CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Regis College men's and women's swimming and diving teams recently participated in the Catholic College Invitational at Boston College on Friday and Saturday this past weekend.
Several swimmers obtained New England Championship time standards, while Jane Nguyen (Dorchester, Mass.), Chelsea Honour (Cranston, R.I.), and Haley Bowen (Litchfield, N.H.) of the women's team, and Carlos Valencia (East Boston, Mass.) and Nick Yerzyk (West Hills, Calif.) of the men's team achieved lifetime best times.
Brenna Melanson (Reading, Mass.) had the best finish for the women's team. The freshman came in 10th place in the 100 yard freestyle, coming in at a time of 55.80. Melanson also made her mark in the 50 yard freestyle event by finishing with a time of 25.99, which was good for 13th place.
Four members of the men's team placed in the top 16 in their respective events. Yerzyk placed ninth in the 50 yard freestyle and seventh in the 100 yard butterfly, finishing with times of 22.50 and 56.38, respectively. Alex Graf (Newton, Mass.), Greg Sarantakis (Lowell, Mass.), and Stephen McGovern (Dorchester, Mass.) each placed 13th in their individual events. Graf recorded a time of 50.50 in the 100 yard freestyle, Sarantakis swam the 400 IM in 5:13.19, while McGovern finished the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:34.49.
When asked about the meet, Coach Sweeney said that he was "extremely pleased with our team's efforts against mainly division I teams and one division II team. Our swimmers raced extremely well and really did a tremendous job with the turn and start details that we have been working on in practice. With swimmers achieving lifetime best times, best in season times, and achieving some New England championship cuts already after just three weeks of practicing, I am very excited about this season."
"We are looking forward to our first home dual meet this Saturday against the University of New England and are looking forward to getting into some harder training and really stepping up our team's efforts in the classroom and in the pool."
The dual meet against the University of New England is set to begin at 2:00 p.m.