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December 8, 2008

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Northeast-10 Men’ s Swimming Athlete of the Week

Aaron Rocheleau, Southern Connecticut (So., Newington, Conn.) – Was named the Northeast-10 Most Valuable Athlete at the NE-10 Championships after finishing first in the 200 yard IM (1:57.56) and the 500 yard freestyle (4:40.93) breaking the Northeast-10 record by nearly eight seconds. Was also part of three first place relay victories.

Northeast-10 Women’s Swimming Athlete of the Week

Kristen Frost, Southern Connecticut (Jr., Madison, Conn.) – Took home victories in the 200 yard backstroke (2:04.11), 50 yard freestyle (24.66), 100 yard freestyle (52.38) and the 200 butterfly (2:01.91) at the Northeast-10 Championships. Set new NE-10 records in each event and qualified for the NCAA’s A Cut in the 200 butterfly. Was named Most Valuable Athlete of the championship.

Northeast-10 Men’s Diving Athlete of the Week

Jon Andrews, Bentley (So., Southbury, Conn.) - Was named the Most Valuable Diver of the NE-10 Championships after capturing both diving events. Posted scores of 369.20 on the three-meter board and 397.80 on the one-meter.

Northeast-10 Women’s Diving Athlete and Freshman of the Week

Amanda Burden, Southern Connecticut (Fr., Orange, Conn.) - Finished on top in the Northeast-10 Championship diving events. Won the one-meter diving event with a score of 337.25 and the three-meter event with 345.05. Was named the championship’s Most Valuable Diver.

Northeast-10 Men’s Freshman of the Week

Ryan Brauer, Saint Rose (Fr., Clifton Park, N.Y.) - Registered two first place finishes along with a pair of second place performances at the NE-10 Championships. Established both meet and school records in the 400 individual medley after hitting the wall with a first place time of 4:05.92. Also won the 100 butterfly behind a 52.23 clocking and went on to registered school marks in the 500 free (4:43.55) and the 200 butterfly (1:55.44) while placing second in both events.

Weekly Honor Roll:

Anne Kaduboski, Bentley (So., Dedham, Mass.) - During the Northeast-10 championships, set an NE-10 and school record of 57.62 seconds while winning the 100 yard butterfly, and posted the first A-cut time in school history with a second-place finish in the 200 fly (2:04.12). Also placed third in the 200 free (1:58.44) and fourth in the 100 free (55.66), and was part of three relays (two fourths, one third). Was directly responsible for 91 of Bentley’s 495.5 points.

Drew Acquaviva, Le Moyne (Fr., Delmar, N.Y.) - Teamed for a relay victory and added a pair of second-place finishes to lead the Dolphins to a third-place finish at the Northeast-10 Championships. Earned a first-place finish as a member of the 400 free relay. Tallied second-place finishes in the 100 backstroke (52.94) and as a member of the 200 medley relay team.

Ricky Chidsey, Le Moyne (Sr., Liverpool, N.Y.) - Registered two individual victories and teamed for a relay victory and added three second-place finishes (2 individual, 1 relay) to lead the Dolphins to a second-place finish at the Northeast-10 Championships. Earned victories in the 200 backstroke and the 100 backstroke and recorded a first-place finish as a member of the 400 free relay. Tallied second-place finishes in the 50 free, 100 free and was part of the 200 medley relay team.

Katie O'Donnell, Le Moyne (Fr., Delmar, N.Y.) - Registered two individual victories and teamed for a relay victory and added four second-place finishes (2 individual, 2 relays) to lead the Dolphins to a second-place finish at the Northeast-10 Championships. Earned victories in the 400 IM and the 100 backstroke and recorded a first-place finish as a member of the 200 medley relay. Tallied second-place finishes in the 200 backstroke, 200 IM and as a member of the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay teams.

Cassandra Gentile, Pace (Fr., Cortland Manor, N.Y.) - Had a pair of second place finishes in the one-meter and three-meter diving events at the Northeast-10 Championships.

Eileen Mullowney, Saint Michael's (Fr., Burlington, Vt.) - Had three top-three finishes, breaking the program record in each event, at the NE-10 Championships. Won the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.97, breaking her program record by more than a second), finished second in the 100-yard freestyle (53.96, eclipsing her program record by nearly a second) and took third in the 50-yard freestyle (25.19, besting a program record that had stood 5 1/2 years).

Cody Hall, Southern Connecticut (Jr., Parker, Colo.) - Was part of a first place finish in the 400 yard freestyle event (3:54.38), which set a new Northeast-10 record. In the 200 yard IM event, led the way taking home a first place finish for the Owls. Swam the race in 2:08.45 and set a new Northeast-10 meet record in the process.

Austin Mizzell, Southern Connecticut (Fr., Bristol, Conn.) – At the Northeast-10 Championships, finished first in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.83, which was good enough for a new Northeast-10 record. Captured the 100 yard breaststroke event with a time of 57.89, which set a new NE-10 record as well. Was also part of two first place relay teams.

Miguel Nesrala, Southern Connecticut (Fr., Santo Domingo, D.R.) – Won the 50 yard freestyle event with a time of 20.98 and the 100 yard freestyle in 45.33 at the Northeast-10 championships. Qualified for the NCAA A-Cut in the 100 yard freestyle and set a new NE-10 meet record in the process. Also finished third in the 100 yard backstroke and was part of two first-place relay teams.

Benjamin Prue, Southern Connecticut (Sr., Alpharetta, Ga.) – Finished in second place in the 100 yard butterfly at the Northeast-10 Championships in a time of 52.84. Took home the gold in the 200 yard nutterfly, completing the heat with a time of 1:54.14. In addition, was part of two first place relay finishes.

Emily Sundel, Southern Connecticut (Jr., West Hartford, Conn.) - Won the 1650 Freestyle event with a time of 17:56.85 to open the Northeast-10 championships. Also won the 500 yard freestyle event in a time of 5:12.41.

Maria Zenoni, Southern Connecticut (Sr., Santo Domingo, D.R.) – Won the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:26.53, setting a new Northeast-10 championship record. In addition, finished second in the 400 yard IM with a time of 4:41.34. Also added a third place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke event with a time of 1:10.50.

Weekly Notes:

ASSUMPTION: In Assumption College's first appearance in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship the Greyhounds set 25 individual bests and broke 13 team records.

PACE: The men's and women's 200-yard medley relay school records were broken at the Northeast-10 Championships. The women's team posted a time of 1:57.32 beating the 2006 record of 1:59.01. The men's team eclipsed the school record set in 2006 of 1:48.87 posting a time of 1:47.42 at the NE-10 Championships.

SAINT MICHAEL’S: Four program records were set by the Purple Knight women at the NE-10 Championships over the weekend. Freshman Eileen Mullowney broke three records, in the 50-yard freestyle (25.19), the 100-yard freestyle (53.96) and the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.97, winning the event), while senior Tierney Carey (Newtown, Conn.) broke her own program record in the three-meter dive (262.65 points).