Swimming and diving beats William ‘ Mary
The swimming and diving team defeated James Madison 150.5-149.5 Saturday afternoon in Barletta Natatorium.
Senior co-captain Elena Alvarez led the team to the win, placing first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.30) and second place in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.54). Alvarez also participated in the first place 200 medley relay team, which included senior Alexandra Doty, sophomore Sarah Martin and junior Erica Smotrycz.
Junior Emily Sutliff won both the 500-yard freestyle (5:09.10) and the 1000-yard freestyle (10:27.72), adding 18 points to the Huskies’ efforts.
This latest win boosts their record to 5-4, 2-3 in the Colonial Athletic Association. It follows their annual trip to Puerto Rico during the semester break, where they faced both Georgetown and Seton Hall in a practice meet. During the trip, they trained intensively in preparation for the second half of the season and their run toward the Colonial Athletic Association Championship in late February.
The Huskies will face New Hampshire and Boston University in a tri-meet next Saturday in Bartletta Natatorium at noon.
-Samantha Wood, News Correspondent
Track teams compete at Dartmouth Invitational
The women’s track team rode a pair of victories on the track and came up with multiple points in the field to take third place at last weekend’s Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, N.H. They scored 64.5 points, behind Dartmouth’s 73 and Boston College’s 80.
Leading the way was junior Consandria Walker, who won the long jump (19-0.5) and finished second in both in the 60-meter dash and triple jump. Porshe Giddings had a great meet as well, besting Walker in the 60 dashwith a time of 7.63 seconds. The 4×200 “A” squad also won their event, defeating BC and UMass-Lowell with a time of 1:43.94
In the field, two Huskies – senior Olivia Kalinowska in fourth and junior Kristen Hafford in a tie for sixth – earned points in the pole vault. Also scoring points in the field were junior Celeste Holder (third in the long jump) and sophomore Althea Charles (sixth in the shot put and third in the weight throw).
The men didn’t have as much success, but were able to earn 17 points for a tenth-place finish. All but one of the points came from a pair of runner-up efforts from senior Jack Sherman in the 60-meter hurdles (8.42 seconds) and junior Justin Benjaminsen in the heptathlon (4,466). Junior Jon Hall also contributed a sixth-place finish in the 800 meter run (1:57.50).
Both the men and women are back in action Jan. 23 for the University of Albany’s Great Dane Classic in New York.
-Chris Estrada, News Staff
Vidarsson selected to All-South Atlantic team
Last week the National Soccer Coaches of America Association All-Region teams were announced. Due to participation in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Northeastern players were considered for the All-South Atlantic region. The CAA received 13 spots on the All-South Atlantic teams, including one from Northeastern. Sophomore defender Petur Vidarsson was named to the third team. Vidarsson started all but one of the Huskies’ 20 games this season. He also tallied a goal and an assist. Vidarsson and the Husky defense broke team records in shutouts with 10, fewest goals allowed with 17 and fewest losses with only five. He was named to the All-CAA first team this season. His defensive play helped lead the Huskies to the CAA finals with shutouts in both the quarterfinals and semifinals. In the finals they allowed only one goal.
-Nathan Vaughan, News Staff
