WELLESLEY, Mass. - The Colby-Sawyer women's swimming team finished fourth out of nine with 635 points at the 2020 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship held at the Boston Sports Institute Wellesley Sports Center.
SUNDAY PRELIMS
SUNDAY FINALS
FINAL RESULTS
Simmons tallied 1181.5 points for the three-day meet to finish ahead of runner-up Regis College (Mass.), which totaled 692 points in the meet that scored 10 finalists and 10 consolation finalists. Regis, third-place Husson University (658.5 points) and fourth-place Colby-Sawyer College (635 points) were all separated by just 57 points in a tight race for second place. Norwich's women placed fifth with 570.5, followed by University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) with 443.5, Elms College with 335, Albertus Magnus College with 305 and Saint Joseph's College (Maine) with 287 points.
In the 50 butterfly, the Chargers were well represented with four athletes making the A-Final.
Jinnae Jang led the team in second place at 27.29 and was followed by
Kelsey Brown in third at 27.43.
Nina Boudreau placed ninth (28.96) and
Alyssa Brown was in 10th (29.48).
In the 200 freestyle,
Rebecca Lee was the top Charger. She placed fourth in a time of 2:02.13 and was followed by Jang in sixth at 2:04.62.
Boudreau posted a third place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:30.73.
Kelsey Brown was the runner-up in the 100 IM with an impressive showing of 1:03.66.
Mary Steward was not far behind in sixth place in a time of 1:06.98.
In the 100 backstroke,
Leilani Marlow turned in an eighth place performance in a time of 1:05.76. She was followed by
Zoe Daudier in 10th at 1:06.00.
Alyssa Brown came away with 10th in the 50 freestyle (27.41), while
Maddie Craig placed 10th in the 200 breaststroke (3:03.57).
The day ended with another great result by the 400 freestyle relay team.
Kelsey Brown,
Alyssa Brown,
Rebecca Lee and
Jinnae Jang finished second with a combined time of 3:47.65.
Lee led Colby-Sawyer for the meet with 64 points with first, second and fourth-place efforts, while Brown's second-place showing was added to a third and fourth-place effort for a total of 60 points for the Chargers.
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