BOSTON – Northeastern swim and dive defeated Central Connecticut State 164-117 on Saturday. In the Huskies' fifth win of the season and their final home meet, they posted 12 first-place finishes and five season-best performances.
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Seniors
Alyssa Seales and
Sara Touchette-McGowan finished up their careers at Barletta Natatorium with two first-place finishes apiece. Seales swept the diving events for the second meet in a row, with a season-best 279.45 in the one meter.
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Touchette-McGowan finished first in the 100 and 200 butterfly. The Quebec native posted a time of 2:05.59 in the 200 butterfly, a season-best time. Senior
Christine Leong also had a great meet securing 12 points for the Red and Black, with first in the 100 backstroke and third in the 200 backstroke.
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Jacquelyn Gover and
Caroline Gonsalves took second and third place, respectively, in the three-meter diving, while Gover also finished second in the one meter.
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Megan Clark and
Klara Juliusson added a few more top finishes. Clark secured first in both the 50 free and 100 freestyle, and Juliusson finished first in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke.
Carly Schnabel notched 18 points for the Huskies with a first-place finish in the 500 and 1000 freestyle
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The Huskies swept the relay events, taking first in the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay.
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Northeastern Top Finishes:
50 Free –
Megan Clark – 1st – 23.63
100 Free –
Megan Clark – 1st – 52.18
200 Free –
Rachel Smith – 2nd – 1:58.80
1000 Free –
Carly Schnabel – 1st – 10:24.84
100 Back –
Christine Leong – 1st – 57.90
200 Back –
Kierstin Chu – 2nd – 2:07.69
100 Breast –
Klara Juliusson – 1st – 1:03.94
200 Breast –
Alicia Iizuka – 3rd – 2:27.42
100 Fly –
Sara Touchette-McGowan – 1st – 56.35
200 Fly –
Sara Touchette-McGowan – 1st – 2:05.59
200 IM –
Klara Juliusson – 1st – 2:10.61
1 Meter –
Alyssa Seales – 1st – 279.45
3 Meter –
Alyssa Seales – 1st – 269.48
200 Medley Relay – 1st – Northeastern (
Sidney Smith,
Klara Juliusson,
Cloe Bedard-Khalid,Â
Megan Clark) – 1:45.97
200 Free Relay – 1st – Northeastern (
Sidney Smith, Angie Gyurina,
Lena Spear,
Carly Schnabel) – 1:39.13
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Up Next for Northeastern:
The Huskies' divers will be back in action at the Duke Dog Diving Invitational on February 3, and the whole team will compete next at the Boston Open on February 9.
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