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By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern This past weekend marks the end of the 2014-2015 New England men’s and women’s swimming and diving seasons. NEWMACs took place February 19-22 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Here are the final scores from the weekend's meet: Women Massachusetts Ins...

Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern This year's New England Men's and Women's Athletic Conference Championships will take place today (February 19) through Sunday, February 22 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Here is the psych sheet in case you missed it! Here are five races to watch for...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern Ross Johnston, sophomore on Wheaton College men’s swim team, is a swimmer to watch for at the upcoming NEWMAC Championships. Last year's NEWMAC Rookie of the Year winner, as well as the current school record holder in 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, 100 IM...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern Emily Medeiros, sophomore on the Springfield College women’s swim team, has been lighting up the pool this year, and has come into her own as a NEWMAC swimmer.  A second year collegiate athlete, Medeiros knows what to expect week to week, which she has...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern As the month of January winds down, so does the most difficult time of training in the season. NEWMAC championships are approaching, which means taper is on its way. During the hardest month of the swim season, there were many tough practices where I a...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern The New England Men’s and Women’s Athletic Conference is about five weeks out from wrapping up the season with the NEWMAC Conference meet that will take place February 19-22 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The ten teams from the conference that wil...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern  MIAMI - Wheaton Swimming took part in a winter training trip down to Miami recently, and Swimming World college intern Kelley Baylis was there to capture the entire trip as a participant. Thursday Night: The first day of Wheaton College’s training tri...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern Cathleen Pruden, junior at Mount Holyoke, does amazing things in, and out of the pool. Pruden is the project coordinator for Project Splash. “Project SPLASH! was founded by Cassidy Bommer '13, a Mount Holyoke student who recognized the need for adapted...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern Kelly Dullard, Springfield College senior, spent his fall semester in Irvine, California partaking in an internship at Concordia University-Irvine. Concordia is a small NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) university, which is curre...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI Swimming) has had an incredible season thus far. In addition to hosting the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference for the second year in a row this come February, the team will travel to Puerto Rico this...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern NORTON - Wheaton Lyons swimming finished out its final meet for the 2014 fall semester this past weekend at the Winter Invitational hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Lyons finished strong and will take on a three-week break for...

Photo Courtesy: Hayley Good By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World Intern With the break for Thanksgiving, all teams in the NEWMAC Swimming Conference will be finishing out their fall semester with meets this weekend. Springfield will compete in a weekend meet for the Ithaca Invitational, while Wheaton wi...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern NORTON - Wheaton College junior Dan Spencer made the last-minute decision this past spring that sent him on a jet across the world. Spencer, the Lyons' top male sprinter, spent the last three months in Australia participating in a study abroad program ...

By Kelley Baylis, Swimming World College Intern NORTON - The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) swimming teams put out some great swims this past week with more close meets coming up in the future. Frederick Garneau, Alyssa Pascuzzo, Christian Brindamour, and Cathleen Pruden ...