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PSYCH SHEET | RECORDS | 2017 RESULTS
WINTHROP, Mass. – It has been 14 months since the last Great Northeast Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championship, as the GNAC for the first time ever in the history of the sport has expanded the event to a three-day meet and pushed it back from early December to early February.
This year's three-day event will commence on Friday afternoon and conclude on Sunday evening from Simmons University's Holmes Sports Center Natatorium, in what will be the final year at the Fenway-area facility. The 2020 GNAC Swimming & Diving Championships will be held at a neutral site.
In the annual coaches' championship poll, Simmons received all eight first-place votes on the women's side, as head coach Mindy Williams' program seeks its 15th consecutive GNAC title this weekend.
On the men's side, Norwich University was chosen atop the field with five first-place votes and 47 points overall, narrowly ahead of Regis College, which received two first-place votes and 44 points in the poll. Norwich has won each of the last eight GNAC Men's Invitationals/Championships dating back to 2011.
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In the women's poll, Regis finished second behind the Sharks with 56 points, followed by Colby-Sawyer College with 44 points, the University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) with 35 points, Noriwch with 28 points, Saint Joseph's College of Maine with 25 points, Husson University with 21 points, and Elms College with 15 points.
For the men, SJC finished third behind Regis with 28 points, followed by Husson (24 points), Elms (23), Colby-Sawyer (19) and USJ (11). USJ will participate in the GNAC Championship as a men's program for the first time in its history.
2019 GNAC Women's Championship Poll
1. Simmons (8) - 64
2. Regis - 56
3. Colby-Sawyer - 44
4. Saint Joseph (Conn.) - 35
5. Norwich - 28
6. Saint Joseph's (Maine) - 25
7. Husson - 21
8. Elms - 15
2019 GNAC Men's Championship Poll
1. Norwich (5) - 47
2. Regis (2) - 44
3. Saint Joseph's (Maine) - 28
4. Husson - 24
5. Elms - 23
6. Colby-Sawyer - 19
7. Saint Joseph (Conn.) - 11
The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 13 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 20 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience.
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