KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College men's and women's swimming and diving team kicked off their 2026-2027 season of competition at home on Saturday with the Owls' annual Sprint Pentathlon, which was capped off with the men's side taking home first in the 200 free relay in the final event of the day.
 
 
Women's Highlights

• Freshman Sophia Paredes placed eighth in the 50 fly (30.07), tied for seventh in the 50 back (32.35), finished seventh in the 50 breast (35.37) and sixth in the 100 IM (1:09.53).
• Emily Stokel, Paredes, Faith Cullen, and Hannah Reddick placed fourth in the 200 medley relay in 2:04.32, while London Armitage, Maddy Fitzgerald, Rebecca Radonovich, and Evelyn Vogel placed fifth in 2:05.35.
• Stokel placed sixth in the 50 back with a time of 32.23, while Armitage tied Paredes with a time of 32.35.
• Fitzgerald and Radonovich placed eighth and ninth in the 50 breast, behind Paredes in seventh, with times of 35.99 and 36.53.

 
Men's Highlights

• KSC placed second and third in the 200 medley relay, with Kyle Bilodeau, Caiden Cox, Carter Beauchesne, and Charlie Lamonica finishing second in 1:44.85 and Zack Menz, Aidan Hall, Brayden Rodgers, and Alec Agosto finishing third in 1:49.73.
• Cox and Menz placed third and fourth in the 50 breast with times of 29.48 and 29.95, respectively, while Beauchesne and Hall placed sixth and seventh, with times of 30.44 and 31.20.
• Bilodeau, Cox, and Beauchesne placed fifth through seventh in the 50 fly with times of 25.69, 25.83, and 26.03.
• KSC placed fifth through eighth in the 50 free with Lamonnica placing fifth in 24.01, Cox placing sixth in 24.05, Menz placing seventh in 24.14, and Beauchesne placing eighth in 24.18.
• Lamonica, Bilodeau, Beauchesne, and Menz finished first in the 200 free relay in 1:34.58, while Hall, Cox, Agosto, and Rodgers placed third in 1:39.60.

 
"The team outperformed my expectations today," said Owls' head coach Chris Woolridge. "It was great to see them ahead of where they were last year at this meet and where our new swimmers will be fitting into our lineups moving forward."
 
Keene State returns to action back at home next Saturday as the Owls host Saint Michael's College on October 17, at 1:00 PM.