COLLEGE SWIMMERS RETURN TO KEY LARGO FOR THE ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC

a woman swimming in a pool wearing a swim suit
Swimmers on the winning women’s division team from Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., compete during the heats.

Teams from Stonehill College of Massachusetts and Rhode Island’s Roger Williams University took top honors in the women’s and men’s divisions, respectively, at the 22nd annual Orange Bowl Swim Classic on Jan. 3 in the Florida Keys.

Staged at the Jacobs Aquatic Center in Key Largo, the event is an integral part of South Florida’s annual Orange Bowl Festival and caps the winter collegiate swim training season in the Florida Keys.

The Stonehill Skyhawks women swimmers won their division with 96 points, while the Roger Williams Hawks male swimmers won with 121 points.

Second-place finisher in the women’s division was Roger Williams University, followed by Canada’s Mount Allison University in third.

In men’s, Mount Allison University took second place while the College of the Florida Keys took third.