Gardner-Webb captured its third consecutive NEC Swimming & Diving Championship crown with 742 points, outdistancing its nearest competitor by 135 points. Central Connecticut State finished in second with 607 points, followed by Wagner (499 pts.), Georgia Southern (409.50 pts.) and Radford (380.50 pts.) to round out the top five teams. Three meet records fell on the final day of competition, while two NCAA-B qualifying standards were met.

VMI easily won its first-ever NEC Men’s Swimming & Diving Invitational with 999 points. St. Francis (NY) claimed the second spot with 629 points, while Howard rounded out the invitational with 543 points. Keydet sophomore Brenden Geoghagen (Chesapeake, VA/Indian River) was named the Outstanding Diver. Howard’s Isaiah Allen (Houston, TX) claimed Rookie of the Meet honors. The Sharks Shaun Armstrong (Medford,NJ/St. John the Baptist) and Allen shared the Outstanding Swimmer award.

The Bulldogs’ Terra Wilson (Potter Vally, CA/Deep Valley) earned the Outstanding Swimmer award, while CCSU’s Juliana DiPlacido (Mount Royal, Quebec/Dawson) took home her third career Outstanding Diver honor. Rookie of the Meet honors went to Radford’s Agnes Mago (Kecskemet, Hungary/Boiyai Janos). GWU head coach Mike Simpson was tabbed NEC Coach of the Year by his peers for the third consecutive year.