Women Swimmers 5th in GNAC Championships

BOSTON, MA - The Saint Joseph's College Swim team participated in the GNAC Championships hosted by Simmons College on Saturday. Seven GNAC schools competed in the event and St. Joe's finished in 5th place, ahead of both Norwich University and Husson College. St. Joe's FY Lindsay D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME) achieved a GNAC Championship Meet record in the 50 fly with a time of 28.96.

The results of the preliminaries in the morning determined which relay teams and individual swimmers returned for the finals. The top eight in each event return for the final events. In addition to strong relay team finishes, St. Joe's had several swimmers make it into the finals in their individual events. The GNAC Championship is a 15-event meet and SJC had swimmers return for the finals in 10 events.

The fifth place finish does not do justice to all that the Lady Monks accomplished. St. Joe's finished 4th in both the 200 Medley Relay (Katie Brooks, Ashton Piers, Lindsay D'Ascanio, and Danielle Harmon) and the 400 Free Relay (Brooks, Harmon, Brady, and D'Ascanio). FY Lindsay D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME) finished 1st in the 200 fly and the 50 fly with both times being New England A qualifying times. FY Katie Brooks (North Kingstown, RI) took 3rd in the 50 back and the 100 back with both times being New England A qualifying times. JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME) earned a 6th place finish in the 200 breaststroke and 7th place in both the 50 breaststroke and 200 IM with New England A qualifying times in both events.

SO Erin Brady (Quincy, MA) placed 8th in the 500 and 7th in the 100 back and SO Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME) earned 4th place in the 50 Fly achieving a New England B qualifying time in the 50 fly and 50 free.

D'Ascanio, Brooks, Piers, Brady and Harmon all returned for the finals in their individual events.

Lindsay D'Ascanio was one of the only athletes at the meet to take a first in both of her individual events.

Next Saturday, 12/8, the Saint Joseph's College Swim team will travel to Chicopee, MA to compete against the Elms College Blazers. The meet begins at 2:30 PM.

Full Meet Results