GNAC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
RESULTS
WORCESTER, Mass. – Norwich closed out the 2024 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Swimming & Diving Championship on top to make it back-to-back titles for the Cadets. The two-time reigning champions scored 512 points to claim the conference crown.
Sunday's final day of the three-day championship featured the final seven events of this year's title chase.
Once again, the Cadets took the top spot in each event starting with Martin Adlianitski's title in the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.47. He also won the 200 IM, clocking in at 1:59.63. Next, Will Thompson bested his own GNAC Championship record in the 50 breaststroke, touching the wall at 25.95. The Cadets got another great performance in the 1650 freestyle as Benjamin Stark finished the race in 16:31.14. Next Adrian Riendeau won the 100 backstroke at 55.19 and Andrew Clark took the 200 butterfly with a record-setting time of 1:55.78. Riendeau, Thompson, Adlianitski, and Stark also teamed up to win the 400 medley, clocking in at 3:34.67.
These performances, along with the 17 event wins from the first two days of championships, helped the Cadets secure the title.
Regis was this year's runner-up finishing with 180 points. They were followed by Colby-Sawyer with 40 points and Saint Joseph's (Maine), which earned 34. The University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) and Albertus Magnus had 29 and seven points, respectively to close out the standings.
In addition to the final events of this year's championship, the conference also honored its major award winners. Norwich student-athletes swept the competitive awards with Thompson taking home Swimmer of the Year honors, while Aidan Grady was named Diver of the Year. Freshman Kristian Adlianitski was named this year's Rookie of the Year.
Meanwhile, Regis head coach Diana Matthews was voted the Coach of the Year and her team also won the Institutional Sportsmanship award.
The top three finishers in each event were also recognized as the 2024 All-Conference honorees. The full list is included below.
MAJOR AWARDS
Swimmer of the Year - Will Thompson, Norwich
Diver of the Year - Aidan Grady, Norwich
Rookie of the Year - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich
Coach of the Year - Diana Matthews, Regis
Institutional Sportsmanship - Regis
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM (Top Three Finishers in each Event)
200 Medley Relay - Norwich (Adrian Riendeau, Will Thompson, Arthur Abrams, Gio Giovenco); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Ryan Kim, Samuel Madriz, Aryaman Nagaraj)
400 IM - Benjamin Stark, Norwich; Cody Werner, Regis; Arthur Abrams, Norwich
200 Freestyle - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Andrew Clark, Norwich; Tristen Leys, Colby-Sawyer
50 Butterfly - Cody Werner, Regis; Lucas Fendl, Saint Joseph's (Maine); Adrian Riendeau, Norwich
100 Breaststroke - Will Thompson, Norwich; Gio Giovenco, Norwich; Logan Wineriter, Norwich
200 Backstroke - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis; Daniel Taylor, Norwich
1000 Freestyle - Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Braeden Scott, Norwich; Gregory DeMeyer, Norwich
400 Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Benjamin Stark, Kristian Adlianitski, Will Thompson, Martin Adlianitski); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Samuel Madriz, Ryan Kim, Cody Werner)
3-Meter Diving - Aidan Grady, Norwich; Michael Zammuto, Regis
200 Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Benjamin Stark, Kristian Adlianitski, Will Thompson, Martin Adlianitski); Regis (Michael Zammuto, Samuel Madriz, Ryan Kim, Cody Werner)
100 Butterfly - Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Cody Werner, Regis; Arthur Abrams, Norwich
500 Freestyle - Benjamin Stark, Norwich; Andrew Clark, Norwich; Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich
50 Backstroke - Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Aryaman Nagaraj, Regis; Tobias Macedo, Norwich
50 Freestyle - Will Thompson, Norwich; Tristen Leys, Colby-Sawyer; John Harman, Norwich
200 Breaststroke - Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Arthur Abrams, Norwich; Logan Wineriter, Norwich
100 IM - Will Thompson, Norwich; Benjamin Stark, Norwich; Tobias Macedo, Norwich
800 Freestyle Relay - Norwich (Benjamin Stark, Kristian Adlianitski, Andrew Clark, Martin Adlianitski); Regis (Cody Werner, Samuel Madriz, Ryan Kim, Aryaman Nagaraj)
1-Meter Diving - Aidan Grady, Norwich; Dylan Feeney, Norwich; Liam Austin, Regis
100 Freestyle - Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Tristen Leys, Colby-Sawyer; Gio Giovenco, Norwich
50 Breaststroke - Will Thompson, Norwich; Logan Wineriter, Norwich; Gio Giovenco, Norwich
1650 Freestyle - Benjamin Stark, Norwich; Kristian Adlianitski, Norwich; Joseph Guerin, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
100 Backstroke - Adrian Riendeau, Norwich; Tobias Macedo, Norwich; Joshua Kelly, Norwich
200 Butterfly - Andrew Clark, Norwich; Cody Werner, Regis; Lucas Fendl, Saint Joseph's (Maine)
200 IM - Martin Adlianitski, Norwich; Arthur Abrams, Norwich; Braeden Scott, Norwich
400 Medley Relay - Norwich (Adrian Riendeau, Will Thompson, Martin Adlianitski, Benjamin Stark); Regis (Aryaman Nagaraj, Cody Werner, Samuel Madriz, Michael Zammuto)
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Malachi Blatchley, Albertus Magnus
Tristen Leys, Colby-Sawyer
Logan Wineriter, Norwich
Samuel Madriz, Regis
Shawn Perry, Saint Joseph's (Maine)
Joseph Guerin, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)
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