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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — 

United States Coast Guard Academy swimming junior Noah Reice (Wilmington, Del.) has been named the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Swimmer of the Year following a dominant showing at conference championships last weekend. Additionally, the USCGA coaching staff has been named the Men’s Swim Co-Coaching Staff of the Year. 

Reice secured three individual titles for the Bears with wins in the 50 Free, 100 Fly, and 200 Fly. All three wins were title defenses for the junior, and his respective times in each race were NCAA B-Cuts and 2025 invited marks. The highlight of the weekend for Reice was the 100 Fly, which he won in 46.94 seconds to break the NEWMAC meet and open standards he set at the 2025 conference championship; the time was also a facility record for MIT’s Zesiger Sports & Fitness Center Pool.

Reice was also part of multiple podium finishes for the Bears’ relay teams throughout the weekend, including runners-up performances in the 400 Medley Relay, 200 Medley Relay, and 400 Free Relay and a third-place 200 Free Relay. He becomes the fifth USCGA men’s swimming cadet-athlete to earn the NEWMAC’s premier men’s swimming award, joining James Connor ’03 (2003), Bobby Brown’ 08 (2005, 2008), Christian Brindamour ’15 (2014, 2015), and former teammate Sean Lyman ’25 (2025) on the list of Bears who have earned the distinction.

The USCGA swim coaching staff, by head coach John Westkott and associate head coach Mary Westkott, split this year’s Staff of the Year honor with Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s after being the sole winners of the award last season. The Bears were runners-up once again at the championship meet behind three first-place finishes, five runners-up, and three bronze medal performances. Rounding out the staff are assistant coaches Kristen Durham-Young, Carl Fuhs, Daniel Jenkins, Todd Owen, Krisztina Poda, and Mick Westkott. This is the program’s 12th time receiving the Coach/Staff of the Year award on the men’s side.

The full NEWMAC men’s swim & dive major awards release can be viewed here.