WESTON, MA - The Saint Joseph's College Swim team
participated in a meet hosted by Regis College on Sunday and the
Women earned a 134-117 victory.
Regis College led the meet for most of the event but St. Joe's
finished strong, winning the last race of the day, the 400-meter
free relay, to come away victorious.
Individual standouts for the day were JR Ashton
Piers (Falmouth, ME) and FY Lindsay
D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME), as each swimmer took first
place in all events in which they participated. Piers earned 38
points for the squad and achieved three individual firsts in the
50-meter breaststroke, 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter IM as
well as being part of the winning 200-meter medley relay team.
Ashton achieved an A qualifying time in the 50-meter breaststroke
and a B qualifying time in the 100-meter breaststroke.
D'Ascanio was also part of the 200-meter medley
relay team as well as the winning 400-meter freestyle relay team.
Lindsay earned personal firsts in the 100-meter butterfly and the
500-meter freestyle races. In all, she tallied 40 points in the
winning effort and an A qualifying time in the 500-meter
freestyle.
SO Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME) also turned in a
first place finish for Saint Joseph's College in the 50-meter
butterfly event.
The 200-meter medley relay team (Piers, D'Ascanio, FY Katie
Brooks (North Kingstown, RI) and SO Erin
Brady (Quincy, MA)) earned a first place finish in the
meet. The 400-meter free relay team (Brady, Brooks, Harmon,
D'Ascanio) also notched a top finish for St. Joe's.
The next meet for the St. Joe's swimmers is the GNAC Championships
hosted by Simmons College (Boston, MA) on Saturday, 12/1. The meet
is set to begin at 10:00 AM.