NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. 12/5/09 - The Keene State College women's swimming and diving team dominated the 2009 Little East Conference Championships, winning all 16 events, breaking 12 meet records and five school records as well as posting a number of NCAA Provisional times in the process. The win gives the Owls their seventh LEC title overall in eleven years it has been awarded and their fourth in a row.

Freshman Kaila Umbarger (Chelmsford, Mass.) took the meet and school record in the 50 free with a great NCAA provsional time of 23.74.

Seniors Jackie Foster (Goffstown, N.H.) and Alea Paddock (Newbury, N.H.) each were triple winners on the afternoon. Foster took home the 1650 free (17:33.63), 200 free (1:58.08) and the 500 free (5:13.65) in her final LEC Championship meet. The 1650 time is a new KSC record bettering her own time by nearly two seconds and making NCAA provisional standards. Paddock won the 200 breast (2:28.70), 200 IM (2:16.04) and the 100 breast (1:08.72).

Senior Krissy Trutor (Holden, Mass.) and sophomore Maureen O'Leary (Nashua, N.H.) each grabbed two victories and two NCAA provisional marks on the day. Trutor won the 200 back (2:08.30) and the 100 back (58.50), while O'Leary grasped the top spot and school records in the 200 fly (2:11.34) and the 100 fly (58.15).

Sophomore Jillian Whitaker (Gilford, N.H.) swam to meet and school records in the 100 free.

The Owls won the 200 medley relay (147.71) with another NCAA provisional time and the 400 free relay (340.80) to round out the swimming events.

In the diving events, junior Rachel Battis (Beacon Falls, Conn.) took home the one meter diving crown, while freshman Jaclyn Rando (Walpole, Mass.) earned 1st place in the three meter diving event.