Girls’s Swimming & Diving: Laitala earns sixteenth profession Diver of the Week, Allen named Rookie of the Week, Danger acknowledged on Honor Roll

WINTHROP, Mass. – The Norwich University girls’s swimming & diving staff prolonged its spectacular streak of weekly recognition from the Grat Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) on Monday afternoon, as senior Reilly Laitala (Sterling, Mass.) was named GNAC Diver of the Week for the fifth time this season and the sixteenth time in her profession.  Freshman Delaney Allen (Gibsonia, Pa.) was chosen as GNAC Rookie of  the Week for the second time this yr, whereas freshman Burgan Danger (Wadsworth, Ohio) landed on the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll.

The Cadets returned to motion over the weekend at Saint Michael’s College, amassing three occasion wins and a bunch of top-three finishes in a 207-78 setback to the Division II Purple Knights.

Laitala continued her dominance on the boards, sweeping each diving occasions for the fourth twin meet in a row.  She posted a 170.20 to win the 3-meter occasion by greater than 28 factors, then adopted with a 202.45 on the 1-meter board to high a four-diver subject.  The senior has but to be crushed in a diving occasion throughout twin meet competitors this fall, and now owns 5 weekly honors in 2025-26 after incomes six final season.

Allen showcased her rising versatility with a pair of second-place particular person finishes and standout relay contributions.  The freshman posted a 26.45 within the 50-yard freestyle and a 5:51.81 within the 500 free, whereas additionally swimming second leg of the Cadets’ 200-yard medley relay and anchoring the 200-yard freestyle relay groups.  Her freestyle anchor break up helped Norwich’s high group end simply two seconds off the lead, and forward of Saint Michael’s B squad by a slender margin.

Danger delivered Norwich’s lone swim victory of the day with an exhilarating end within the 100-yard backstroke, touching out Saint Michael’s high entry by six-hundredths of a second in 1:08.85.  She added a third-place end result within the 200 again (2:28.92), and opened the Cadets’ high medley relay with a powerful leadoff leg.

Norwich has now earned weekly convention honors in 5 of the primary six weeks of the season, with Laitala, Allen, Danger, Brandy Lewis (Strafford, Vt.), and Anna Gosselin (Lisbon, Conn.) all having been acknowledged this fall.

The Cadets will return to competitors this weekend on the North Country Invitational, hosted by SUNY Potsdam.  The two-day meet begins Friday, Nov. 21, at 4:00 p.m., and continues by means of Saturday, Nov. 22.