PRIDE CONCLUDE FINAL DAY OF NEISDA CHAMPIONSHIPS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. – The Regis College men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed on Sunday for the third and final day of the NEISDA Championships. With 295 points, the Pride's men's team finished in seventh place, while the women finished in 11th place after putting up 375 points.

Alex Graf (Newton, Mass.) of the men's team and Brenna Melanson (Reading, Mass.) of the women's team had highlight performances on the day for Regis. Graf took fifth place in the 100 Yard Freestyle after swimming the event in a time of 47.04, which was fast enough to qualify for the ECAC Championships and broke a Regis College record. Graf also took a first place finish in the 50 Yard Butterfly after putting up a time of 23.53.

Melanson qualified for the ECAC Championships in the 100 Yard Freestyle after finishing the event in 53.32, which was good for a second place finish. The freshman also took third in 50 Yard Freestyle with a time of 24.79

Coach Sweeney was pleased with the performances of his teams, stating that "We did a great job today really swimming faster overall than we had the first two days. We had a lot of spirit and had many best times and great races."

"I am extremely proud of our team, we have come a long way since September and have improved so much. I know we'll work even harder as we have a lot of potential. We have several ecac time standards so we have 3 weeks to prepare for that."