REGIS SWEEPS ELMS ON SENIOR DAY

REGIS SWEEPS ELMS ON SENIOR DAY

WESTON, Mass. – Regis College swept both parts of a dual meet with Elms College on Saturday afternoon at the Regis pool in Weston, Mass. The men won the meet by a score of 123-114, while the women took home a 144-108 win.

Before the meet, the Regis swimming and diving teams honored its five seniors for their contributions to Regis College and its athletic department. Stephanie Burke (Dorchester, Mass.), Andy LaForest (Roslindale, Mass.), Stephen McGovern (Dorchester, Mass.), Megan Pratt (Rockland, Mass.), and Nick Yerzyk (West Hills, Calif.) wrapped up their final home meet with the sweep.

On the women's side, the 200 medley relay team of Brenna Melanson (Reading, Mass.), Lucia Liorente (Newton, Mass.), Shannan O'Neil (Lowell, Mass.), and Pratt began the meet with a first place finish and a time of 2:02.12. Haley Bowen (Litchfield, N.H.) followed with a time of 12:26.87 and win in the 1,000 yard freestyle before Melanson took home the top spot in the 200 yard freestyle (2:01.22). Bowen also finished first in the 50 yard breaststroke (33.96) and Shannan O'Neil added victory in the 50 yard freestyle, winning by a mere .06 with a time of 26.77.

O'Neil later added a win in the 100 yard IM with a time of 1:09.97 before the 200 freestyle relay team of Megan Kennelly (Milford, Mass.), Melanson, Bowen, and Pratt wrapped up the meet with the top time of 1:50.81.

The men also found success in the 200 yard medley relay as Yerzyk, McGovern, LaForest and Alex Graf (Newton, Mass.) dominated the event with a time of 1:50.21, nearly :09 better than Elms. Graf followed with a win in the 200 yard freestyle (1:54.30) and Nick Yerzyk won in the 50 yard backstroke, while Stephen McGovern added a win in the 50 yard breaststroke (32.68).

Graf, Yerzyk, and McGovern continued their strong days in the pool as Graf added a win in the 50 yard freestyle (23.18) and 200 yard IM (2:09.30), while Yerzyk was the fastest in the pool in the 100 yard backstroke (1:00.75) and McGovern won the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:12.31.

"Today both teams really stepped up and put in a great effort to win both meets," said Coach James Sweeney. "We continued to have several best times with more swimmers making the New England Championship meet. Even though most of the swimmers just began to get more rest and did not feel strong in the water as expected, they competed and raced well."

"With another week and half of getting more rest and fine tuning before the New England Championships, we will be ready to go. We hope to have a few more make NE's next Saturday."