COLLEGE SWIMMING

Two St. Joe’s Swimmers Win Weekly Awards
Piers & D'Ascanio Honored by GNAC

 November 19, 2007

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.

Piers earned 38 points for the squad and achieved three individual firsts in the 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM as well as being part of the winning 200-yard medley relay team. Ashton achieved an A qualifying time in the 50-yard breaststroke and a B qualifying time in the 100- yard breaststroke.

D’Ascanio was also part of the 200-yard medley relay team as well as the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team. Lindsay earned personal firsts in the 100-yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle races. In all, she tallied 40 points in the winning effort and an A qualifying time in the 500-yard freestyle.

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Contact: Corey McCarthy, SID

Saint Joseph's College Athletics