Swimming & Diving 2007-2008 Season in Review

The Simmons College swimming and diving team had one of its most successful seasons in the program's history in 2006-07. The Sharks took home their fifth Great Northeast Athletic Conference championship in the past six years, won the Regis Invitational for the first time and posted a 9-1 mark in dual meets, besting the existing school standard.

The Simmons College swimming and diving team had one of its most successful seasons in the program's history in 2006-07. The Sharks took home their fifth Great Northeast Athletic Conference championship in the past six years, won the Regis Invitational for the first time and posted a 9-1 mark in dual meets, besting the existing school standard.

Simmons, which posted dual meet victories over New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference foes Mount Holyoke and Babson, posted 220.5 points at the GNAC championship meet on Dec. 2 to defeat six other schools. Sophomore Keri-Ann Aresenault, who was named the conferences swimmer of the week three times, won three events at that meet. She set a meet record in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:36.13 and also won the 500-yard freestyle (5:37.00) and the 400-yard individual medley (5:12.60).

The Sharks set two significant records this season, eclipsing the seven-year old team record in the 400-yard freestyle relay and besting the Holmes Sports Center pool record in the 800-free relay. Erica Boswell, Lea Alderson, Brittany Torelli and Kaitlyn Ellis swam the 400-free event in 3:53.64 at the New England Swimming and Diving Championships on Feb. 18, eclipsing thee old mark of 3:53.89 set in 1999. The relay squad of Arsenault, Alderson, Caitlin Urciuoli and Ellis swam the 800-yard freestyle in 8:43.16 against Western New England on Dec. 9.