Pine State News

Maine Maritime Academy's Jay Creegan (East Brunswick, N.J.) has been named the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Men's Swimming & Diving Rookie of the Year, while Tony DeMuro (Fourth Season) was named the NAC Co-Coach of the Year and Kyle Smit (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) earned a spot on the NAC Sportsmanship Team. Cameron Sprott (Hampton, Va.), Aidan Burke (Virginia Beach, Va.), John Markillie (Richland, Wash.), Carson Trout (League City, Texas), Jace Chouinard (North Fort Myers, Fla.), Fox Fernald (Portland, Maine), Griffin Erb (Bangor, Maine), and Lincoln Graf (Searsmont, Maine) join Creegan on the NAC First Team All-Conference.
 
Creegan, a Marine Biology major, finished first in both the 500-freestyle and the 1000-freestyle during the 2023 NAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championships. He was twice recognized as the conference's Rookie of the Week.
 
DeMuro, who is earned this honor last year as well, led his squad to a second consecutive NAC championship this season, outscoring  the second-place team by 144 points.
 
Smit, a Marine Biology major, earned a spot on the NAC Sportsmanship team. This team is reserved for those who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior. The honorees positively affect the men's swimming & diving culture and match environment by clearly demonstrating sportsmanship and integrity beyond the sport playing rules and etiquette.
 
Sprott, a Marine Transportation Operations major, was part of relay teams that finished first in the 400-yard medley relay and the 200-yard medley relay. He also finished second in the 50-yard and 100-yard backstroke.
 
Burke, a Marine Systems Engineering major, was part of relay teams that finished first in the 400-yard medley relay and the 200-yard medley relay. He also finished first in the 200-yard, 100-yard, and 50-yard breaststroke.
 
Markillie, a Marine Systems Engineering major, was part of relay teams that finished first in the 400-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley relay, and 400-yard freestyle. He also finished first in the 100-yard butterfly, and the 200-yard IM, while placing second in the 200-yard backstroke.
 
Trout, a Vessel Operations & Technology major, was part of relay teams that finished first in the 400-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley relay, and 400-yard freestyle. He also finished second in the 50-yard, 100-yard, and 200-yard freestyle.
 
Chouinard, a Marine Transportation Operations major, finished first in the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard freestyle. He also finished second in the 100-yard backstroke and was part of a relay team that placed first in the 400-yard freestyle.
 
Fernald, a Marine Systems Engineering major, was part of a relay team that took first in the 200-yard freestyle and came in third in the 50-yard freestyle.
 
Erb, a Power Engineering Technology major, was part of a relay that finished first in the 400-yard freestyle and place third in the 50-yard breaststroke.
 
Graf, a Marine Engineering Technology major, finished first in the 100-yard IM. 

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