Swimming & Diving

Monks Cap 2019-20 Campaign at NEISDA Championships

Posted: Feb 16, 2020

KINGSTON, R.I. – Saint Joseph's College closed out the 2020 New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association (NEISDA) Championships at the University of Rhode Island on Sunday. The SJC men finished 13th with 53 points while the St. Joe's women placed 17th with 179.5 points.

Saint Joseph's raced in five finals events on the final evening with freshman Evan Whaley (Merrimack, N.H.) placing 13th with a 2:09.87 time in the 200-Fly, sophomore Ryan Watson (Bangor, Maine) finishing 13th in the 1650-Free (18:36.69), and Sophomore Alirose Beauregard (Dover, N.H.) taking 16th in the 100-IM (1:08.48).

Both teams also sent 400-Free relay teams to the finals, as Madison Mills, Alexis Coiley (Fort Fairfield, Maine), Beauregard, and Emily Roy (Sidney, Maine) placed 12th (3:56.48) on the women's side and Whaley, Joseph Nichols (Tyngsborough, Mass.), Anthony Blatus (Dracut, Mass.), and Watson posted a 13th-place finish (3:43.35) for the men.

Roger Williams University won both events, as the Hawks' women edged Simmons University on the women's side and nearly doubled the tally of runner-up Keene State College in the men's championship.

In the women's championship, RWU tallied 1,519 points while Simmons placed second (1,426), Keene State was third (1,094), Bridgewater State University finished fourth (743.5), and Regis College rounded out the top five with 675.5 points.

In the men's title event, Roger Williams totaled 1,041 points to complete the sweep while Keene State grabbed second (588), Norwich University finished third (541), Bridgewater State was fourth (459.5), and UMass.-Dartmouth placed fifth (430).

The completion of the 2020 NEISDA Championship brings a close to collegiate swimming for the Monks' three seniors: Alexis Coiley (Fort Fairfield, Maine), Autumn Nostrom (Lyman, Maine), and Emily Roy (Sidney, Maine). All three were four-year members of the SJC swim program and will be missed when the 2020-21 season begins.

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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.