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2/29/08 – Lindsay
D’Ascanio Named GNAC Rookie Swimmer of the Year
2/18/08 - New England Championships
1/29/08 – SJC Swimmers Sweep Weekly
Conference Awards
1/26/08 - St. Joe's Swim Team Earns
Two Victories
1/15/08 - Two St. Joe's Swimmers Honored
by GNAC
1/12/08 - St. Joe's Rolls Past Husson,
151-87
1/8/08 - St. Joe's Defeated by Nor'easters
12/11/07
- Threepeat for D’Ascanio!
12/8/07
- Swimmers Swept at Elms College
12/4/07 - D'Ascanio
Honored by GNAC
12/1/07
- Women Swimmers 5th in GNAC Championships
11/19/07 - Piers
& D'Ascanio Honored by GNAC
11/18/07 -
St. Joe's Women Win Swim Meet @ Regis College, 134-117
11/6/07- Swim Team Participates in Charity Event
10/27/07 - Monks
Swimmers Sink Husson
2/29/08 – Lindsay D’Ascanio
Named GNAC Rookie Swimmer of the Year
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D'Ascanio |
STANDISH, ME – The Great Northeast Athletic
Conference has announced their 2008 Swimming individual awards and
St. Joe’s Swim Team member FY Lindsay D’Ascanio
(Kennebunk, ME) has been named the GNAC Swimming Rookie of the Year.
D’Ascanio posted an impressive rookie campaign with seventeen
individual first place finishes and nine relay top finishes. The
freshman competed in the butterfly events for St. Joe’s and
earned six victories in the 100-fly and four in the 50-fly in the
eight swim meets in which Saint Joseph's College participated this
season. D’Ascanio also earned first place finishes in the
200-IM, 500-freestyle and 100-back events this during the year.
For her efforts, D’Ascanio was recognized as the GNAC Rookie
Swimmer of the Week five times during the 2007-08 season.
2/18/08 - New England Championships
DARTMOUTH,
MA - The Saint Joseph's College Women's Swim team participated in
the New England Championships, hosted by U. Mass-Dartmouth Friday
2/15-Sunday 2/17. The
top 18 finishers in the preliminary rounds advanced to the finals.
The
first-year SJC program finished 20th overall as the team returned
to the finals in nine events.
Friday's
events:
The 200 freestyle relay team of SO Lindsay Bates
(Waterville, ME), SO Danielle Harmon
(Poland, ME), FY Lindsay D'Ascanio
(Kennebunk, ME) and JR Ashton Piers
(Falmouth, ME) earned a trip to the finals with a preliminary time
of 1:53.98. The group finished in 17th place (1:54.84) in the finals
on Friday evening.
Lindsay D'Ascanio qualified for the evening event,
the 100-yard fly, with a 1:07.25 time in the prelims and finished
in 15 place in the finals (1:06.81).
The 400 medley relay team of FY Katie Brooks
(North Kingstown, RI), Piers, D'Ascanio
and Harmon earned a trip to the finals with a preliminary
round time of 4:43.56 and finished in 17th place (4:46.91).
Saturday's events:
The 200 medley relay team of Brooks, Piers,
D'Ascanio and Bates finished in
18th place (2:09.61) after posting a 2:10.01 time in the qualifying
round.
Lindsay D'Ascanio posted an impressive
time of 29.77 in 50 yard butterfly finals, good for 13th place, after
earning a 29.94 time in the preliminary round.
The 800 freestyle relay team of SO Erin Brady
(Quincy, MA), Bates, Piers and
D'Ascanio finished 16th (9:11.24) in the finals.
Sunday's Events:
The final day of the New England Championships Finals began for St.
Joe's with Lindsay D'Ascanio competing
in the 200 yard butterfly event. D'Ascanio bettered
her preliminary
round time of 2:29.05
and
finished
in 15th place (2:27.22).
Ashton Piers was next for the SJC
swim team as she qualified for the finals in the 100 yard individual
medley event with a 1:09.69 time in the prelims. Piers turned in a
16th place finish in the final round with a 1:09.78 time.
The 400 free relay team of Harmon, FY Melissa
Wiggins (Washington, DC), Brooks and Bates
wrapped up the New England's for Saint Joseph's with an 18th
place finish (4:30.70) in the finals after earning a 4:24.77 time
in the preliminary round.
