Metropolitan Swimming Conference

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The Metropolitan Swimming Conference (METS) is one of the largest intercollegiate swimming and diving conferences in the United States. It includes NCAA division I, II, & III teams from the New York metropolitan region. Teams compete at an annual 3-day conference championship held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey in February. For the men, The College of New Jersey has captured the last 8 conference titles from 2007 through 2014. The LIU Post women have captured the previous two titles in 2013 and 2014.

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Affiliated University Teams

Current members

InstitutionLocationNicknameMenWomenPrimary
Conference
Division
St. Francis College Brooklyn, New York Terriers Green check.svg Northeast NCAA D–I
Adelphi University Garden City, New York Panthers Green check.svgGreen check.svg Northeast-10 NCAA D–II
Pace University Pleasantville, New York Setters Green check.svgGreen check.svg Northeast-10 NCAA D–II
Queens College Flushing, New York Knights Green check.svg East Coast NCAA D–II
The College of Saint Rose Albany, New York Golden Knights Green check.svgGreen check.svg Northeast-10 NCAA D–II
Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, Connecticut Fighting Owls Green check.svgGreen check.svg Northeast-10 NCAA D–II
Baruch College Manhattan, New York Bearcats Green check.svgGreen check.svg City University of New York NCAA D–III
Hunter College Manhattan, New York Hawks Green check.svg City University of New York NCAA D–III
Lehman College The Bronx, New York Lightning Green check.svgGreen check.svg City University of New York NCAA D–III
State University of New York Maritime College Throggs Neck, New York Privateers Green check.svgGreen check.svg Skyline NCAA D–III
University of Mary Washington [lower-alpha 1] Fredericksburg, Virginia Eagles Green check.svgGreen check.svg Capital NCAA D–III
United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, New York Mariners Green check.svgGreen check.svg Skyline NCAA D–III
Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey Red Hawks Green check.svgGreen check.svg New Jersey Athletic NCAA D–III
Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh, New York Knights Green check.svgGreen check.svg Skyline NCAA D–III
The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey Lions Green check.svgGreen check.svg New Jersey Athletic NCAA D–III
Ramapo College Mahwah, New Jersey Roadrunners Green check.svgGreen check.svg New Jersey Athletic NCAA D–III
Roberts Wesleyan College Chili, New York Readhawks Green check.svgGreen check.svg East Coast NCAA D–II
Rowan University Glassboro, New Jersey Profs Green check.svgGreen check.svg New Jersey Athletic NCAA D–III
College of Staten Island Staten Island, New York Dolphins Green check.svgGreen check.svg East Coast NCAA D–II [lower-alpha 2]
Salisbury University [lower-alpha 3] Salisbury, Maryland Seagulls Green check.svgGreen check.svg Capital NCAA D–III
William Paterson University Wayne, New Jersey Pioneers Green check.svgGreen check.svg New Jersey Athletic NCAA D–III
  1. University of Mary Washington has been accepted into the conference starting in to 2020-21 school year.
  2. The college began transition to Division II and the East Coast Conference in 2019. CSI will be a provisional D-II member through the 2021–22 academic year.
  3. Salisbury University has been accepted into the conference starting in to 2020-21 school year.

Former members

InstitutionLocationNicknameMenWomenCurrent Swimming
Conference
Primary
Conference
Division
University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut Purple Knights Green check.svgGreen check.svgDiscontinued East Coast NCAA D–II
Long Island University–Post Brookville, New York Pioneers Green check.svg NEC NEC NCAA D–I
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey Highlanders Green check.svg CCSA Atlantic Sun NCAA D–I

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