WESTON, Mass. - Hosting their first meet in nearly a month, the Regis College men's and women's swimming & diving teams swept St. Joseph's College (Me.) on Friday evening at the Regis pool. The women defeated the Monks, 135-108 while the men won by a score of 123-109.
Freshmen Robert Ekberg (Northbridge, Mass.) and Kiet Luong (Malden, Mass.), as well as junior Alex Graf (Newton, Mass.), registered first place finishes to lead the way for the Pride.
Luong won the 200 Backstroke (2:07.53), 200 Individual Medley (2:09.30), and 100 Butterfly (54.67), while classmate Ekberg's time of 56.05 was the fastest in the 100 Freestyle. Graf took home first in the 50 Freestyle and 50 Butterfly after recording times of 22.61 and 24.58, respectively.
Kiet, Graf, Ekberg, and Djordje Mandic (Portland, Maine) also took first in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:46.90, while Mandic, Graf, Mike Pangiotakos (Methuen, Mass.) and junior captain Greg Sarantakis (Lowell, Mass.) teamed up to win the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:36.57).
On the women's side, juniors Haley Bowen (Litchfield, N.H.) and Shannan O'Neil (Lowell, Mass.), as well as sophomore Lucia-Llorente Ruiz (Newton, Mass.) paced Regis with two individual first place finishes apiece.
O'Neil won both the 50 Backstroke and 100 Butterfly with times of 32.03 and 1:10.58, respectively. Bowen took first in the 1000 Freestyle (12:55.33) and 500 Freestyle (5:56.31). Ruiz won the 50 Breaststoke (35.91) and 100 Breaststroke (1:20.22).
O'Neil, Llorente-Ruiz, senior Stacy Burns (Waltham, Mass.), and sophomore Amanda Iandoli (Mansfield, Mass.) teamed up for the quickest time in the 200 Medley Relay, winning the event with a time of 2:06.70.
Burns and Iandoli each picked up an invididual win as well; Burns won the 50 Freestyle (27.72), while Iandoli won the 50 Butterfly (32.24).
Head coach James Sweeney was pleased with the performances of his team members.
"Both the women and the men came out really strong tonight beginning with the 200 Medley Relay and the 1000 Free in winning the first four events and starting us off great. Throughout the meet we were able to win some close races, and we had several in season best times. I was very happy with our recent racing improvement and look forward to a few more hard weeks of training as we prepare for the GNAC Championships Dec 7-8," said Sweeney.