New
England Championships Complete Results
1/29/08
– SJC Swimmers Sweep Weekly Conference Awards
STANDISH,
ME – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference has named FY Lindsay
D’Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME) Rookie Swimmer of
the Week and JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME/Deering
HS) Swimmer of the Week for the 1/20-1/27 reporting period.
The St. Joe's Swimmers earned wins over both Husson College and host
team Wheelock College, 82-31 and 64-59, respectively, in a double
dual meet on Saturday, 1/26.
D'Ascanio won the 100-yard butterfly (1:06.17), 100-yard
backstroke (1:06.87) and 50-yard butterfly (30.03) events and was
a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay race in the Wheelock
double dual meet.
Piers posted two first place finishes and one relay
first place finish. Piers took first in the 50-yard breaststroke (36.27)
and 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.87) events and was part of the top
finishing 200-yard medley relay event. Piers also earned a second
place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (2:37.96).
Both swimmers posted tremendous seasons as the duo helped guide the
St. Joe’s Swim team to a 5-2 record in its first year as a varsity
program. D’Ascanio has received the weekly conference rookie
honors an incredible 5 times this season while Piers has been named
as the top swimmer of the week three times.
The Wheelock double dual meet was St. Joseph's last before the individual
New England Championships, which take place February 15-17 at UMass-Dartmouth.
1/26/08
- St. Joe's Swim Team Earns Two Victories
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BOSTON,
MA - The St. Joe's Swimmers earned wins over both Husson College and
host team Wheelock College, 82-31 and 64-59, respectively, in a double
dual meet on Saturday. FY Lindsay D'Ascanio
(Kennebunk, ME) earned three individual first place finishes and one
relay first place finish in the meet. The
meet was St. Joseph's last before the individual New England Championships,
which takes place February 15-17 at UMass-Dartmouth. The Swim Program
finishes it's first-ever varsity season with an impressive 5-2 record.
D'Ascanio won the 100-yard butterfly (1:06.17), 100-yard
backstroke (1:06.87) and 50-yard butterfly (30.03) events and was
a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay race.
JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME) posted
two first place finishes and one relay first place finish. Piers took
first in the 50-yard breaststroke (36.27) and 100-yard breaststroke
(1:06.87) events and was also part of the top finishing 200-yard medley
relay event. Piers also earned a second place finish in the 200-yard
individual medley (2:37.96).
FY Katie Brooks (North Kingstown,
RI) took first in the 50-yard backstroke (33.62) and teammate SO Erin
Brady (Quincy, MA) finished in second place in the
50-yard freestyle (29.15), 100-yard freestyle (1:04.62) and 500-yard
freestyle (6:23.28) events. Both Brooks and Brady were members of
the winning 200-yard medley relay team.
SO Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME)
finished in second place behind Katie Brooks in the 50-yard backstroke
with a time of 34.54.
Full Meet Results
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Piers |
D'Ascanio |
STANDISH,
ME - The Great Northeast Athletic Conference has named JR Ashton
Piers (Falmouth, ME/Deering HS) Swimmer of the
Week and FY Lindsay D'Ascanio
(Kennebunk, ME) Rookie Swimmer of the Week for the 12/17-1/13 reporting
period.
Piers
had three first place finishes in both of her team's meets over
break. In the University of New England meet, Piers accounted for
all three of St. Joe's first place finishes (50 breast, 100 breast,
100 IM) with New England qualifying times in each event. In the
Husson meet, Piers took firsts in all three of her events again
and was also a member of the top-finishing 200-yard medley relay
team.
This is the second time that Piers has been honored by the conference
this season as she was named the Swimmer of the week on 11/19.
D'Ascanio was the top finisher in the 200-yard
freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and 50-yard butterfly events at the
Husson meet and was also a member of the first place 200-yard medley
relay team. In the University of New England meet, the freshman
swimmer earned second place finishes in both the 50 and 100-yard
butterfly events with New England qualifying times in both.
D'Ascanio has been named the GNAC Rookie Swimmer of the Week all
four reporting periods so far this season.
BANGOR, ME - The St. Joe's Swim team traveled north to Husson College
to compete in a GNAC meet against the Eagles on Saturday afternoon.
