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Randolph-Macon’s Erin Ewalt was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Swimmer of the Year for the 2003-04 season. Teammate Katie Duff was named the Rookie of the Year while Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Head Coach Donna
Hodgert was selected as the ODAC’s top coach. Wildcat senior swimmer Lourdes Cuellar was named the
inaugural Swimming Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Washington and Lee won its eleventh consecutive ODAC
swimming championship on February 22.
A sophomore, Ewalt was part of four ODAC records broken at the conference championships. She
was a member of the 400 medley relay team which finished in 4:02.02, the 200 medley relay team which finished in a league record 1:53.10, the 400 free
relay which broke the ODAC record with a time of 3:39.81 and also broke her own ODAC record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:38.95.
Duff broke another ODAC record in the meet, finishing the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:08.29 to break the record held by
Katie Kennedy of Washington and Lee set in 2000. Kennedy recorded a time of 1:09.23.
Coach Hodgert led her Wildcats’ team to a 10-2 dual meet record this season as well as a fourth place finish in the
Randolph-Macon Invitational in early December. Wildcat senior Lourdes Cuellar was chosen by the
conference’s Sports Information Directors as the Swimming Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Cuellar
has a 3.965 cumulative GPA while majoring in Spanish and minoring in French. She has set seven school
records this season and was named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District team last season.
A complete listing of the All-ODAC Team can be found below:
Elizabeth Belch, Katie Duff, Erin Ewalt, Maggie Frye, Tiffany Pearsall
Lourdes Cuellar, Kim Edmonds, Brittany Guthrie, Jessica Ware
Keturah Akida, Tasia Fisher, Kristine Holda, Mandi Kimble, Suzie LaFleur, Beth Sauer, Abbie Sauter
Swimmer of the Year:
Erin Ewalt, Randolph-Macon College
Rookie of the Year:
Katie Duff, Randolph-Macon College
Scholar-Athlete of the Year:
Lourdes Cuellar, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Coach of the Year:
Donna Hodgert, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College