Complete Results

DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Keene State College claimed the Little East Conference (LEC) Women's Swimming & Diving Championship title for the 14th consecutive season and for the 17th time overall after totaling 534 points Saturday at UMass Dartmouth's Tripp Athletic Center.

Keene State senior Sophie Hayes was named the 2019-20 LEC Swimmer of the Year. Her meet was highlighted by sweeping the butterfly events, taking the 100 title with her time of 59.85 seconds and the 200 title after touching the wall in 2:13.57. She was the runner-up in the 200 freestyle, clocking in at 2:02.43.

Owls' freshman Jaelin Jang garnered LEC Rooke Swimmer of the Year honors while claiming three individual titles in her LEC championship debut, taking top honors in the 100 freestyle (55.35), 200 freestyle (1:59.57) and 200 IM (2:16.27) 

Plymouth State University senior Casey Allaire was named the LEC Diver of the Year for the third consecutive year after sweeping the one-meter (200.35) and three-meter (212.65) events. She is the second three-time LEC Diver of the Year, the first being Westfield State's Katie Sterpka (2012-15). UMass Dartmouth's Cathy Motta was named the 2019-20 Coach of the Year, marking the fifth time she has received the honor.

Senior Madison Pechulis was also a double-winner on the day for the Owls, winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.46 and taking the top-spot in the 200 breaststroke with her time of 2:30.58. She won the 100 in each of the last three years, and won the 200 for the second time in three years.

Keene State sophomore Paige Carey won the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 18:59.92 in the first individual event of the day, and went on to also finish first in the 500 freestyle after touching the wall in 5:26.00. Owls' junior Samantha Dickinson claimed the 50 freestyle championship with her time of 25.81 seconds. 

Keene State swept the relay events. The 200 medley relay quartet of senior Sydney McGough, Pechulis, Hayes and senior Molly O'Connor clocked in at 1:53.23 in the first event of the day. Dickinson, senior Erin Morley, Carey and Jang clocked in at 3:49.01to cap the day's action.  

UMass Dartmouth sophomore Maddie Kovach swept the backstroke events, claiming the top spot in the 100 with a time of 1:01.57 and the 200 with a time of 2:14.40. She repeated as LEC champion in the 200-yard event. 

2020 Final Team Standings
1. Keene State – 534
2. UMass Dartmouth – 299
3. Westfield State – 177
4. Plymouth State - 157
5. Western Connecticut - 134
6. Eastern Connecticut - 120
7. Rhode Island College - 51