The Royal Blue won 13 of 14 events to cruise to victory and scored
a season-high 151 team points in the meet. JR Ashton
Piers (Falmouth, ME), SO Erin
Brady (Quincy, MA) and FY Lindsay
D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME) all earned three individual
first place finishes in the competition. The three swimmers tallied
38 points apiece for their efforts. FY Katie Brooks
(North Kingstown, RI) had two top finishes and 33 points.
Ashton Piers took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke
(1:22.69), 50-yard breaststroke (38.40) and 100-yard individual
medley (1:11.24) events. Erin Brady was the top
finisher in the 50-yard freestyle (29.35), 100-yard freestyle (1:04.37)
and 500-yard freestyle (6:30.77) events.
Lindsay D'Ascanio took home first place in the
200-yard freestyle (2:11.75), 100-yard butterfly (1:09.66) and 50-yard
butterfly (30.81) events. Katie Brooks won the
50-yard backstroke (33.97) and 100-yard backstroke (1:13.04) events
as well and finished second to teammate Ashton Piers in the 100-yard
individual medley (1:13.86).
Brooks, Piers, D'Ascanio
and Brady all were members of the winning 200-yard
medley relay team with a time of 2:11.70 in the competition.
St. Joe's finished in first and second place in five events overall
as SO Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME) had three second-place
finishes in the event and SO Lindsay Bates (Waterville,
ME) had one second-place finish.
Full Meet
Results
1/8/08
- St. Joe's Defeated by Nor'easters
 BIDDEFORD,
ME - The Saint Joseph's College Swim Team faced off against the University
of New England Nor'easters in non-conference action on Monday night
and lost, 147-81.
St. Joe's was led by JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME),
who earned all three of the team's first place finishes in the contest.
Piers won the 50-yard breaststroke (37:09), 100-yard breaststroke
(1:20.34) and the 100-yard individual medley (1:10.85) and achieved
New England qualifying times in all three events.
The SJC Swim Team next travels to Bangor, ME on Saturday, 1/12 to
compete at Husson College. The competition begins at 12:00 PM.
Full Meet Results
12/11/07
- Threepeat for D’Ascanio!
12/8/07
- Swimmers Swept at Elms College
CHICOPEE, MA - The St. Joe's swim team travelled to Elms
College to compete against the Blazers on Saturday, 12/8. The Women's
team lost 140-114 and the Men fell 84-39. FY Lindsay D'Ascanio
(Kennebunk, ME) continued her string of strong performances with individual
first place finishes in the 100 fly and 100 IM. D'Ascanio was also a member
of the top finishing medley relay and the 2nd place 200 free relay. Lindsay
finished with 33 points in the meet.
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FY Katie Brooks |
Freshman phenom Katie Brooks (North Kingstown,
RI) earned an individual first place finish in the 50 back, 100 back and
the 400 freestyle as well as the medley relay. Brooks also received
33 points in the competition.
The 200 medley relay team scored a first place finish as well. The relay
team was composed of Lindsay D'Ascanio, Katie
Brooks, JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME) and SO
Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME).
For the men, JR Pat DeCola (Methuen, MA) produced a first
place finish in the 50 backstroke.
The Saint Joseph's College Swim team will travel to Biddeford, ME to compete
against the University of New England, Monday 1/7/08. The meet begins
at 7:00 PM.
Full
Meet Results
12/4/07
- D'Ascanio Honored by GNAC
STANDISH, ME - The Great Northeast Athletic Conference
weekly awards have been announced and FY Lindsay D'Ascanio
(Kennebunk, ME) has been named the Rookie Swimmer of the Week for the
second consecutive week.
Saint Joseph's College participated in the GNAC Championship Meet, hosted
by Simmons College in Boston, MA, on Saturday and finished in 5th place
overall. D'Ascanio won both of her individual events
and set a meet record in the 50 fly with a time of 28.96. She also participated
in each of St. Joe's A Relays, placing fourth in both the 200 medley and
the 400 free relay.
12/1/07 - Women Swimmers
5th in GNAC Championships
BOSTON, MA - The Saint Joseph's College Swim team participated
in the GNAC Championships hosted by Simmons College on Saturday. Seven
GNAC schools competed in the event and St. Joe's finished in 5th place,
ahead of both Norwich University and Husson College. St. Joe's FY Lindsay
D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME) achieved a GNAC Championship Meet record
in the 50 fly with a time of 28.96.
