Head Coach: Keith Crawford,
4th year
Phone: 309-457-2215
E-mail:
kcrawfor@monm.edu
Assistant Coach: Dave Yez, 3rd year
Student Assistant: Laura Miller, 1st year
Keith Crawford
begins his fifth season
as Monmouth College’s head swimming coach in the fall of 2008.
Crawford took over a dormant program in 2003 and has quickly
transformed the Fighting Scots into a Midwest Conference contender.
Named Midwest Conference "Men's Coach of the Year" in 2007 and 2008,
his men finished second at both the 2007 and 2008 MWC Championships.
The Scots women placed fourth in 2007 and fifth in 2008. Crawford’s
teams have produced 10 individual and relay conference champions.
Monmouth’s teams excel out of the pool, too. The
men’s and women’s teams
have been honored by the College Swim Coaches Association for
excellence in academics.
Crawford was a four-year student athlete and graduated with degrees
in history and secondary education from Xavier University in 2001.
He earned his master’s degree in Recreation and Sport Management at
Indiana State University in 2003. In addition to his duties as
swimming coach, Crawford serves as director of the Huff Athletic
Center and teaches swimming and lifeguarding courses.
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The Fighting Scots 2007-08
Women's Swimming Team
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MWC PERFORMER OF THE WEEK |
Wentzlaff receives conference honor
 January
30, 2008Monmouth College’s Megan Wentzlaff
(Mokena, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) accounted for four of Monmouth’s six
first-place finishes at the Coe College dual meet last week and was
rewarded with the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honor in
women’s swimming.
Wentzlaff won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:52.46), the 1000-
freestyle (12:04.97) and the 200- individual medley (2:35.79). The
senior teamed with classmates Jessica DeMink, Heather Plum and sophomore
Jessica Houser to win the 200- medley relay (2:10.39).
This is Wentzlaff’s first Performer of the Week honor.
Lane receives conference honor
November 6, 2007
 Monmouth
College’s Annie Lane (St. Louis, Mo./Kirkwood) had a hand in four
first-place finishes in last weekend’s home dual meet and was rewarded
with the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honor in women’s
swimming.
Lane swam a leg in the opening 200-yard medley relay and swept her
three individual events, taking first in the 200-yard freestyle and the
100- and 200-yard butterfly. The sophomore logged the conference’s top
time in the 100-yard butterfly (59.34) and the 200-yard butterfly
(2:24.49). Her efforts led the Scots women to a 160-89 win over Lake
Forest College, the Scots first dual meet win over the Foresters in the
history of the program.
A history major, Lane is the daughter of William and Becky Lane of
St. Louis.
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