Results
 
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – The Huskies began day two with a splash when sophomore Carly Schnabel swam 4:52.26 in the 500 freestyle preliminary round, notching the Huskies' second program best of the competition and Schnabel's second in the month of February. Backed by five scoring members, the Northeastern swimming and diving team completed day two in 5th place with 162 points at the 2017 CAA championship meet.
 
James Madison lit up the competition on day two, earning 161 points to lead the field with an overall score of 273. William and Mary sits in second with 251.5 points and Towson ranks third with 202.5 points. Drexel ranks just ahead of NU with 164 points and UNCW and Delaware round out the competition with 126 and 59 points respectively.
 
During the morning preliminary rounds, 18 Huskies hit the water for competition in the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 50 freestyle. Schnabel's school record performance in the 500 free earned her the top seed in the championship race and a chance to earn some important points for the Huskies. Seniors Taylor Ellis and Jordan Domeier advanced to the consolation final of the 200 IM while Angela Gyurina and Megan Clark grabbed spots in the 50 free consolation and championship rounds.
 
Northeastern returned for the evening session ready to compete. To open finals, Schnabel took 8^th place clocking 4:58.46, earning 11 points towards the Red and Black's total and the second top eight champs finish of her career.
 
Racing in adjacent lanes, Jordan Domeier and Taylor Ellis finished 10^th and 13^th with times of 2:05.36 and 2:05.98. The duo contributed 11 points to the team total. At the 2016 championship meet, the 200 IM was the only race where the Huskies did not earn points.
 
In her first championship competition, Angela Gyurina notched a 16^th place finish with a time of 23.95 in the 50 freestyle consolation final. In the following heat, Megan Clark tallied 15 points with a final time of 23.23 behind William and Mary duo Jamie and Annie Miller who both swam sub-23 and Drexel's Rachel Bernhardt who barely out-touched Clark at 23.21.
 
In the final race of the night, Sara Touchette-McGowan joined Gyurina, Schanbel and Clark for the 200 freestyle relay. The foursome earned 5th place with a time of 1:34.05 and good for 28 points to increase NU's score to 162.
 
Northeastern begins day three of competition tomorrow at 10 a.m. with prelims in the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. The divers will return to the boards at 1 p.m. for the one-meter prelims. The championship finials will begin again at 6 p.m. with the addition of the 400 medley relay.
 
Day Two Finishes
500 Freestyle
8^th Carly Schnabel  4:52.26 | 4:58.46 (11 pts.)
19^th Kerry Treusdell 5:00.48
20^th Sarah Schlesinger 5:00.70
28^th Rachael Geiger 5:05.27
 
200 IM
10^th Jordan Domeier 2:05.97 | 2:05.36 (7)
13^th Taylor Ellis 2:06.31 | 2:05.98 (4)
19^th Miriam Schaefer 2:07.62
30^th Christine Leong 2:10.55
33^rd Paris James 2:11.69
35^th Elizabeth Aldrich 2:14.45
36^th Tove Bjork 2:15.25
 
50 Freestyle
4^th Megan Clark 23.25 | 23.23 (15)
16^th Angie Gyurina 23.82 | 23.95 (1)
17^th Sara Touchette-McGowan 23.88
19^th Lena Spear 24.06
26^th Rachel Green 24.29
31^st Delaney Lanker 24.54
43^rd Amit Palkovic 31.56  (raced breaststroke)
 
200 Freestyle Relay
5^th Touchette-McGowan, Gyurina, Schnabel, Clark 1:34.05