The Northeastern swim and dive team (6-2) battled the Stony Brook Seawolves (3-4) Jan. 24, taking a 178-98 win on senior day.
The senior class had an incredibly successful day, with senior Anelise Kim sweeping the diving events, senior Anna Verlander winning the 50-yard backstroke and senior Marcela Scaramuzza taking the 50-yard breaststroke.
The meet started out with the 3-meter diving: Kim took first (257.70), followed by freshman Kailyn Aquino (228.80) taking fourth. Freshman Tyler Ostrom (216.10) and sophomore Madeleine Wong (213.45) also competed, taking fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the swimming pool, the meet kicked off with a 400-yard medley relay, where the Huskies swept the podium. The A-relay, consisting of freshman Sophie Bromley, freshman Marea Li, junior May Bradburn and freshman Alex Campion, finished first in a time of 3:54.77.
The Huskies continued their win streak going into the 200-yard freestyle. Junior Mary Nordmann (1:55.99) took first, freshman Eliana Auerbach (1:57.57) took second, freshman Abigail Gowern (1:57.70) took third and senior Kotoko Blair (1:58.51) took fourth.
Northeastern then swept top four again in the 50-yard backstroke, with Verlander (26.90) coming in, first followed by sophomore Delaney Alonso (27.17) in second, Bromley (27.69) in third and freshman Rory Keller (28.70) in fourth.
The team added to its incredibly strong performance in the 50-yard breaststroke. The Huskies swept the podium, led by Scaramuzza (31.02) in first, followed by Marea (31.05) and graduate student Elisabeth Bendall (31.10) in third.
The team struggled going into the 200-yard butterfly. The event has been the Huskies’ weakest throughout the season, and senior day was no exception. Sophomore Kate Kerber (2:12.04) took third and freshman Ceclia Traub (2:13.54) took fourth — they were the only two Huskies that competed in the event.
The team bounced back in the 50-yard freestyle, sweeping the podium once again. Bradburn (24.05) took first and freshman Alex Fuller and Nordmann tied for second, both coming in at 24.14. Blair (24.75) took fourth.
Kim (263.90) continued her stellar performance in the 1-meter diving with a first place finish. She was followed by Wong (234.50) in second, Aquino (218.80) in fourth and Ostrom (214.25) in fifth.
Once again, the Huskies swept the podium in the 100-yard freestyle, continuing their incredible performance. Fuller (58.79) led the team with her first place finish, followed by Campion (54.17) and Bradburn (54.74) in second and third, respectively.
Northeastern’s success continued into the 200-yard backstroke. The team was led by Verlander (2:05.99) taking first, with Bromley (2:07.70) and Keller (2:08.46) taking second and third, respectively.
The team struggled to repeat the sweep in the 200-yard breaststroke as Auerbach (2:28.77) took second, Traub (2:29.13) took third and Osga (2:30.59) took fifth.
In the 500-yard freestyle, only two Northeastern athletes competed, taking first and second, respectively. Gowern (5:15.11) took first, with junior Bella Busconi (5:19.05) just seconds behind her.
In the 50-yard butterfly, Northeastern swam five athletes, with Nordmann (25.72) leading the charge and taking first, followed by Blair (26.25) taking third, Scaramuzza (26.67) taking fourth, Alonoso (27.41) taking fifth, Keller (27.53) taking sixth and Kerber (27.29) swimming without a score being counted.
In the 100-yard individual medley, scores were not counted for Northeastern due to its lead in the meet. The league uses a mercy rule in order to prevent teams from leading the meet by too many points. Once the meet has been won by a large enough margin such that the other team could not possibly win, the winning team can no longer score points. The team had Fuller (59.10), Campion (1:00.83), Bromley (1:01.34), Osga (1:02.37), Bendall (1:02.50) and Traub (1:02.73) competing in the event.
Northeastern also did not score points in the 200-yard freestyle relay, but the B-team, consisting of Alonso, Kerber, Li and Bradburn, was the fastest amongst the Huskies with a time of 1:39.77. Their time was fast enough to place them in first, had the event been scored.
After a stellar performance from the Huskies in the seniors’ final home meet of their careers, the team will be back in action Feb. 6 and 7 at the Boston Winter Open hosted by Boston University.
