GNAC Swimming & Diving Report: Week 7

Regis senior Gloria Sutton and sophomore Brendan Pike took home GNAC weekly honors on Monday.

November 25, 2019

( FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 18 - 24 )

	WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Gloria Sutton, Regis (Sr., Suffield, Conn.) Sutton earned two individual victories and was part of the 200 freestyle relay that posted the fastest time during Friday night's meet against Saint Joseph's College. Sutton touched the wall first in the 100 freestyle with a personal season-best time of 1:01.07 and in the 500 freestyle in 5:56.95, over nine seconds faster than her previous best mark so far this year. She also posted a 50 free split of 29.82 seconds to help her relay squad to a total time of 1:59.05 in the 200 free relay.
	MEN'S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Brendan Pike, Regis (So., Weymouth, Mass.) Pike helped Regis defeat Saint Joseph's College in a dual meet Friday night. After posting a 50 breaststroke split of 31.23 seconds in the 200 medley relay, he won the 200 freestyle by 21/100ths of a second with a season-best time of 1:53.44, rallying in the final 50 yards for the victory. Pike also finished second in the 500 freestyle, earning another season-best time of 5:16.28.
	WOMEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Alexia Weir, St. Joseph (Conn.) (Fr., Hebron, Conn.) Weir won two individual events and finished second in another in a 139-135 wire-to-wire dual meet win over GNAC foe Colby-Sawyer on Saturday. She was in a must-win situation heading into the penultimate event, the 200 Individual Medley (IM), and she delivered, defeating freshman Mary Steward (Saco, Maine) of CSC to the wall with a time of 2:25.19, more than three seconds in the clear to guarantee USJ the overall victory. Weir won in the 200 Free in addition to the 200 IM, dominating the competition by more than 13 seconds, with a time of 2:11.03. Weir also had a close runner-up finish in the 100 Backstroke, just six-tenths of a second away from capturing a third win on the day.
	MEN'S ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Evan Whaley, Saint Joesph's (Maine) (Fr., Natick, Mass.) Whaley Whaley won the 100-Fly (1:00.14) and 500-Free (5:15.36) events and placed second in a very close 200-Free (1:53.65) race at Regis College on Friday evening.

WEEK 7 HONOR ROLL

Jacob Wyse, St. Joseph (Conn.) (So., Broad Brook, Conn.) - Wyse won three individual events, touching the wall first in the 100 Backstroke, 500 Freestyle, and 200 Individual Medley, to lead the Blue Jays to a 114-90 dual meet win over GNAC foe Colby-Sawyer on Saturday. Wyse's triumph in the 200 IM was enough to end any chance of a Colby-Sawyer comeback and clinched the victory for USJ. He trailed most of the event, but in the final two strokes, he pulled alongside and cleared freshman Kaleo Kihleng by 1.5 seconds to finish with a winning time of 2:08.4. Wyse also had a tight battle to the very end in the 500 Free, defeating Colby-Sawyer's junior team captain Garrett Scahill by less than a second (5:21.84).

GNAC CROSS COUNTRY WEEKLY ARCHIVE (2019-20)

WEEK	WOMEN'S ATHLETE	MEN'S ATHLETE	WOMEN'S ROOKIE	MEN'S ROOKIE
1	Jinnae Jang, CSC	Brendan Pike, REG	Leilani Marlow, CSC	Robert Wood, REG
2	Aine Scholand, SIM	Joseph Clark, NOR	Meg Driscoll, SIM	Robert Wood, REG (2)
3	Sarah Manjikian, SIM	GianCarlos Banrey, REG	Katelyn Quinlan, SIM	Kaleo Kihleng, CSC
4	Aine Scholand, SIM (2)	Sam Carlson, NOR	Nikky Ansley, NOR	Evan Whaley, SJC
5	Sarah Manjikian, SIM (2)	Alex DiGiacomo, NOR	Nikky Ansley, NOR (2)	Jack Brennan, NOR
6	Laura List, SIM	Steven Johnston, HUS	Meg Driscoll, SIM (2)	Evan Whaley, SJC (2)
7	Gloria Sutton, REG	Brendan Pike, REG	Alexia Weir, USJ	Evan Whaley, SJC (3)

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