FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2016
WORCESTER, Mass. - Championship records were set in both the men's and women's 800 Yard Freestyle Relays during the first night of the 2016 Northeast-10 Conference Swimming & Diving Championships.
Pre-championship favorites Assumption (women) and Southern Connecticut (men) both lead following the first night of action. To see the full standings, see below.
The Bentley women's relay team of junior Kaitlin McGahie, sophomore Emily Niemiec and freshmen Kate Kaduboski and Brooke Jameson covered the 800 free relay in a new championship-best time of 7:40.02.
They finished first by 1.79 seconds over Southern Connecticut who finished second in the final, and the time is also an NCAA B cut.
The Southern Connecticut men's team finished first in the 800 yard freestyle relay on its way to finishing in first place on Day 1 of the NE-10 Championships. The relay team was made up of Tyler Vander Vos, Louis Geist, Christopher Curtin and Dylan Swanepoel and it finished with a time of 6:48.05.
Day two of the four-day event will commence tomorrow morning.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 6
1. Assumption 114
2. Bentley 104
2. Southern Connecticut 104
4. Le Moyne 90
5. Pace 88
6. Saint Rose 86
7. Saint Michael's 66
8. Adelphi 60
9. Merrimack 50
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6
1. Southern Connecticut 110
2. Bentley 94
2. Le Moyne 92
4. Saint Rose 82
5. Saint Michael's 62
6. Pace 46
7. Adelphi 34
Additional reporting for this release provided by the Bentley and Southern Connecticut athletics communications staffs
ABOUT THE NORTHEAST-10
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 6,500 student-athletes.
Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
