Women’s Swimming & Diving: Laitala earns thirteenth profession GNAC Diver of the Week honor, Lewis and Danger land on GNAC Honor Roll

WINTHROP, Mass. – The Norwich University ladies’s swimming & diving staff continued to shine among the many Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s (GNAC) prime applications, as senior Reilly Laitala (Sterling, Mass.) earned GNAC Diver of the Week honors, whereas senior Brandy Lewis (Strafford, Vt.) and freshman Burgan Danger (Wadsworth, Ohio) had been named to the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll, as introduced by the league workplace on Monday afternoon.

The Cadets opened their house slate in dominant style on Saturday, rolling previous Regis College, 147-86, of their first GNAC twin meet of the 2025-26 marketing campaign.  Norwich collected 9 victories throughout the 13-event schedule, with Laitala, Lewis, and Danger every taking part in key roles within the staff’s commanding efficiency.

Laitala swept each rounds of 1-meter diving for the second-straight meet, incomes a 225.15 within the six-optional dive section and a 171.30 within the five-voluntary spherical.  Both scores cleared the sector by greater than 20 factors, because the two-time defending GNAC Women’s Diver of the Year prolonged her dominance on the boards.

The weekly honor is Laitala’s thirteenth ever at Norwich, following a six-award marketing campaign in 2024-25 that helped additional set up her as one of the vital adorned divers in convention historical past.

Lewis captured a pair of distance freestyle wins in Saturday’s victory, cruising to a time of 12:19.53 within the 1000 free and returning later within the meet to assert the five hundred free in 5:59.02.  Both instances completed nicely forward of the sector.

Danger additionally delivered a breakout efficiency in her house debut, accumulating a win and a runner-up end individually whereas contributing to a relay victory.  She opened the meet as a part of the successful 200-yard medley relay staff, then claimed first place within the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.28) and positioned second within the 200-yard IM (2:37.36).

Norwich will return to motion on Saturday, Nov. 1, when the Cadets proceed their three-meet homestand in opposition to Husson University.  First races are scheduled for 12:00 p.m. inside Goodyear Pool.