Southern Connecticut State University Women's Swimming and DIving
Meet 2
Iona College
Saturday, Oct. 8 - 1 p.m. - New Haven, Conn.
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The Southern Connecticut State University women's swimming and diving team competes for the second week in a row in a meet against Iona College on Saturday.
A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEKEND
The Owls finished third in last weekend's tri-meet against West Chester and Shippensburg. Senior
Katherine Crochet finished in third place in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 25.37 and the 100 freestyle in 55.61. Jnior
Sydney Fromkin placed third in the 1650 yard freestyle with a time of 19:18.99. As a team, the Owls recorded a fourth place finish in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:43.52, the 400 yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:56.69 and the 800 freestyle relay in 8:32.11.
Full Recap
LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR
The Owls posted their 13
th straight top-three finish at the Northeast-10 Championships with a second place showing. The Owls also finished fourth at the Metropolitan Championships and had two student-athletes qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
TEAM CAPTAINS
Seniors
Katherine Crochet and
Katherine Krajcik and junior
Kayla Laydon will serve as team captains for the 2016-17 season.
KRAJCIK EARNS SECOND NE-10 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM HONOR
For the second year in a row,
Katherine Krajcik was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Women's Swimming and Diving All-Academic Team for her work in the pool and in the classroom last year.
CROCHET EXCELS IN AND OUT OF THE POOL
Katherine Crochet was named to the Scholar All-America Team by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) last season after a breakout junior season in 2015-16, culminating in two All-America honors (50 and 100 freestyle). She was also named the Most Outstanding Performer of the NE-10 Championship after capturing seven first place marks at the competition.
CROCHET A PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
Katherine Crochet has been named a preseason All-American by Collegeswimming.com after coming off a campaign in which she was named an All-American and the Northeast-10 Conference Swimmer of the Year, in addition to earning Most Outstanding Performer honors at the NE-10 Championship.
REIGNING NE-10 CHAMPS
The Owls are returning six NE-10 champions this year with a combined 16 NE-10 titles achieved last season -
Aubrey Bailey,
Katherine Crochet,
Sydney Fromkin,
Katherine Krajcik,
Lilly Martin and
Emily Wolfe.
PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE PICKS
The Owls have four student-athletes -
Aubrey Bailey,
Katherine Crochet,
Sydney Fromkin and
Emily Wolfe - who were named All-Conference by CollegeSwimming.com.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome eight newcomers for the 2016-17 season -
Avery Fornaciari,
Megan Garner,
Erin Leirey,
Hannah Morse,
Kiersten Snyder,
Alizabeth Sullivan,
Marisa Tutone and
Emily Waehler.
UP NEXT
Southern Connecticut is back in action at home against TCNJ on Oct. 22.