MSWIMDIVE: Norwich Completes The Four-Peat On The Final Day; Wins Two Major Awards

Worcester, Mass. - For the fourth consecutive year in a row, the Norwich Men's Swimming & Diving team collects the Great Northeast Athletic Conference trophy after collecting a total of 462.50 points throughout the three-day weekend event.

Sunday featured the final final eight events of this year's title chase.

The Cadets captured seven events on the day with Adrian Riendeau winning the 100 free, Kristian Adlianitski winning the 50 breaststroke, Connor Hallstrom winning the 1650, Drew Bylow winning the 100 backstroke and 200 IM, Andrew Clark winning the 200 butterfly, and a quartet of Cadets winning the 400 medley relay to cap off the night.

USJ was this year's runner-up as the Blue Jays scored 207.50 points after a strong showing this whole weekend, capped off by a victory from Henry Pennell, who captured the 3M Diving competition.

In third place was Regis as they collected 168 points on the weekend, followed by Elms (24) and Albertus Magnus (nine).

In addition to the final events of this year's championship, the conference also honored its major award winners. Drew Bylow of Norwich took home Swimmer of the Year honors, while his teammate Gabe Wettig was named Rookie of the Year. For USJ, Henry Pennell was named Diver of the Year.

Meanwhile, USJ's head coach Alexandra Albert was voted the Coach of the Year while Elms also won the Institutional Sportsmanship award.

The top three finishers in each event were also recognized as the 2026 All-Conference honorees. The full list is included below.

Major Awards

Men's Swimmer Of The Year: Drew Bylow, Norwich

Men's Diver Of The Year: Henry Pennell, USJ

Men's Rookie of the Year: Gabe Wettig, Norwich

Men's Coach Of The Year: Alexandra Albert, USJ

Men's Institutional Sportsmanship: Elms College

All-Sportsmanship

Alexander Wynn, Albertus Magnus
Jose Avila, Elms
Noah Lowe, Norwich
Michael Zammuto, Regis
Nate Brasky, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)

ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM (Top Three Finishers in each Event In Order Of Finish)

200 Yard Medley Relay - Norwich (Drew Bylow, Max Ansell, Andrew Clark, Adrian Riendeau); USJ (Conn.) (Chris Capen, Nate Brasky, Josh Desyr, Viktor Orzolek); Regis (Gavin Olsen, Ryan Kim, Andy Martin, Aryaman Nagaraj)

400 Yard IM - Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Anthony Helmer, Norwich; Henry Villanueva, Norwich

200 Yard Freestyle - Drew Bylow, Norwich; Alex Sulyma, Norwich; Chris Capen, USJ (Conn.)

50 Yard Butterfly - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Kyle Januszewski, USJ (Conn.); Daniel Hneen, Elms

100 Yard Breaststroke - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Aiden Hebb, USJ (Conn.); Ryan Kim, Regis

200 Yard Backstroke - Drew Bylow, Norwich; Chris Capen, USJ (Conn.); Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis

1000 Yard Freestyle - Alex Sulyma, Norwich; Connor Hallstrom, Norwich; Anthony Helmer, Norwich

400 Yard Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Kristian Adlianitski, Andrew Clark, Adrian Riendeau, Drew Bylow); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Nate Brasky, Chris Capen, Kyle Januszewski, Aiden Hebb); Regis (Ryan Kim, Josh Dion, Gavin Olsen, Aryaman Nagaraj)

200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Drew Bylow, Gabe Wettig, Adrian Riendeau, Kristian Adlianitski); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Aiden Hebb, Kyle Januszewski, Viktor Orzolek, Josh Desyr); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Andy Martin, Ryan Kim, Josh Dion)

1M Diving - Henry Pennell, USJ (Conn.); Michael Zammuto, Regis; Josh Dion, Regis

100 Yard Butterfly - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Gabe Wettig, Norwich; Kyle Januszewski, USJ (Conn.)

500 Yard Freestyle - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Connor Hallstrom, Norwich; Alex Sulyma, Norwich

50 Yard Backstroke - Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Chris Capen, USJ (Conn.); Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis

50 Yard Freestyle - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Gabe Wettig, Norwich, Max Ansell, Norwich; Nate Brasky, USJ (Conn.)

200 Yard Breaststroke - Aiden Hebb, USJ (Conn.); Ryan Kim, Regis; Max Ansell, Norwich

100 Yard IM - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Aiden Hebb, USJ (Conn.)

800 Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Kristian Adlianitski, Alex Sulyma, Andrew Clark, Drew Bylow); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Aiden Hebb, Nate Brasky, Kyle Januszewski, Chris Capen); Regis (Aryaman Nagaraj, Josh Dion, Gavin Olsen, Andy Martin)

100 Yard Freestyle - Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Gabe Wettig, Norwich; Noah Lowe, Norwich

50 Yard Breaststroke - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Nate Brasky, USJ (Conn.); Ryan Kim, Regis

1650 Yard Freestyle - Connor Hallstrom, Norwich; Alex Sulyma, Norwich; Gavin Olsen, Regis

100 Yard Backstroke - Drew Bylow, Norwich; Chris Capen, USJ (Conn.); Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis

200 Yard Butterfly - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Connor Hallstrom, Norwich; Anthony Helmer, Norwich

200 Yard IM - Drew Bylow, Norwich; Aiden Hebb, USJ (Conn.); Gabe Wettig, Norwich

3M Diving - Henry Pennell, USJ (Conn.); Michael Zammuto, Regis; Josh Dion, Regis

400 Yard Medley Relay - Norwich (Kristian Adlianitski, Andrew Clark, Adrian Riendeau, Noah Lowe); University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) (Aiden Hebb, Nate Brasky, Kyle Januszewski, Chris Capen); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Andy Martin, Ryan Kim, Gavin Olsen)

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