Swimming and Diving

BEREA, OHIO --  Baldwin-Wallace College’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams took part in their first of several planned community service projects in 2008 at the Ronald McDonald House in downtown Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday (September 6, 2008).

The team served and shared breakfast with families whose young children are patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or are surgery patients at the Cleveland Clinic. Typically, the families cannot afford to stay in hotels or are unable to travel back and forth due to health reasons.

“Our kids really enjoyed their time at the Ronald McDonald House, and most importantly, the families truly appreciated it” said B-W Head Coach Sara Gildea. “These families are stuck in the same building for most of the day and it’s nice to be able to come in and provide any type of entertainment for them.”

The Yellow Jacket squads open their season on October 17, 2008 in Wheeling, West Virginia but will be making several more trips to the Cleveland Ronald McDonald House in November and December.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on B-W athletics, please contact Assistant Sports Information Director Nick Minerd by telephone at 440-826-2780 or e-mail him at nminerd@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Sara Gildea, please call her at 440-826-2387 or e-mail her at sgildea@bw.edu.  You can access all of the latest B-W athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics.

Todd Richert Earns All-America Honors in 3-Meter Dive; First-Ever 2-Time All-American

BEREA, OHIO --  Baldwin-Wallace College freshman diving sensation Todd Richert, a graduate of North Royalton High School, placed 12th in the finals of the three-meter diving event at the 2008 NCAA Championship Meet at Miami of Ohio in Oxford.

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