The results of the preliminaries in the morning determined which relay
teams and individual swimmers returned for the finals. The top eight in
each event return for the final events. In addition to strong relay team
finishes, St. Joe's had several swimmers make it into the finals in their
individual events. The GNAC Championship is a 15-event meet and SJC had
swimmers return for the finals in 10 events.
The fifth place finish does not do justice to all that the Lady Monks
accomplished. St. Joe's finished 4th in both the 200 Medley Relay (Katie
Brooks, Ashton Piers, Lindsay D'Ascanio, and Danielle Harmon)
and the 400 Free Relay (Brooks, Harmon, Brady, and D'Ascanio).
FY Lindsay D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME) finished 1st in
the 200 fly and the 50 fly with both times being New England A qualifying
times. FY Katie Brooks (North Kingstown, RI) took 3rd
in the 50 back and the 100 back with both times being New England A qualifying
times. JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME) earned a 6th place
finish in the 200 breaststroke and 7th place in both the 50 breaststroke
and 200 IM with New England A qualifying times in both events.
SO Erin Brady (Quincy, MA) placed 8th in the 500 and
7th in the 100 back and SO Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME)
earned 4th place in the 50 Fly achieving a New England B qualifying time
in the 50 fly and 50 free.
D'Ascanio, Brooks, Piers, Brady and Harmon all returned
for the finals in their individual events.
Lindsay D'Ascanio was one of the only athletes at the
meet to take a first in both of her individual events.
Next Saturday, 12/8, the Saint Joseph's College Swim team will travel
to Chicopee, MA to compete against the Elms College Blazers. The meet
begins at 2:30 PM.
Full Meet Results
11/19/07 - Piers & D'Ascanio
Honored by GNAC
STANDISH, ME - The Great Northeast Athletic Conference
has announced their first winter season weekly award honorees, and St.
Joe's, in the team's first season of existence, has two names on the
Swimming docket.
JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME) has been named the GNAC
Swimmer of the Week for her stellar performance in the Regis College
meet held on Sunday, 11/18. Piers achieved three personal firsts and
one relay first in the non-conference event.
FY Lindsay D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME) was also honored
by the GNAC, earning the Rookie Swimmer of the Week honor for her excellent
performance in the Regis College meet. D'Ascanio achieved two relay
firsts and two personal firsts in the meet.
11/18/07 – St. Joe’s Women Win Swim Meet @ Regis College,
134-117
Men Fall, 81-30
WESTON, MA – The Saint Joseph's College Swim team
participated in a meet hosted by Regis College on Sunday and came out
with a split decision, as the Women earned a 134-117 victory and the Men
were defeated by a 81-30 margin.
As for the women, Regis College led the meet for most of the event but
St. Joe’s finished strong, winning the last race of the day, the
400-meter free relay, to come away victorious.
Individual standouts for the day were JR Ashton Piers
(Falmouth, ME) and FY Lindsay D’Ascanio (Kennebunk,
ME), as each swimmer took first place in all events in which they participated.
Piers earned 38 points for the squad and achieved three individual firsts
in the 50-meter breaststroke, 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter IM
as well as being part of the winning 200-meter medley relay team. Ashton
achieved an A qualifying time in the 50-meter breaststroke and a B qualifying
time in the 100-meter breaststroke.
D’Ascanio was also part of the 200-meter medley relay team as well
as the winning 400-meter freestyle relay team. Lindsay earned personal
firsts in the 100-meter butterfly and the 500-meter freestyle races. In
all, she tallied 40 points in the winning effort and an A qualifying time
in the 500-meter freestyle.
SO Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME) also turned in a first
place finish for Saint Joseph's College in the 50-meter butterfly event.
The 200-meter medley relay team (Piers, D’Ascanio, FY Katie
Brooks (North Kingstown, RI) and SO Erin Brady
(Quincy, MA)) earned a first place finish in the meet. The 400-meter free
relay team (Brady, Brooks, Harmon, D’Ascanio) also notched a top
finish for St. Joe’s.
For the men, JR Pat Decola (Methuen, MA) and JR Nick
Zecher (Mansfield, MA) turned in personal best times in the meet
and continue to show improvement.
The next meet for the St. Joe’s swimmers is the GNAC Championships
hosted by Simmons College (Boston, MA) on Saturday, 12/1. The meet is
set to begin at 10:00 AM.
