Gilbert, Free Relay Team Earn NEWMAC Girls’s Swimming & Diving Weekly Recognition

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.— Babson College sophomore Samantha Gilbert (Arlington, Va.) and 4 teammates have been acknowledged by the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) with weekly honors on Monday afternoon, as Gilbert was named Women’s Swimmer of the Week and the group of sophomore Julie Netishen (Exeter, N.H.), first-year AJ Hallbert (Enterprise, Ala.), sophomore Marta Gershanok (Closter, N.J.) and junior Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.) have been tabbed because the NEWMAC Women’s Relay Team of the Week.
 
A breaststroke and IM specialist, Gilbert recorded a pair of first-place finishes, one second-place consequence and was additionally a part of one other victory within the relays as Babson wrapped up the common season with a 169-120 win at Springfield on Saturday. She touched the wall first within the 200 free with a time of two:02.04 and later received the 200 IM in a time of two:20.11, and was additionally the runner-up within the 100 free with a time of 57.25 seconds.
 
The contingent of Netishen, Hallbert, Gershanok and Racicot posted a time of three:45.62 to finish the meet with a win within the 400 free relay by practically 10 seconds, serving to Babson defeat Springfield in its closing twin meet of the common season on Saturday.
 
The Beavers, which completed 7-4-1 in twin meets, will compete within the four-day NEWMAC Championships at MIT on February 19-22, starting on February 19 at 6 p.m. in Cambridge.