Defending champion Ursinus is the preseason favorite to win the 2017 Centennial championship in a poll of Conference coaches.
The Bears picked up six of a possible eight first-place ballots (teams not permitted to vote for themselves) to finish with 48 points. Gettysburg gathered the other two first-place votes to earn the 2nd place spot with 43 points. Franklin and Marshall was selected to finish 3rd with 36 points, while Swarthmore (31) and Dickinson (26) rounded out the top five, respectively.
Teams get underway this Saturday, October 29th.
Preseason Coaches Poll
Returning 1st Team All-Conference Swimmers
Olivia Lyman, Dickinson, Soph, 500 Free, Mount Kisco, N.Y. / Horace Greeley
Becca Meyers, Franklin & Marshall, Sr, 1650 Free, Baltimore, Md. / Notre Dame Prep
Melissa Mullin, Franklin & Marshall, Jr, 400 IM, Medford, N.J. / Holy Cross
Caroline Moyer, Gettysburg, Sr, 100 Breast, Malvern, Pa. / Great Valley
Syd Knadler, McDaniel, Sr, 50 Free, Crowley Lake, Calif. / Mammoth
Clara Baker, Ursinus, Soph, 200/400 FR, 200/400 MR, 100 Fly, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. / Arlington
Sydney Gundersen, Ursinus, Jr, 200/400/800 FR, Reading, Pa. / Exeter
Meggie Leitz, Ursinus, Jr, 800 FR, 200 Fly, Upper Darby, Pa. / Upper Darby
Peyten Lyons*, Ursinus, Soph, 800 FR, 200/400 MR, 200 IM, 100/200 Back, Palmyra, Pa. / Palmyra
Olivia Tierney, Ursinus, Jr, 200/400 MR, 200 Breast, Broomall, Pa. / Villa Maria
*Peyten Lyons was the 2016 Most Oustanding and Rookie Performer of the Year