BOSTON — Junior Erin Murphy won the 1M Dive and the Northeastern Huskies swim and dive team championed the 200 Free Relay as the Huskies completed the first day of competition at the Terrier Invitational hosted by Boston University at the BU FitRec Competition Pool Friday evening.
After day one of three, the Huskies have accumulated 501 points, good for first of the five teams at the meet. They lead second-place Boston University by 22 points.
- Murphy posted a score of 272.10 from the 1-meter board to earn the Huskies' first win of the day. The score was her best so far this season.
- The Huskies' foursome of senior Jamie Koo, freshman May Bradburn, freshman Mary Norseman and sophomore Kotoko Blair swam a time of 1:31.33 to win the 200 Free Relay, the best of the Huskies' season so far.
- Senior captain Grace Miller touched the wall at 5:01.27 to finish third in the A final of the 500 Free, also her season-best.
- Junior Hannah Seward (2:02.80) and classmate Devon Muldoon (2:03.46) came in second and third, respectively, in the 200 IM A final.
- Koo touched the wall at 22.74 in the 50 Free, good for second place overall and a season best. She was just .53 seconds away from her personal best and the Northeastern program record.
Day two of the competition will be tomorrow, as the Huskies will compete in the 3M Dive, 200 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast and 800 Free. The preliminaries will begin at 10 a.m. and the finals will be at 6 p.m., streaming on ESPN+.