PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Sophomore
Kotoko Blair and junior
Hannah Seward each won an event as the Northeastern Huskies swim and dive team wrapped up competition at the Rutgers Pre-Season Tune-Up Saturday evening at the Rutgers Aquatics Center. The Huskies competed against Rutgers, Delaware, George Washington and Army over the two-day meet.
FRIDAY, OCT. 6
- Blair championed the 50 Free with a time of 23.91, beating out the next best competitor by .18 seconds. May Bradburn earned a top-10 finish as well, coming in fifth with a time of 24.31.
- Northeastern finished fourth in the 400 Medley Relay, as the quartet of sophomore Anna Verlander, sophomore Marcela Scaramuzza, junior Hannah Seward and Blair touched the wall at 3:53.85.
- The Huskies' quartet of senior Jamie Koo, Bradburn, freshman Mary Nordmann and Blair took home second place in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:35.89.
- Seward earned a fifth-place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 2:06.86.
- Senior Lizzie Meschisen was the highest-scoring diver on the 1M Dive, scoring a 214.20.
SATURDAY, OCT. 7
- Junior Devon Muldoon picked up a top-10 finish in the 400 IM, touching the wall at 4:38.01.
- Seward championed the 100 Fly with a 56.11 time. Bradburn was next to finish for the Huskies, earning fifth place with a time of 57.69.
- Sophomore Anna Verlander posted a time of 57.90 in the 100 Back to place third.
- In the one diving event of the day, the 3M Dive, junior Erin Murphy scored a 244.15 and placed eighth for the Huskies.
- Freshman Bella Busconi picked up a top-10 finish in the 1000 Free, racing to a 10:44.48 time.
- Muldoon had another top-10 finish, placing fifth with a time of 2:06.00 in the 200 Back.
- Bradburn put up a time of 52.44 in the 100 Free, good for second place, and was joined in the top five by Blair, who finished just .17 seconds behind her teammate to earn fourth.
- The Huskies' quartet of Verlander, Scaramuzza, Seward and Blair placed seventh in the 200 Medley Relay with a 1:47.47 time. The next team of junior Kate Cosgrove, sophomore Elisabeth Bendall, Bradburn and Nordmann finished eighth and had a time of 1:47.91.
The Huskies move onto their first dual meet of the season, as they travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts Friday, Oct. 27 to take on MIT at 6:30.
