Post by hnk373431 on May 18, 2006 18:55:39 GMT -5
Klenk and Moore Honored With A-10 Sporting Awards
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Courtney Klenk of Rhode Island and Ryan Moore of St. Bonaventure have been named the recipients of the Atlantic 10 Sporting Award, as voted by the Conference’s senior women administrators.
The sporting award is presented annually to a male and female student-athlete who exemplifies good sportsmanship. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a member of an intercollegiate athletics team in a sport sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference; be in good academic standing; be active within the campus community; embody the highest standards of leadership integrity, and sporting conduct; be enthusiastic about the sport in which they compete; and have noteworthy act(s) of sporting conduct.
Moore, a senior from Hawthorne, NJ, is a five-time medalist at the Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships, having won gold in 2004 as a member of the Bonnies’ 200-yard medley relay team and in 2005 with the 200-yard freestyle relay team. He also earned silver in 2004 in the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays and the 200-yard medley relay.
A history major with a 3.20 grade point average, Moore is a member of the St. Bonaventure Dean’s List, the treasurer of the History Club, and a Friar’s Scholarship recipient.
At the 2006 A-10 Swimming and Diving Championships, Moore sacrificed personal glory for a shot at the Bonnies’ first A-10 title since 1999. Moore placed 10th in the 100-yard freestyle and was St. Bonaventure’s fourth fastest at that distance based on results from this event as well as being a regular on the 400-yard freestyle relay throughout his career. Going into the final event of the Championship - the 400-yard freestyle relay - St. Bonaventure held a one-point lead over five-time defending champion Massachusetts, meaning that whoever had the fastest time between St. Bonaventure and UMass in this event would claim the Championship trophy. In choosing who to place on the relay team, head coach Sean McNamee’s decision came down to Moore, a senior competing in his last meet ever, and sophomore Roman Margulis, who had just come off a strong performance in the final individual event of the meet, the 200-yard butterfly - a choice between a senior, who was currently the fourth fastest on the team at that distance, and a somewhat unproven at that stroke but who’s upside could be considerable.
All the seniors on the team, Margulis, and McNamee met to make the decision. Moore made the decision easy. After Margulis stated that he was ready- even though he had just finished an event - and felt he would be able to swim a time that would really make it difficult for UMass to beat, Moore pointed to the first-place team trophy sitting nearby and said "that means way more!" than he swimming the final race of his career. Margulis swam Moore’s relay leg and the Bonnies earned the A-10 title.
Barbara Questa, senior associate athletic director at St. Bonaventure, wrote in her nomination of Moore, "While it is unknown if the relay team would still have been successful with Ryan swimming, what is known is that the story of Ryan’s unselfish act and respect for the concept of winning together as a team, will be forever told when alums talk about the 2006 champion St. Bonaventure men’s swimming and diving team."
