January 21, 2012

STANDISH, ME – Simmons College defeated Saint Joseph's, 166-87, in a head to head women's swim meet at the Harold Alfond Center on Saturday afternoon.

The event was the Monks' 2011-12 home finale and the last competition in the Alfond Pool for the team's four seniors: Hannah Gajewski (Biddeford, Maine/McAuley), Rose Maccarrone (Hingham, Mass.), Anne Roberts (Hopkinton, N.H.) and Jamie Wojtkiewicz (Bedford, N.H.). The quartet was honored with a brief ceremony before the meet began.

Maccarrone enjoyed a fine day as the senior edged out Simmons sophomore Amy Davis (Southbury, Conn.) by .01 to win the 50-Breast (36.71) and finished second in the 100-Breast (1:20.15). Gajewski won the 100-Fly (1:08.39) and placed second in the 100-Free (1:00.21) and Wojtkiewicz notched a pair of runner-up efforts in the 200-Free (2:13.81) and 200-IM (2:34.71) competitions.

Freshman Mandy Avella (Londonderry, N.H.) won the 50-Back (31.26) and finished as the runner-up in the 100-Back (1:08.62) and 50-Fly (30.51) events and junior Christine Cote (Biddeford, Maine) won the 50-Free (28.00).

The Monks' senior group has combined to participate in 366 individual events with 119 victories and 81 runner-up performances. Gajewski, the owner of 11 program records, paces the foursome and ranks as the Monks' all-time leader in events (108), wins (60) and runner-up efforts (23).

Saint Joseph's is off until the team travels to Wenham, Massachusetts for a meet versus Gordon College on February 4th. The event is slated to begin at 1:00 PM. 

 

2012 SENIOR CLASS

Back (L-R): Asst. Coach Ashton Piers, Head Coach Rick Horr, Brian Grasser, Kevin Towne Front (L-R): Hannah Gajewski, Jamie Wojtkiewicz, Annie Roberts, Rose Maccarrone