FINAL RESULTS
MEN
1. UMBC – 3075.5
2. LIU – 1179.5
3. Monmouth - 1178
4. St. Francis Brooklyn – 922.5
5. Salem – 441
6. Wagner – 407.5
7. Manhattan - 370
8. Adelphi – 322
9. Baruch – 93
 
WOMEN
1. Columbia - 2218
2. UMBC - 1909
3. LIU - 1085
4. Monmouth - 847
5. Wagner - 702
6. St. Francis Brooklyn – 701
7. Stonehill – 261
8. Salem - 225
9. Manhattan - 218
10. Adelphi - 165
11. Baruch – 54
12. St. Joseph's Long Island - 44
 
EAST MEADOW, NY – The Monmouth University men's and women's swimming teams each turned in strong performances finishes at the 2021 ECAC Winter Championship at the Nassau County Aquatic Center.  

The men's team finished in third place of eight competing teams, while the women placed fourth overall out of 12. A total of 13 team records fell at the meet for Monmouth, while the Hawks also had four first-place finishes and set two ECAC Championship records.

Competing teams included Columbia, UMBC, Saint Peter's, LIU, St. Francis Brooklyn, Wagner, St. Joseph's College Long Island, Baruch, Salem, Adelphi and Stonehill.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"The ECAC Championships are important for our team. It is really the only opportunity during the course of the season for us to get in a trial finals format which mirrors what we do at the conference championship meet. It gives the student-athletes an opportunity to swim their best events and put up good times for the championship meet. It also shows them what the process what will be like come February.

I am really happy with the results from both the men's and women's teams. Setting a bunch of team records is always exciting and I am just really excited with the prospects of where the team is right now and the results they put up this weekend puts us in a good position heading into the second semester. It is also reflective of all the hard work the team has done and I'm sure it is rewarding for them to see such great results. This should be a good motivator for us as we move into the winter training and the championship season." 
- Monmouth head coach Matt Nunnally   

FRIDAY EVENTS
- Alexandra Ho broke the ECAC meet record and Monmouth's program record with her first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Ho hit the wall in 23.16.

- Ho's first-place finish was her ninth winning effort of her season and the 25th of her career.

- Georgia Watkins broke the Monmouth record when she placed third in the 500 free. Watkins' time was 4:57.27, 10 seconds better than the previous school record. 

- The women's 400-yard medley relay team placed fourth and broke a school record as Tahlia Botha, Camryn McHugh, Georgia Watkins and Alexandra Ho clocked in at 3:50.00. Their record-breaking time was more than two seconds faster than the previous Monmouth record.

- The men's 400-yard medley relay team finished second as Callan Smith, Sean Cook, Blake Reynolds and Thomas From finished in 3:21.56.

- Monmouth's men took third in the 200 free relay. Blake Reynolds, Dylan Barkhuizen, Thomas From and Kevin Del Giorno finished in 1:23.72.

SATURDAY EVENTS
- The women's 200-yard medley relay team broke the Monmouth record as Camryn McHugh, Tahlia Botha, Georgia Watkins and Alexandra Ho finished in fourth place in 1:43.96. Their record-breaking time was nearly two seconds faster than the previous Monmouth record, set in 2019.

- The women's 800-yard freestyle relay placed third and set a school record in the process. Georgia Watkins, Sarah Brennan, Katie Parker and Alexandra Ho finished with a time of 7:39.05.

- The men were victorious in the 800-yard freestyle relay with Callan Smith, Cole Dyson, Sam Poching and Thomas From posting the top time of 6:50.44.

- Camryn McHugh placed third in the 100 Back when she hit the wall in 55.98.

- Monmouth's men took third in the 200 medley relay. Callan Smith, Sean Cook, Blake Reynolds and Dylan Barkhuizen finished in 1:31.46.

- Several Hawks swam in the 'A' Finals on Saturday night. Cole Dyson – 400 IM, Camryn McHugh – 100 Fly and 100 Back, Tahlia Botha – 100 Breast, Sean Cook – 100 Breast, Callan Smith – 100 Back and Sam Poching – 100 Back.

SUNDAY EVENTS
- Georgia Watkins earned her fifth individual school record of her freshman season when she placed third in the 1650 free. Watkins' time was 17:10.90, 50 seconds faster than the previous school record, held by Anne Skimmons. Watkins' time in the 1000 was clocked at 10:21.08, also a school record. Krysta Garcia held the previous 1000 free record, which she set in 2018.

- Watkins broke her own school mark in the prelims of the 200 fly when she swam 2:03.66. 

- Cole Dyson also broke the Monmouth school record in the 1650 free with his third-place time of 15:54.54. Dyson broke Frank Christian's record of 15:59.70 set in 1978. Dyson added a school record swim when he finished the first 1000 in 9:37.19. Callan Smith set the previous 1000 free record in 2019.

- Alexandra Ho won the 100 free, hitting the wall in 51.18 to break her own school record.

- Callan Smith won the 200 back and set the ECAC record with his time of 1:47.11. Smith won his 12^th race of the season and the 67^th of his career. 

- The women's 400-yard freestyle relay team broke the Monmouth record as Alexandra Ho, Camryn McHugh, Katie Parker and Georgia Watkins finished in 3:30.11.

- The men's 400 free relay finished third with a time of 3:04.04. Cole Dyson, Sam Poching, Thomas From and Callan Smith made up the team.
 
UP NEXT 
Monmouth's next competition is scheduled for January 14 as the women's team faces Sacred Heart and the men challenge NJIT in Newark, NJ.