Swimming Groups Set to Hit the Pool for 2025-26 Season

BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Swimming groups will open their 2025-26 marketing campaign on Saturday afternoon at Providence College for the Friar Invitational.

The Hawks’ males’s swimming workforce enters the season following a fifth-place end on the NJAC Championship. After graduating some sturdy swimmers, the workforce will look to key returners Dylan Gourlay (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) and Connor Poetsch (Randolph, N.J.)

Gourlay was a robust performer for RWU final 12 months, posting the highest occasions for Roger at New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship within the 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 500-yard backstroke, and 200-yard butterfly. Poetsch following carefully behind in a number of freestyle occasions and claiming Roger’s high spot on the NJAC Championship within the 1650-yard freestyle.

On the ladies’s swimming facet, the Hawks improved on their 2023-24 season and completed seventh on the NJAC Championship final 12 months. The workforce returns a robust basis together with Avery Benigni (Meriden, Conn.) and Claire Dombrofski (West Hartford, Conn.).

Benigni was a high swimmer for RWU final 12 months, tallying a high 10 end within the 50-yard freestyle on the NJAC Championship. Benigni was the second RWU finisher within the 100-yard butterfly and positioned 18^th at NJACs. Dombrofski was strong as nicely ending simply behind Benigni within the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle.

In 2025-26, the Hawks return 15 swimmers on the boys’s facet and 19 on the ladies’s facet, giving each groups a strong basis heading into the season.

Following this weekend’s Friar Invitational, the Hawks will host Babson on Saturday, Oct. 18 earlier than internet hosting the RWU Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 25. RWU will then journey to Bridgeport on Saturday, Nov. 8 after which to Wheaton’s Fall Invitational on Nov 21 and Nov. 22.

Roger Williams will compete in WPI’s Tech Sprints on Jan. 23 and Jan 24 earlier than touring to Coast Guard on Saturday, Jan 31. The Hawks will then head to the NJAC Championships Feb. 12 to Feb 15.