Women’s Swimming and Diving Announces 2007 Recruiting Class

Tribe Adds Eight Freshmen, One Transfer

08/24/07 5:53PM

WILLIAMSBURG - The William and Mary women’s swimming and diving team will begin its defense of the Colonial Athletic Association crown this season with a bumper crop of fresh talent to go with the gold-medal experience of the returning lettermen. A total of seven swimmers and two divers will join the team this fall.

Sophomore Lindsay Guers (Orwigsburg, Pa.) comes to the College from Florida State University, where she helped the Seminoles to a 9-1 season and a second-place finish at the ACC Championships. She placed third or better in six of her 12 individual races last season, and third or better in 10 of 14 relays. At Blue Mountain High, she was the 2006 state champion in both the 50 free and the 100 free, after posting runner-up finishes in both races in both of her sophomore and junior years. Guers has swum 23.62 for the 50 free, 51.91 for the 100, and timed 1:51.38 in an exhibition heat of the 200 free at last year’s ACC Championships. Stevi Anderson (Vineland, N.J.) was an eight-time prep All-American and nine-time state champion for Vineland High. Part of the NISCA national-record holding 400m free relay (short-course meters), Anderson also hold state records in the 200 and 400-yard free relays. She has swum 24.28 in the 50 free, and 53.64 in the 100 free.

Emily Burns (Snellville, Ga.) earned six Georgia Independent Schools’ titles in her final two years at the Atlanta Girl’s School, sweeping through the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 back both seasons. She was also a Junior National qualifier in the 50 free and 100 free for Dynamo Swim Club, and earned a National Age Group Award from USA Swimming in 2004. Burns holds the Georgia state record in the 50 free (24.02) and 100 back (1:00.22), and chose the Tribe over 21-time Division III champion Kenyon College. Haley Smith (Ridgefield, Conn.) was an eight-time YMCA National qualifier for the Wilton Y Wahoos Swim Team, advancing to the championship finals of the 50 free in 2006. The 2005 Connecticut state champion at 50 free, Smith earned multiple all-county and all-state honors for Ridgefield High, and has swum 24.53 for the 50 free and 53.72 for the 100 free. Connecticut’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in swimming, Smith was also the athlete representative for the Eastern Zone of USA Swimming, which represents all swim clubs east of the Appalachian Mountains and north of Virginia.

Kristin Fimian (Oakton, Va.) was a Junior National qualifier for Machine Aquatics and coach Christian Do, earning Swimmer of the Year honors from the club in 2005-06. At Bishop O’Connell High, Fimian achieved prep All-American honors, and has swum 57.89 in the 100 fly and 5:05.20 in the 500 free. She chose to become a member of the Tribe over offers from Towson and UNC Wilmington. Carolyn Royce (Midlothian, Va.) was a Junior Nationals qualifier for Poseidon Swim Club in both breaststrokes and individual medleys. At Trinity Epsicopal School, she earned Team MVP honors all four years of high school while racking up all-conference and all-state honors every season. In 2007, she was named the Virginia Independent Schools’ Athlete of the Year. Clare LeGuyader (East Islip, N.Y.) was an all-county and all-state distance freestyler for East Islip High. Also a sectional qualifier at 500, 1000, and 1650 free, LeGuyader has timed 5:06.45, 10:31.54, and 17:33.41, respectively.

Sarah Cannon (Watkinsville, Ga.) was a two-time NISCA Diving All-American and an Academic All-America selection for Oconee County during her four years there. She never placed lower than fifth in four trips to the state championships, and was the 2004 Metro Atlanta Diving Champion. She has scored 413.75 in the 11-dive 1-Meter program. Also joining the diving team this year is Jean Rodini (Midlothian, Va.). Rodini won five consecutive Richmond Metro League diving titles and the last two Greater Richmond championships at 1-Meter. She has scored 294.75 in the nine-dive 1-Meter program, and 292.30 in the nine-dive 3-Meter program.