Swimming & Diving

ON THIS DATE: Gajewski and D'Ascanio Claim GNAC Weekly Honors

Posted: Nov 24, 2020

On November 24th, 2008 two Saint Joseph's swimmers, Lindsay D'Ascanio '11 (Kennebunk, ME) and Hannah Gajewski '12 (Biddeford, ME/McAuley) earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades.

D'Ascanio gets the nod for GNAC Swimmer of the Week honors after helping lead St. Joe's to a record-setting 184-50 win over Regis College on Sunday, November 23rd. D'Ascanio achieved top finishes in the 100-fly and 100-IM events and broke the school record in the 100-IM with a 1:09.29 effort.

Gajewski claims her third GNAC Rookie of the Week award after another stellar performance versus Regis College on November 23rd. She claimed first-place finishes in the 50-back (32.84) and the 500-free (5:40.35), with the latter breaking the former SJC record by nearly six seconds.

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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.