2020 Swimming & Diving Program

The MAAC Story With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 39th year of competition during the 2019-20 academic year. The MAAC was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the U.S. Military Academy, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College, Manhattan College, and Saint Peter’s College. Competition followed one year later in the fall of 1981 with members competing in the sports of Men’s Cross Country and Men’s Soccer. On January 2, 1982, Army traveled to Iona for the first MAAC Men’s Basketball game and the MAAC story had begun. Current Conference members include: Canisius College,

Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College. The MAAC supports 24 sports and championships during the 2019-20 academic year; in addition, the MAAC champion earns automatic qualification to the NCAA Championship in 15 sports. In addition, associate members include the University of Detroit Mercy and St. Bonaventure University in Men’s Lacrosse. La Salle University, Long Island University, St. Francis Brooklyn, Villanova University, Virginia Military Institute, and Wagner College in Water Polo. Drake University, Jacksonville University, Robert Morris University, Sacred Heart University, and Stetson University compete in Women’s Rowing. La Salle University, the University at Albany, University of Dayton, and the University of Hartford are members in Women’s Golf, while Bryant University is a member in Men’s Swimming & Diving. On June 1, 2018, the MAAC announced that the JimWhelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ was selected to host the 2020-22 MAACMen’s &Women’s Basketball Championships. The MAAC Council of Presidents unanimously accepted the facility’s bid to host at their May 30th meeting in NewYork City. JimWhelan Boardwalk Hall will host the MAAC Basketball Championships for the first time

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in history and the championships will return to the state of New Jersey for the first time since 2003, when they were played at The Sovereign Bank Arena (now CURE Insurance Arena) in Trenton. A total of nine MAACMen’s Basketball Championships and five Women’s Basketball Championships have been held in New Jersey, including the inaugural event in 1982 at what wastheMeadowlandsArenainEastRutherford. Monmouth University and Rider University will co-host the championships at the world- famous venue. Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall and the Atlantic City Convention Center are owned and funded by the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA). The CRDA, working with MEET AC &

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