Day one of the Northeast Conference Championships consisted of two\u00a0relays.<\/p>\n
The night started with the 200-yard medley relay. Wagner College took first place with a time of 1:40.52. The Seahawk team consisted of backstroker\u00a0Anu Nihipali,\u00a0<\/strong>breaststroker\u00a0Katja Claesson,\u00a0<\/strong>butterflier\u00a0Michelle Detka\u00a0<\/strong>and freestyler\u00a0Dorian McMenemy.\u00a0<\/strong>Central Connecticut State finished in second place over a second and a half later. The team of backstroker\u00a0Kaitlyn Troy,\u00a0<\/strong>breaststroker\u00a0Maddy Garber<\/strong>, butterflier\u00a0Sabree Thomas\u00a0<\/strong>and freestyler\u00a0Lauren Rasile\u00a0<\/strong>finished in 1:42.19. The LIU Brooklyn team of backstroker\u00a0Nathalie Meyers,\u00a0<\/strong>breaststroker\u00a0Milly Furneaux<\/strong>, butterflier\u00a0Katelyn Coleman\u00a0<\/strong>and freestyler\u00a0Oleksandra Kashyrina\u00a0<\/strong>touched third in 1:42.45.<\/p>\n St. Francis, Bryant, Sacred Heart and St. Francis College (New York) rounded out the finishing teams. Mount Saint Mary’s disqualified.<\/p>\n Central Connecticut had a commanding win in the 800-yard freestyle relay. The team won by nearly eight full seconds.\u00a0Lauren Rasile, Christine Rasile, Lauren Czulewicz\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Aidan Devers\u00a0<\/strong>posted a time of 7:24.89. Wagner’s team of\u00a0Maggie Shaw, Kirsty Hessing, Kristine Sullivan\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Maddie McNichol\u00a0<\/strong>touched second in 7:32.88. Bryant took the bronze medal. The team of\u00a0Valeria Watson, Jillian Rice, Erin Daly\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Nicole Salzano\u00a0<\/strong>finished in 7:35.79.<\/p>\n The top three teams were followed by St. Francis, LIU Brooklyn, Sacred Heart, Mount St. Mary’s and St. Francis College (New York).<\/p>\n Tomorrow’s individual events will be the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley and 50-yard freestyle. The meet is in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day one of the Northeast Conference Championships consisted of two\u00a0relays. The night started with the 200-yard medley relay. Wagner College took first place with a time of 1:40.52. The Seahawk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":50225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[56771],"class_list":["post-187363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-2016-northeast-conference-championships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n