Keene State Women Capture LEC Championship; Owl Men Place Third At ECAC Meet

From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information: It was a record-setting weekend in the pool for Keene State swim teams. The Owl women captured their third-straight Little East championship, and the KSC men placed third at the ECAC Division III meet.

Junior Kristine Trutor set three individual records and qualified provisionally for the NCAA Division III Championships to lead Keene State to its third-straight Little East Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship. The Owls set nine championship records and seven Owl marks and won each of the 14 swimming events to post a team score of 508 points, which helped distance them from Eastern Connecticut State University (308) and Western Connecticut State University (266).

The Keene State men’s swim team finished third at the ECAC Division III Championships. KSC finished the meet with 457 points, while SUNY-Geneseo won the championship with 749 points.

The Owls, who improved on last year’s fourth-place finish, set eight school records at the meet. Junior Domingo Rose set three individual Owl records and helped establish a new relay mark to lead Keene State. Rose set records in the 50 breast (27.07), the 100 breast (59.15), and the 200 breast (2:12.01). He also teamed with sophomores Karl Balinski and Connor Pennoyer and freshman Colin Daly to set a new mark in the 400-medley relay. A total of 15 Keene State records were broken this weekend.

Photos: Jack Fabian
Keene State captured its third-straight LEC women’s swim championship on Saturday; KSC men placed third at the ECAC Division III meet.