WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT - The SJC Men's Swim team placed 13th with eight team points in the New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend. The Monks set eight team records, including three relay marks, in the competition.

Keene State College, who also captured the women's crown, won the team competition with 656 points, while Bentley University finished second with 555 points and Roger Williams University took third place with 478 points.

St. Joe's advanced to the finals in a pair of relay competitions, the 800-Free and 400-Free, with both posting team-record times in the regional event. The 800-Free relay team, which featured Kevin Towne '12 (Shrewsbury, MA), Eric Jaukkuri '13 (Quincy, MA), Andrew Marshall '13 (Kittery, ME/St. Thomas Aquinas) and Brian Grasser '12 (Groton, CT), posted an 8:59.23 effort and placed 10th on Saturday. The 400-Free squad, with the same four swimmers, notched a 3:53.12 time and placed 12th on Sunday.

The same group posted a 1:44.05 effort, a new team-best, in the 200-Free relay on Friday.

Towne bested three of his own records in the preliminary rounds, with new team bests in the 50-Back (28.31), 100-Back (1:00.35) and 200-Back (2:16.11) competitions. Marshall improved on a pair of his own marks as well, with shorter times in the 500-Free (5:28.54) and 1000-Free (11:29.74) events.

The regional meet closes out the 2009-10 campaign for the Monks, who went 0-4 this year.