2023 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, February 21 – Saturday, February 25, 2023
- SPIRE Institute, Geneva, Ohio
- Live results on Meet Mobile: 2023 NEC Swimming and Diving Championship
- Defending Champions: Bryant 5x (Women), Bryant 2x (Men)
- Pre-scratch Psych Sheet
- Live Video
- Estimated Timeline
- Championship Central
- Live Results
Team Scores Men:
- Howard — 40
- St. Francis College — 34
- Wagner — 32
- Long Island — 30
Team Scores Women:
- Wagner –40
- Central Connecticut State — 34
- Long Island — 32
- Howard — 30
- Sacred Heart — 28
- Saint Francis University — 26
- St. Francis College — 24
- Merrimack — 22
- Stonehill — 18
The first of five days of competition for the Northeast Conference Championships opened Tuesday night with the 800-yard freestyle relay. Reigning champs on both the women’s and men’s side, Bryant University, joined the American East Conference as of the 2022-2023 season, so this year’s titles are up for grabs by any of the remaining teams.
The Wagner women got off to a great start, winning the 800-yard freestyle relay in a time of 7:22.49, breaking the former Northeast Conference record time of 7:24.89 set in 2016 by Central Connecticut State. Senior Olivia Bishop had a blazing split of 1:46.92, out-splitting anyone in the field by almost two seconds. Central Connecticut State was second in 7:25.79, with lead-off Katie Czulewicz swimming the second-fastest split of the race behind Bishop in 1:48.87.
The Northeast Conference record was broken in the men’s 800-yard freestyle relay as well: the Howard University men won the event in 6:35.84 to break the previous conference record of 6:39.50 by almost four seconds. Lead-off leg Miles Simon also broke the conference record for the men’s 200-yard freestyle, swimming a 1:36.29 split compared to the previous record of 1:37.69 set last year by Saint Francis’ Daniel Matheus Santos.
Saint Francis College picked up second place in a time of 6:40.72. Toni Dragoja split the second fastest time in the field behind Simon, also going under the conference record in a lead-off split of 1:36.72. Wagner College picked up bronze in 6:43.99, and Long Island was fourth in 6:49.98.
Can I get a confirmation on these Miles Simon splits? Because if they are accurate that is wild.
23.0, 25.1, 23.5, 24.6
You can watch the race here. It starts at about the 44 minute mark. Yes, he goes on a tear on the third 50 and then fades a bit on the final 50. So, the splits seem legit. http://necfrontrow.com/game/10741
He went 23.90, 25.58, 24.90, 25.17 at last year’s conference meet. So, the splits that you listed seem to kind of follow a similar patter, with a slow second 50, followed by a faster third 50. https://www.swimcloud.com/results/204460/event/1/?id=59857213#time59857213
They need to get some more men’s teams into that conference, ASAP!