Bulldogs win the 2020 NEC Championships

East Meadow, N.Y. - The Bryant University women's swimming and diving team won the Northeast Conference swimming and diving championships for the third year in a row with a total score of 813.50.

 Coach Cameron's Comments

 "Three-time conference champions, so awesome. We are so proud of what this group has accomplished. I am glad we could send the seniors off with another championship, they deserve it. This is a very focused and driven group, glad it paid off.  Go bulldogs!" 

 Notes and Notables

• The Bulldogs got off to a great start with a first and second-place finish in the 1650 freestyle. Sammi Grenon (Cheshire, Conn.) won with a time of 17:02.34, which was also a school record. Alyssa DiFiore (Wethersfield, Conn.) earned the silver medal (17:08.66).
• Bryant added another gold with a win in the 200 backstroke by Alaina Scifo (Ipswich, Great Britain)(2:00.15).
• The Black and Gold found the podium again when Erin Doruska (Ankeny, Iowa) posted a time of 51.04 to place third in the 100 free.
• Heather Wong (Ramsey, N.J.) added another medal on the day for Bryant with a third-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.44).
• The Bulldogs got their second silver medal of the meet in the 200 butterfly from Domenica Alcala (Cancun, Mexico)(2:04.38).
• In diving, Kyri Chambo (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) completed the sweep of the diving events with a first-place finish in the three-meter dive (234.15). Gabrielle Ritzer (Sutton, Mass.) and Kate Kirves (New Port Richey, Fla.) earned second and fourth with scores of 219.80 and 194.35.
• The Black and Gold ended the night placing third in the 400 free relay. The team of Reetta Kanervo (Oulu, Finland), Scifo, Laurel Carey (Madison, N.J.), and Doruska teamed up to post a time of 3:26.54.
• The Bulldogs took home three of the four awards given out at the end of the meet.
• Grenon won the Rookie of the Meet for winning the 400 IM (4:22.79) and the 1650 free (17:02.34). She also set school records in both of those events.
• Chambo won Diver of the Meet for placing first in both the one-meter (209.05) and three-meter dives (234.15). She is the first Bulldog to win this award since Kecli Abernethy won it in 2016.
• The final award won was the Coaching Staff of the Meet. This was the first time that the NEC gave out this award as it was previously separated between diving and swimming coach of the meet. Head Coach Katie Cameron was a three-time winner of the NEC Coach of the Meet.
• Bryant won a total of 22 medals at the NEC Championships. 11 were gold, five were silver, and six were bronze.