13 Owl Swimmers Capture NEISDA Swim Championship
From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information: Thirteen proved to be a lucky number for the Keene State College women’s swim team this weekend. The 13-member Owl team overcame the depth of Bentley College to capture its second consecutive New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association (NEISDA) Championship at the Tripp Athletic Center Pool on the campus of UMass-Dartmouth on Sunday. Keene State also won the NEISDA title in 2001.
The Owls set four school records and established one meet and pool mark on Sunday. They won three races, including the 400 freestyle relay, the final race of the meet, to claim the crown.
“Pulling off this championship with just 13 swimmers is something special,” said an elated KSC Coach Jack Fabian after the meet. “We just kept on piling up wins all weekend, and that made up for our lack of depth.”
The season isn’t over for several Owl swimmers. They will know in two weeks if their provisional qualifying times will be good enough to get them a spot in the NCAA Division III championships that take place in Minneapolis March 18–21.
