WORCESTER, Mass. – Over the weekend the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) held its swimming and diving championships with the Colby-Sawyer women's swimming and diving team placing in 8th.
Rapid Recap:
- First year Rebecca Radonovich (Frederick, Md.) stole the show in day one for the Chargers winning the 400 yard individual medley at a time of 4:57.66. Radonovich added a 5th place mark in the 200 yard backstroke later in the evening.
- Senior Julianna DeGray (Chicopee, Mass.) raced her last 1000 yard freestyle for the Chargers clocking in at 14:25.88 for 14th place.
- In day two Radonovich finished the 500 yard freestyle in 4th place at a time of 5:39.77.
- Closing the second day was sophomore Tess Kjoller (Osterville, Mass.) placing in 3rd in the one meter diving event with a score of 316.45.
- In the final day Radonovich finished another event coming in 2nd in the 200 yard butterfly at a time of 2:23.65 to close the Chargers scoring.
Post Meet Press:
"I'm proud of both teams, even though we obviously would of loved a higher placement on the women's side, we worked our butts off this whole season and I am proud of what we accomplished", said senior
Julianna DeGray (Chicopee, Mass.). "It was a great way to end of the year. I am sad that this was my last every GNACs. But I am so thankful for this team and everyone involved and who has been there my swim career."
"We may be small, but we were fierce in the water this weekend",said head coach Christina Baudis. "We had season and lifetime best time across-the-board. We had multiple top eight final finishers, a 3rd place finish in diving and a rookie of the swim meet award and of course so much fun along the way. I am so proud of this team and can't waiting for next season with returners and new first years!"
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