Swimming & Diving

Matthews & Hutchins Collect GNAC Weekly Honors

Posted: Oct 16, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) has announced the first swimming & diving weekly honors of the 2023-24 academic year and a pair of Saint Joseph's College athletes have earned accolades.

Junior Kiley Matthews (South Portland, Maine) and freshman Berkley Hutchins (Springfield, Vt.) have claimed GNAC Women's Swimmer and Rookie of the Week honors, respectively. The weekly award is a career-first for both athletes.

Competing in the 2023-24 season-opener at Colby-Sawyer College on Friday, Matthews won the 50-Free (26.66) and 100-Free (59.43) events while Hutchins raced to a top finish in the 100-Breast (1:17.33) and placed second in the 50-Free (27.85). Both swimmers swam legs for the Monks' winning 200-Free relay (1:54.26) quartet.

Saint Joseph's will participate in the Husson University Relays on Saturday, October 21st.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.