boards, Colorado Timing, non-turbulent Competitor lane lines and seating
for 200 spectators.
Clark Swimming & Diving History
- At the 2002 NCAA Championships, L. Parker Barnum 04 finished 14th in the 100 Breaststroke
(58.35), earning All-America Honorable Mention Honors. Jeffery Rivkin 05 earned NEWMAC Diver
of the Year honors by winning the 1-Meter diving event and finishing third in the 3-Meter event at
the NEWMAC conference championship meet.
- In 2002, Jaime Armstrong 03 won the 100 Fly at NEWMAC Championships, earning all-conference
honors and establishing new school and conference records. Katie Calabrese 02 finished
third in the 100 Breast, and fourth in the 200 Breast at NEWMACs, establishing school records
in both events.
- At the 2001 NCAA Championships, L. Parker Barnum 04 earned All-America Honors after
finishing fourth in the 100 Breast. His prelim time of 57.50 broke his own school record, and
established a NEWMAC Conference Open record. At the NEWMAC Championships, Barnum earned all-conference
honors by winning both the 100 and 200-yard Breaststroke events. He also represented Clark at the
Division I Husky Invitational where he won the 100 Breast.
- At the 2001 NEWMAC Championships Jaime Armstrong 03 placed second in the 100 Fly, and set
a new school record with her Backstroke leg on the 200 medley relay team that finished sixth.
- Doug Shea 00 earned NEWMAC all-conference honors in 1999 and 2000 by winning the 200 Back
and 200 IM at the 1999 Conference Championships, and the 400 IM at the at the 2000 NEWMAC Championships.
He also finished second in the 200 Back and third in the 200 IM in 2000.
- In 1999 Katie Calabrese 02 earned All-Conference honors, winning the 100 Breast at NEWMAC
Championships.
- In 1998 Megan Farmer 98 competed in the NCAA Division III Diving Championships in Atlanta,
GA, placing 21st in the three-meter event and 34th in the one-meter event, to finish 24th overall.
- At the 1995 New England Championships, Charlene Wilk earned Clarks highest finish (5th in
the 100 Fly).
- In 1988, diver Beth Ferraro 88, was the one-meter board runner-up at the NCAA Division
III Championships. Ferraro was a four-time All-America selection, who twice finished among the top
10 at the National Championship Diving Meet.
- In 1986 Peter Locke 88 and Rob Carr 88 became Clarks first male swimmers to
compete in the NCAA Championships. Locke was an All-American in 1988 and was inducted into Clarks
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. Carr was inducted into the Clark Hall of Fame in in 2002.
- Catherine Desrosiers '82 was Clark's first four-time All-America athlete, and she was the 1982
NCAA National runner-up in the 200 Breaststroke. She was inducted into Clark's Athletic Hall of
Fame in the University's inaugural induction in 1994.
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