Hall of Fame
Susan Boyer Flanders was a four-year standout on the women's swimming team from 1980-84.
Boyer earned ten All-American accolades during her decorated collegiate career and won a pair of PSAC titles, with both coming during the 1981-82 season. She also finished fourth or better at the PSAC Championships 18 times, earning 13 All-Conference performances in the pool during that time.
She earned a pair of All-American honors as a freshman during the 1980-81 season, placing fifth in the 200-yard medley relay and tenth in the 100-yard individual medley.
Boyer was then a five-time All-American in 1981-82 and earned four All-Conference accolades. The 200-yard medley relay team set a then-national record en route to an Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championship. The 400-yard medley relay team also won the national title that season. She also finished in the top eight in the 50-yard breaststroke, the 100-yard breaststroke, and the 100-yard individual medley. Boyer won the 50-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard breaststroke at the PSAC Championships earlier in the year, setting a then-conference record in the 100-yard event.
In 1982-83, Boyer captured three more All-American honors, earned five All-Conference swims, and then finished her collegiate career with four All-Conference performances during the 1983-84 season. At the 1983 AIAW championships, Boyer finished fifth nationally in the 200-yard medley relay and sixth in the country in the 100-yard individual medley. Her 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay times in the 1984 PSAC Championships established new team records, and each finished second.
Upon her graduation, Boyer held six team records with the record-breaking time in the 200-yard medley relay, set in 1982, staying at the top of the program list until 1996.
Boyer graduated from Bloomsburg University with a degree in Secondary Education and Spanish in 1984. She went on to earn her Master's degree in Teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) from West Chester in 1990.
She and her husband, Mark, reside in Long Neck, Delaware. She has two children, three step-children, and two grandchildren. Boyer taught high school for 33 years before retiring in 2017. She also coached high school, YMCA, and USA swimming for 16 years and has been a member of the United States Masters swimming for 25 years, occasionally participating in Masters' swimming competitions. Boyer currently holds six Delaware Senior Olympic swimming records.
