‘Cats Break up Two-Day Meet with Duke, Set Records

EVANSTON, Ill. – Back at dwelling for a two-day meet with the Blue Devils, the Northwestern swimming and diving groups posted private bests and aggressive Big Ten instances. Sophomore Oliver Kos led the lads’s staff to victory over Duke, profitable two particular person occasions and being a part of two first-place relays.

Wildcats Joshua Staples and Stuart Seymour additionally highlighted the trouble, with victories within the 200 IM for a private greatest and within the 50 free for a pool file, respectively.

On the ladies’s facet, Zoe Nordmann, Sydney Smith, and Audrey Yu had spectacular outings. However, the No. 19 Blue Devil girls got here up with the win, after incomes first place in 14 occasions. 

“I was really proud of how our team competed this weekend,” stated director of swimming and diving Rachel Stratton-Mills. “We saw great energy and continued progress across the board. The men put together an impressive two days, with performances that show they’re ready to compete with the best in the Big Ten. Our women also had some great moments and are continuing to build momentum as we use meets like this to learn, adjust, and fine-tune heading into our mid-season invites.”

TEAM SCORES

Women

Duke 192 – Northwestern 142

Men

Northwestern 216 – Duke 118

HOW IT HAPPENED
The matchup began with the 400 free relays, the place each the lads’s and girls’s groups took second. The girls’s quartet of Ekaterina Nikonova, Lindsay Ervin, Yu, and Amy Pan logged a 3:16.10 end, good for fourth within the convention.

Opening the person occasions, Nordmann set a private greatest within the 1000 free. The sophomore’s 9:44.60 end earned her first place, coming in fourth in Big Ten instances. Rousseau clocked a 9:15.56 for second on the lads’s facet.

In the 200 free, Smith earned a 1:46.45 end for first place, whereas on the lads’s facet, Staples gained with a 1:36.28 end.

Maggie Papanicholas delivered a 1:01.22 time for second place within the 100 breast, good for fourth within the convention. Sophomore Grey Davis posted a private file within the 200 fly, ending second with a time of 1:59.45.

On the lads’s facet, Kos was victorious with a 1:45.08 end, marking a top-10 time within the convention.

In the 50 free, Yu and Seymour posted spectacular instances, each setting data. Senior Yu set a brand new private file, which had beforehand been set in 2020, ending in 22.42 seconds. The time was additionally good for ninth within the Big Ten. Junior Seymour logged a pool file, with a 19.59 end, which established the Third-best time within the convention.

On Saturday, the meet resumed with the 400 medley relays. While the very best NU girls’s end was second, their time of three:37.57 earned fifth within the Big Ten and twenty first within the nation. The males’s staff of Seymour, Staples, Connor Schuster, and Kos gained their occasion, posting a 3:08.57 end, the Fifteenth-fastest within the NCAA DI area.

Nordmann and Diego Nosack gained their 500 free races in 4:45.51 and 4:22.65, respectively. In the 200 again, Gerchik claimed first in 1:44.27 for twelfth within the convention, adopted by fellow ‘Cat Seymour in 1:44.41.

Kos took his second particular person victory within the 100 free, setting a brand new private file with a 43.87 end. Schuster added his second win of the day within the 100 fly, with a 46.83 mark, good for ninth within the convention.

Smith (2:01.13) and Staples (1:45.86) each earned first-place finishes of their respective 200 IM races. Staples’ mark established a brand new private file and is the second-best within the Big Ten, coming in twentieth nationally.

On the boards, junior Chloe Sharpe earned second within the three-meter, with a six-dive rating of 273.35. The subsequent day, Sharpe obtained a personal-best rating of 292.05 within the one-meter. Junior Adam Cohen and sophomore Kyle Ly took first and second, respectively, within the one-meter dives. Ly then gained the three-meter occasion with a rating of 381.53, incomes the sixth-best rating within the convention.

UP NEXT

The ‘Cats will head to Austin, Texas, for the Texas Hall of Fame Invite Tuesday, Nov. 18, via Friday, Nov. 21.