SWIMMING & DIVING: Roger Williams Sweeps 2022 GNAC Championships in Wellesley

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RWU Hawks sweep titles in
first-ever GNAC meet appearance

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Competing for the first time as a Great Northeast Athletic Conference associate member, Roger Williams University swept the 2022 GNAC Swimming & Diving Championship titles on Sunday afternoon at the Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley. 

The RWU women totaled 1247 points to run away in the team standings, while the Hawks men totaled 521 points.

While eight women's GNAC top marks were broken over the course of the weekend, the meet also saw an amazing 21 men's records broken (or matched) – 19 of which were set by Roger Williams' student-athletes. 

RWU junior Bodie Ibrahim and sophomore Riley Williams led the way individually amongst the men's field with 33 points apiece, with Williams hitting an NCAA Division III 'B' cut with his time of 3:58.79 in the 400 IM.

For the women, Roger Williams senior Ellie Field and freshman Noelle Schneider tied to lead the individual scoring with 72 points each, as Field also qualified for NCAAs with a 'B' cut in the 100 free (51.58). The young RWU squad also saw freshmen Maggie Carroll and Kate Wieler register 69 and 68 points, respectively. 

Simmons University (654), which had won the past 16 GNAC team titles on the women's side, narrowly bested University of New England (650) by just four points for the runner-up position. Associate member UNE was competing in its first-ever GNAC meet. Norwich University (579) and Regis College (570) rounded out the top-five.

For the men, Norwich totaled 410 points to secure the runner-up position, while the University of Saint Joseph (CT) turned in a third-place finish with 158 points. For the complete team standings, please see below.

Women's Records
200 free relay - Schneider Carr Sullivan & Field, RWU (1:37.88) 
200 medley relay - Sullivan Kuzbeck Schneider & Field, RWU (1:48.81) 
50 back - Kelsey Brown, CSC (27.32) 
100 fly - Noelle Schneider, RWU (56.68); Kelsey Brown, CSC (57.54)
100 free - Ellie Field, RWU (51.58)
400 medley relay - Wieler Youncourt Schneider & Field, RWU (3:57.87)
200 fly - Noelle Schneider, RWU (2:10.31)
50 fly - Noelle Schneider, RWU (25.84); Nikky Ansley, NOR (26.24)

Men's Records
200 free relay - Ibrahim Duryea Tarolli BAnderson, RWU (1:24.38)
1000 free - Kirk Schultz, RWU (9:46.33) 
1m diving - Jack Brennan, NOR (250.30, tied)
3m diving - Jack Brennan, NOR (414.10); Aidan Grady, NOR (336.10)
500 free - Kirk Schultz, RWU (4:39.27); Benjamin Stark, NOR (4:41.38)
200 IM - Riley Williams, RWU (1:51.61)*; Dalton Sousa, RWU (1:56.90) 
100 fly - Bodie Ibrahim, RWU (50.00); Seth Sutton, RWU (50.26) 
100 breast - Riley Williams, RWU (57.10); six others also bested previous top mark
200 back - Evan Fuller, RWU (1:57.93)*; Jeffrey Lyman, RWU (1:58.56)*
100 free - Bodie Ibrahim, RWU (46.06); Blake Anderson, RWU (46.57)
200 medley relay - Lyman Paul Sousa BAnderson, RWU (1:35.43)
400 medley relay - Lyman RWilliams Sutton & Ibrahim, RWU (3:26.20); NOR (3:37.36)
200 free - Bodie Ibrahim, RWU (1:41.97); Kirk Schultz, RWU (1:42.88); Seth Sutton, RWU (1:44.11)
200 fly - Dalton Sousa, RWU (1:57.83)*
100 back - Matt Delgrego, RWU (51.94); Jeffrey Lyman (52.35); Evan Fuller (53.85)
200 breast - Andy Paul, RWU (2:08.68); Lars Hjerpe, RWU (2:08.98); Will Thompson, NOR (2:11.04); Alvin Gay, RWU (2:12.84)
50 free - Blake Anderson, RWU (21.11)
400 IM - Riley Williams, RWU (3:58.79)+
50 breast - Andy Paul, RWU (26.87), Wil Thompson, NOR (27.10)*; Lars Hjerpe, RWU (27.20); Raymond Cerro, RWU (27.42)
50 fly - Seth Sutton, RWU (22.40)
800 free relay - Ibrahim Schultz Sutton RWilliams, RWU (6:52.72); NOR (7:17.04) 

* - prelim result
+ - D3 NCAA B cut 

Women - Final Team Rankings (through Event 47)
1. Roger Williams University 1247
2. Simmons 654
3. University of New England 650
4. Norwich University 579
5. Regis 570
6. Colby-Sawyer College 446
7. St. Joseph's College of Maine 332
8. University of Saint Joseph 277
9. Albertus Magnus College 205
10. Elms College 19

Men - Final Team Rankings (through Event 47)
1. Roger Williams University 521
2. Norwich University 410
3. University of Saint Joseph 158
4. St. Joseph's College of Maine 73
5. Regis 29
6. Elms College 3

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 14 member institutions and over 3,500 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 22 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience. 

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