Swimming & Diving

Monks Close Out 2021-22 Season at NEISDA Championships

Posted: Feb 27, 2022

KINGSTON, R.I. – Saint Joseph's College competed in the 2022 New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving (NEISDA) Championships this weekend with the men placing eighth (142 points) and the women posting an 11th-place finish (332 points).

First-years Tiffany Twombly (Sanford, Maine) and Kiley Matthews (South Portland, Maine) highlighted the weekend for the Monks by breaking a pair of team records. Twombly set a new 100-IM team record with a 1:05.25 effort while Matthews broke the SJC 100-Free mark with a 55.00 time.

Overall, seven individuals advanced to the finals in 22 events combined and St. Joe's competed in seven relay finals events.

Twombly paced the Royal Blue with 83 total points while Matthews tallied 70 points and sophomore Brooke Podsiadlo (Granby, Mass.) posted 59. The St. Joe's relay teams raced in three events with 114 points combined.

On the men's side, senior Ryan Watson (Glenburn, Maine) registered 19 points, sophomore Shawn Perry added 10 and freshman Alex Beecher (South Portland, Maine) chipped in with four points. The SJC men competed in four relay finals events and totaled 96 points.

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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.