Simmons Captures 2010 GNAC Swimming & Diving Championship

The Sharks of Simmons College took home their ninth Great Northeast Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving title in ten years in Sunday night’s finale of the two-day championship event. Simmons finished the meet with 270 points, ahead of Elms (216), Saint Joseph CT (206), Saint Joseph’s ME (76), Norwich (75) and Husson (54). Nine GNAC records fell over the course of the meet, which featured 100 athletes from the six GNAC teams.

GNAC Commissioner Joe Walsh and Simmons Director of Athletics Ali Kantor presented first-place Simmons and runner-up Elms with award plaques at the conclusion of the racing. The Blazers captured ten first-place finishes in the finals to secure the second-place spot behind the Sharks.

2010 Swimming & Diving All-Tournament Team

200 Free Relay – Suki Hood, Kristine Ellegard, Kelsey Cronin, Shannon Dunn (SJC)

500 Free – Devon Degrazia (Elms)

200 IM- Ashley Kirchner (Elms)

50 Free- Tessa Dudunake (Elms)

100 Fly- Sarah Wheeler (SJC)

200 Free- Devon Degrazia (Elms) GNAC RECORD 2:05.66

100 Breast- Anne Vayda (Norwich)

50 Fly- Ashley Kirchner (Elms)

200 Back- Amanda Mason (Husson)

400 Medley Relay- Devon Degrazia (GNAC RECORD 100 Back leg 1:05.31), Tessa Dudunake, Ashley Kirchner, Emalee Furtek (Elms) GNAC RECORD 4:22.04

3 Meter Diving- Amanda Dirksmeier (Simmons) GNAC, POOL, TEAM RECORD 333.60

1 Meter Diving- Amanda Dirksmeier (Simmons) GNAC RECORD 233.30

200 Medley Relay- Devon Degrazia (GNAC RECORD 50 Back leg 29.23), Tessa Dudunake, Ashley Kirchner, Emalee Furtek (Elms) GNAC RECORD 1:57.27

1650 Free- Hanna Gajewski (SJM)

50 Breast- Tessa Dudunake (Elms)

100 Back- Virginia Bette (Simmons)

100 Free- Devon Degrazia (Elms) GNAC RECORD 55.92

400 IM- Amanda Mason (Husson)

200 Breast- Anne Vayda (Norwich)

200 Fly- Sarah Wheeler (SJC)

50 Back- Devon Degrazia (Elms)

800 Free Relay- Anne Karasek, Molly Bohannon, Amy Davis, Virginia Bette (Simmons) GNAC RECORD 8:46.38