WORCESTER, Mass. – After leading, for the first three days of the 2023 Northeast 10 Conference Championships, the Southern Connecticut State University Men's Swimming & Diving team posted a final score of 710 points ,edging Bentley's 576. The Owls have now won back-to-back NE10 titles after winning last season and is also Southern's 15th since joining the NE10 in 2003.
McAllistar Milne was honored as the NE10 Male Swimmer of the Meet after capturing seven NE10 Championships. Heading into the fourth day, it was believed that the championship would go down to the wire, decided in the final race of the tournament. Southern placed four swimmers in the top 10 in the 1,650 Yard Freestyle, including a Gold-medal finish for Dylan Prescher at 16:14.23, followed by Samir Souidi in third-placed at 16:25.38. Aiden Kennedy and Nicholas Zerva finished fifth and seventh, respectively.
Chandler Tucker, and Kobe Dominguez swept the top two spots in the 200 Backstroke, and Collin Doyle grabbed fifth, followed by Christopher Roewer in fourth in their heats. In the backstroke event, Tucker won his third Gold medal of the championships, going a perfect 3-for-3 in individual events, while adding three more in the 200, 400 and 800 Freestyle Relays. Tucker posted a time of 1:50.80 – followed by Dominguez in third at 1:55.36.
Following that race, the energized Owls continued to rack up points. First, in the 100 Yard Freestyle, Franklin Kuhn captured his sixth medal of the weekend when he finish first with a time of 45.72. Jack Fry finished first in the B- Final with a time of 47.33 . The 200 Yard Breaststroke events, McCalister Milne posted first with a time of 2:03.17. Mason Wilde also provided the last punch, finishing second at 2:08.19. Skarzynski and Fournier finished second and third with a time of 2:16.42 and 2:17.00 in their heats, respectively. In the 200 Butterfly, Henry Velazquez finished second with a time of 1:53.95, followed by, Aielllo in third at 1:53.99. Zerva finished third with a time of 2:05.45 in B-Final. The final race of the weekend was the exclamation point, Kuhn, Wilde Milne and Tucker finished first with a time of 3:03.49.
Matheus Silva completed the sweep in the diving events with a second place in the 3 Meter Diving. Silva posted a total of 435.30
For the weekend, Southern captured 25 medals, including 16 Gold, 3 Silver and 6 Bronze. Tucker and Kuhn won seven medals each while Tucker won five Gold medals, while Kuhn captured three. Milne also won three Gold medals including individual Championships in the 400 Yard IM and 200 Yard Breaststroke, to go-along with two Silvers, while Henry Velazquez captured four medals for the Owls.
Southern Connecticut State University Medal Count
Gold (16)
McAlister Milne, Henry Velazquez, Franklin Kuhn, Chandler Tucker (800 Freestyle Relay)
Dylan Prescher (1,000 Freestyle,1650 Freestyle)
Chandler Tucker, McAllistar Milne, Henry Velasquez, and Franklin Kuhn (400 Yard Medley Relay)
Chandler Tucker (200 IM, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Backstroke)
McAllistar Milne ( 500 Freestyle, 400 Individual Medley, 200 Breaststroke)
Franklin Kuhn (50 Yard Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle)
Kobe Dominguez (100 Backstroke)
Chandler Tucker, Mason Wilde, Henry Velasquez, and McAllistar Milne (200 Medley Relay)
McAllistar Milne,Mason Wilde, Chandler Tucker, and Franklin Kuhn (400 Freestyle Relay)
Silver (3)
Mason Wilde (200 Breaststroke)
Henry Velasquez. (200 Butterfly)
Matheus Silva (3 meter Diving)
Bronze (6)
Samir Souidi (1,000 Freestyle, 1650 Freestyle)
Kobe Dominguez, Jack Fry, Mason Wilde, and Franklin Kuhn (200 Freestyle Relay)
Matheus Silva (1 meter Diving)
Kobe Dominguez (200 Backstroke)
Michael Aiello (200 Butterfly)
By athlete
McAlister Milne (7 medals)
- 800 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 400 Yard Medley Relay(G)
- 500 Freestyle (G)
- 400 Individual Medley (G)
- 200 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 200 Breaststroke (G)
- 400 Freestyle Relay (G)
Chandler Tucker (7 medals)
- 800 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 400 Yard Medley Relay (G)
- 200 Individual Medley (G)
- 100 Breaststroke (G)
- 200 Medley Relay (G)
- 200 Backstroke (G)
- 400 Freestyle Relay (G)
Franklin Kuhn. (7 Medals)
- 800 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 400 Yard Medley Relay (G)
- 50 Yard Freestyle (G)
- 200 Freestyle (G)
- 200 Freestyle Relay (B)
- 400 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 100 Freestyle (G)
Henry Velazquez (4 Medals)
- 800 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 400 Yard Medley Relay (G)
- 200 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 200 Butterfly (S)
Mason Wilde (4 medals)
- 400 Freestyle Relay (G)
- 200 Medley Relay (G)
- 200 Breaststroke (S)
- 200 Freestyle Relay (B)
Dylan Prescher (2 medals)
- 1,000 Freestyle (G)
- 1650 Freestyle (G)
Kobe Dominguez.(2 Medals)
- 100 Backstroke (G)
- 200 Freestyle Relay (B)
- 200 Backstroke (B)
Matheus Silva (2 medals)
- 3 meter Diving (S)
- 1 meter Diving (B)
Samir Souidi (2 medals)
- 1,000 Freestyle (B)
- 1650 Freestyle (B)
Michael Aiello (1 medal)
Jack Fry (1 medal)