11/6/07- Swim Team Participates
in Charity Event
STANDISH, ME - St. Joseph's College varsity
swim teams participated in "The Hour of Power", a national Division
III swimming relay to raise awareness and support for sarcoma research
on Tuesday, 11/6 at 5 p.m. In total, 46 colleges and universities in 19
conferences, 4 high schools, 3 club teams, over 3,000 athletes participated
tonight from 5-6pm eastern standard time.
The event is in honor of Ted Mullin, a Carleton College swimmer who
passed away in September 2006 of synovial cell sarcoma. Sarcoma comes
in the form of malignant tumors of the musculoskeletal system. It is regarded
as a developmental (early childhood) tumor and
is found most often in the 15-29 age group. While sarcoma is rare
(only 12,000 new cases per year), it is the fifth most common cancer
in ages under 29. And unlike most cancers today, the sarcoma
treatment success rate is not improving.
The "Hour of Power", which is a continuous relay, has a
two-part goal:
The first is to raise awareness of sarcoma cancer. In November of 2006,
19 Division III swim teams participated in the event. In 2007, 46 college
teams will participate.
The second goal is to raise funds for sarcoma research as funding for
sarcoma has actually decreased over the past decade. Funds raised
through the event will go directly to the Section of
Hematology/Oncology at University of Chicago Comer Children's
Hospital, which is dedicated to treatment, care, and research of
sarcoma. Through grants and support the University of Chicago will
match all donations earned through the "Hour of Power" with
a 10-1 ratio.
If you would like to support the St. Joseph's College Swim Teams
in this event you may send donations directly to head coach, Becky Biggs
at
278 Whites Bridge Road · Standish, ME 04084. Please make checks
payable to St. Joseph's College (write "Hour of Power" in the
memo line).
Letter
from Swimming Coach, Rebecca Biggs
2007 List of Participants: Colleges &
Universities: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College,
Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Williams, Augsburg,
Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, Macalester, St. Benedict, St.
Catherine, St. John's, St. Mary's, St. Olaf, St. Thomas, U of
Chicago, Occidental, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Redlands, Pomona-Pitzer,
Whitman, Puget Sound, Luther, Illinois Wesleyan, York (Pa.), Regis
(Mass.), Univ. of New England, Roger Williams University, Lycoming,
St. Joseph's College (Maine), Ohio Northern, Wheaton
College (Mass.), Johns
Hopkins, Lake Forest (Ill.), Grinnell, Wooster, Washington & Lee,
Skidmore
Club Teams: Lake Forest Swim Club (Lake Forest, Ill.), New Trier Swim
Club (Winnetka, Ill.), Northwestern Aquatics Swim
Organization/Wildcat Aquatics (Evanston, Ill.)
High School Teams: Culver Academies (Culver, Ind.), New Trier
(Winnetka, Ill.), Falls Church (Falls Church, Va.), Lake Forest JV
Girls (Lake Forest, Ill.)
10/27/07 - Monks Swimmers
Sink Husson
BANGOR, ME - In addition to winning the first St. Joe's
swim meet ever, the Saint Joseph's College Swim Team had several qualifying
times and some outstanding performances. The Monks took first place in
11 out of the 14 events. FY Lindsay D'Ascanio (Kennebunk,
ME) and FY Katie Brooks (North Kingstown, RI) achieved
two Qualifying A times for New England Championships: Katie in the 50
yard back-stroke and the 100 yard back-stroke as well as Lindsay in the
100 yard Fly and the 200 yard Individual Medley. SO Danielle Harmon
(Poland, ME) achieved the Qualifying B time in the 50 yard fly.
The first place finishers were Katie Brooks
and Lindsay D'Ascanio (as mentioned above); JR Ashton
Piers (Falmouth, ME) in the 50 and 100 yard breaststroke; the
Medley Relay of Katie Brooks, Ashton Piers,
Lindsay D'Ascanio, and SO Erin Brady
(Quincy, MA); the Free Relay of Danielle Harmon, Ashton
Piers, Erin Brady and Lindsay D'Ascanio;
JR Breana Murphy (Old Orchard Beach, ME) in the 50 free;
Danielle Harmon in the 50 yard Fly, and SO Lindsay
Bates (Waterville, ME) in the 100 yard free-style. Lindsay
D'Ascanio took 4 firsts and Katie Brooks took
3 firsts and 1 second place. Ashton Piers also took 4
first places. Congrats to the Monks swimmers on an excellent first showing!!
Full Meet Results
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