Northeastern Swim Team Posts 59-Point Margin in Home Opener
The Huskies defeated Rhode Island 166-107, securing podium sweeps in four events and narrowing the gap to their team relay record.
By Thomas Obasi ·
Northeastern swim and dive outscored the University of Rhode Island Rams by 59 points on Saturday at the Barletta Natatorium. The Huskies, now 2-1 overall and 0-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association, recorded a 166-107 victory to open their home schedule. This performance followed a mixed result during a tri-meet on Friday, where they defeated MIT 175-121 but lost to Harvard 198-98.
The team won 11 individual events against the Rams and swept the podium in four separate disciplines. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, the Huskies touched in 1:32.34, a time nearly one second faster than their previous mark. That improvement places them within range of their team record of 1:30. The winning relay squad included senior May Bradburn, sophomore Alex Fuller, graduate student Havana Layton, and senior Mary Nordmann.
Freshman Sydney Holbach led the diving efforts, scoring 285.45 to win the 3-meter dive. She also finished second in the 1-meter event. This showing marks a recovery for the diving program, which struggled in its previous meet against the University of Vermont following the departure of longtime coach Lauren Colby. On the pool deck, freshman Emily De Amicis won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:52.96, while sophomore Abigail Gowern claimed victories in both the 200-yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle.
Bradburn added a win in the 50-yard freestyle, continuing a trend of sprint success for the Huskies. Layton took the 100-yard freestyle, and Fuller won the 100-yard backstroke. Sophomore Sophie Bromley won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:05.07. The team also secured individual victories in the breaststrokes, with sophomore Marea Li winning the 100-yard event and sophomore Eliana Auerbach taking the 200-yard race.
The Huskies also dominated the relay events, taking the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay. The winning team of Delaney Alonso, Li, Fuller, and Bradburn finished in 1:44.35. Alonso had previously won the 200-yard backstroke at the tri-meet, while Bradburn claimed the 100-yard butterfly in that same competition. The depth of the roster was evident as the team secured podium positions in the 200-yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, and 200-yard breaststroke.
The next home competition for Northeastern is scheduled for Saturday, November 7. The Huskies will host the University of Connecticut Huskies at the Barletta Natatorium. The UConn team enters the meet with a 1-0 overall record and a 1-0 mark in the Big East Conference.
