Norwich Three-Peats To Claim 2025 Men's Swimming And Diving Title
WORCESTER, Mass. – Norwich claimed the 2025 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Swimming & Diving Championship, three-peating for the Cadets as they scored 472 points to claim the conference crown.
Sunday's final day of the three-day championship featured the final eight events of this year's title chase.
Once again, the Cadets took the top spot in all but one event starting with Kristian Adlianitski's title in the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.35. He also won the 1650 freestyle, clocking in at 16:59.76. Next, Will Thompson claimed victory in the 50 breaststroke, touching the wall at 26.75. The Cadets got another great performance in the 100 Backstroke from Drew Bylow, who finished in 53.14. Andrew Clark took the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:56.12. Martin Adlianitski claimed first in the 200 Yard IM (2:00.07) and the relay of K. Adlianitski, Thompson, Arty Abrams and Adrian Riendeau teamed up to win the 400 medley, clocking in at 3:37.53.
These performances led to 22 event wins across all three days, helping the Cadets secure the title.
Liam Austin collected the lone victory in the 3-meter diving competition for Regis as he scored a 297.40. Regis took this year's runner-up finishing with 186 points. They were followed closely by the University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) who had 180.
In addition to the final events of this year's championship, the conference also honored its major award winners. Kristian Adlianitski took home Swimmer of the Year honors, while Liam Austin was named Diver of the Year. Drew Bylow was named this year's Rookie of the Year.
Meanwhile, Regis head coach Diana Matthews was voted the Coach of the Year for back-to-back years and USJ also won the Institutional Sportsmanship award.
The top three finishers in each event were also recognized as the 2025 All-Conference honorees. The full list is included below.
MAJOR AWARDS
Swimmer of the Year - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich
Diver of the Year - Liam Austin, Regis
Rookie of the Year - Drew Bylow, Norwich
Coach of the Year - Diana Matthews, Regis
Institutional Sportsmanship - University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM (Top Three Finishers in each Event)
200 Medley Relay - Norwich (Adrian Riendeau, Will Thompson, Martin Adlianitski, Kristian Adlianitski); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Chris Capen, Nate Brasky, Alex Carrier, Aiden Hebb); Regis (Josh Dion, Ryan Kim, Cody Werner, Aryaman Nagaraj)
400 IM - Arty Abrams, Norwich; Cody Werner, Regis; Braeden Scott, Norwich
200 Freestyle - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Drew Bylow, Norwich; Adrian Riendeau, Norwich
50 Butterfly - Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Cody Werner, Regis; Josh Kelly, Norwich
100 Breaststroke - Will Thompson, Norwich; Aiden Hebb, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.); Ryan Kim, Regis
200 Backstroke - Drew Bylow, Norwich; Chris Capen, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.); Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis
1000 Freestyle - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Connor Hallstrom, Norwich; Alex Sulyma, Norwich
400 Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Adrian Riendeau, Martin Adlianitski, Will Thompson, Kristian Adlianitski); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Aiden Hebb, Chris Capen, Nate Brasky, Alex Carrier); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Josh Dion, Cody Werner, Aryaman Nagaraj)
200 Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Drew Bylow, Martin Adlianitski, Will Thompson, Kristian Adlianitski); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Alex Carrier, Joseph Guerin, Viktor Orzolek, Chris Capen); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Josh Dion, Ryan Kim, Aryaman Nagaraj)
1M Diving - Liam Austin, Regis; Josh Dion, Regis; Michael Zammuto, Regis
100 Butterfly - Cody Werner, Regis; Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Arty Abrams, Norwich
500 Freestyle - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Alex Sulyma, Norwich; Drew Bylow, Norwich
50 Backstroke - Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis; Chris Capen, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
50 Freestyle - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Nate Brasky, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.); Alex Carrier, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
200 Breaststroke - Will Thompson, Norwich; Aiden Hebb, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.); Ryan Kim, Regis
100 IM - Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Will Thompson, Norwich; Braeden Scott, Norwich
800 Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Martin Adlianitski, Adrian Riendeau, Drew Bylow, Andrew Clark); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Nate Brasky, Viktor Orzolek, Joseph Guerin, Aiden Hebb); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Ryan Kim, Cody Werner, Aryaman Nagaraj)
100 Freestyle - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis
50 Breaststroke - Will Thompson, Norwich; Nate Brasky, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.); Ryan Kim, Regis
1650 Freestyle - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Connor Hallstrom, Norwich; Joseph Guerin, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
100 Backstroke - Drew Bylow, Norwich; Chris Capen, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.); Zach Pifer, Norwich
200 Butterfly - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Cody Werner, Regis; Connor Hallstrom, Norwich
200 IM - Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Arty Abrams, Norwich; Adrian Riendeau, Norwich
3M Diving - Liam Austin, Regis; Michael Zammuto, Regis
400 Medley Relay - Norwich (Adrian Riendeau, Will Thompson, Arty Abrams, Martin Adlianitski); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Chris Capen, Nate Brasky, Aiden Hebb, Alex Carrier); Regis (Josh Dion, Ryan Kim, Cody Werner, Michael Zammuto)
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Michael Carpenter, Norwich
Cody Werner, Regis
Joseph Guerin, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
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