NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Colby-Sawyer women's swimming and diving team picked up two more Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) wins on Friday defeating Elms College by a 160-35 final, while also besting Regis College by a 147-75 margin.
Rapid Recap:
- First year Brandy Lewis (Strafford, Vt.) had a big day for the Chargers winning the 1000 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle as well as being part of the winners of the 200 yard freestyle relay team with sophomore Hanna McAloon (Berkley, Mass.), sophomore Lily Stinchfield (Sambornville, N.H.) and senior Nina Boudreau (Hallowell, Maine).
- Graduate student Kelsey Brown (Douglas, Mass.) picked up the next win for the Chargers in the 50 yard backstroke finishing with a time of 29.65. Colby-Sawyer also secured third and fourth place as Stinchfield touched the wall third at 33.59 beating teammate McAloon who finished in fourth. Brown also continued her dominance in the 50 yard butterfly winning by 2.01 seconds.
- Reigning GNAC athlete of the week senior Mary Steward (Saco, Maine) picked up a pair of wins again first winning in the women 200 yard medley relay with Brown, senior Cecilia LaFlamme (Hatfield, Mass.) and McAloon, before winning the 50 yard breaststroke with a time of 36.40.
- Boudreau picked up a win of her own in the 50 yard freestyle hitting the line at 27.03 seconds. LaFlamme added another win in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:3.46.
Swimmer Spotlight:
"I think my best race was the 1,000-yard freestyle I haven't swam it in a while and I definitely wasn't going to close to my best time, but it makes me really happy that I was still placing and putting in points for the team", said first year
Brandy Lewis (Strafford, Vt.). "My coach asked me if I wanted to scratch the 200-yard freestyle once I realized it was right after the 1,000-yard but I decided to just push through, I like both those events, so it was good to get to race them both. Tomorrow is going to be a tough meet. Norwich is really good, but I think the team is going to push and race all of our strong events. Going into the GNAC Championship, I'm really excited to work with the team and race fast."
Final Results
UP NEXT:
The Chargers will be back in action tomorrow on January 14th as Colby-Sawyer will travel to Northfield, Vt. to take on Norwich University.
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