The Pace Swimming and Diving teams were at Southern Connecticut State for four days of competition during the NE-10 Conference Championships. Pace was voted to finish fifth out of nine schools by the NE-10 swimming coaches.

Day 1, Thur., Feb. 6: Women’s swimming and diving broke two school records. The 200-yard medley relay team of graduate student Kaitlyn Lynch, senior Georgie Goulding, junior Alexis Chocianowski, and freshman Colleen Carroll finished second with a time of 1:49.33.

The diving team placed three of the top six finishers in the one-meter competition with sophomore Jenny Palladino finishing third with a 380.50 score.  Junior Maria-Vitoria Bernardes and senior Megan Morse finished in 5th and 6th place respectively, with Bernades recording a score of 362.20 and Morse with score of 340.25.

The men’s 200 medley relay team, which consists of seniors Dogus Akay, Derek Slayton, and Matt McCann, along with freshman Jennings Soccorso-McCoy, finished with a time of 1:35.06.

The women’s team sits in second place with 124 points, with the men in sixth place with 87 points.

Day 2, Fri., Feb. 7: Lynch wins the first gold for Pace, setting a new record for the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.17.

Akay won the gold for Pace, coming in first for the 200-yard medley, with a record time of 1:52.61.

Women’s team sits in fourth place with 220 points, and the men sit in fifth place with 180 points.

Day 3, Sat., Feb. 8: Lynch places first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.82. Lynch also placed first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 57.06.

Junior Hannah Oleksak set a school standard in the 400IM with a time of 4:45.71.

Slayton set a school record in the 100-yard breaststroke with his time of 56.44, taking second place. Akay placed third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.57.

The men’s team sits in fifth place with 268 points, while the women’s team finishes day three in fourth place.

Day 4, Sunday, February 9:

Pace women’s swimming and diving finished in fifth place, as predicted, with 545 points.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Siriano placed second in the 1,650 yard freestyle with a time of 17:58.73.

Lynch was named the Women’s Swimming Championship Most Valuable Athlete after winning three golds in 50 free, 100 fly, and 100 back.

The men’s swimming and diving finished in fifth place as well.

Next weekend, February 14-16, the Setters head out to Rutgers University for the Metropolitan Conference Championships.

All information was provided by the pacesettersathletics.com. For complete results check out the pacesettersathletics.com and check back next week for more coverage of the Championship weekend, with player and coach interviews.