BOSTON, Mass. — Led by another individual victory for sophomore
May Bradburn and a team win in the 400 Relay Free, the Northeastern Huskies swim and dive team won its second straight Terrier Invitational, earning a total of 1,435 points over the three-day event. The Huskies beat out hosts Boston University, Boston College, UMass, Fairfield, and Bryant.
Senior
Erin Murphy swept the 1M Dive and 3M Dive for the second straight year, while Bradburn championed 100 Free, 100 Fly, and 50 Free. Northeastern also won every single team relay event over the weekend.
SUNDAY
- Graduate student Emily Gjertsen kicked off the third day of competition by setting a new school record in the 1650 Free, recording a time of 16:44.67 to beat the previous record by nearly 10 seconds and earn second place.
- Next was the 200 Back, where junior Anna Verlander finished second after touching the wall at 1:58.97. Junior Teagan Osga came in fifth with a 2:02.05 mark.
- The Huskies filled the leaderboard in the 100 Free A Final as Bradburn marked the weekend with her third individual win, touching the wall at 49.89 for a new personal best this season. Graduate student Caroline Mahoney was next to finish, taking third after swimming a 50.69. Junior Kotoko Blair (51.34), senior captain Hannah Seward (51.71), and sophomore Mary Nordmann (52.20) rounded out the A Final by finishing fifth, sixth and seventh. Seward's time was a new personal best.
- Senior Stella Urness outswam last year's attempt in the 200 Breast at the FitRec Competition Pool, as she earned fifth with a time of 2:20.47.
- Seward added another personal best in the 200 Fly A Final, taking fourth place with a 2:04.35 mark, while senior Francesca Acriniegas (2:06.35) and freshman Kate Kerber (2:06.79) took sixth and seventh in the event.
- Northeastern ended the three-day meet with a win in the 400-meter Free Relay. The A-Team of Mahoney, Blair, senior Emily Cooley, and Bradburn championed the event, touching the wall at 3:23.68 and beating the next closest team by nearly three seconds.
SATURDAY
- Murphy completed the weekend sweep for the second straight year at the Terrier Invitational, scoring a 272.30 to win the 1M Dive. She edged out second place by 2.95 points with the help of her final dive of the event.
- The swimming finals started with another Northeastern victory, as the A-Team of freshman Delaney Alonso, junior Elisabeth Bendall, Bradburn, and graduate student Caroline Mahoney touched the at 1:41.76 to get things rolling.
- Senior captain Devon Muldoon claimed fifth in the 400 IM with a time of 4:29.03, while senior Francesca Acriniegas followed close behind, setting a 4:29.81 mark to finish eighth.
- The Huskies added to their win total with Bradburn and senior captain Hannah Seward sweeping the top two spots in the 100 Fly A Final. Bradburn earned her second individual victory of the weekend by touching the wall at 53.63, edging Seward (53.77) by .14 seconds. Sophomore Mary Nordmann recorded a win in the B Final, setting a time of 56.67.
- Graduate student Emily Gjertsen was the top finisher for Northeastern in the 200 Free, earning second at 1:50.98, while senior Emily Cooley took fifth with a 1:53.95 mark.
- Bendall (1:04.30) and senior Stella Urness (1:04.69) earned fourth and fifth in the A Final of the 100 Breast, respectively. Sophomore Joyce Wu also celebrated her 20th birthday with a win in the B Final of the 100 Breast, touching the wall at 1:05.10 and setting the seventh-fastest time of any swimmer in the event.
- Senior Kate Cosgrove claimed second in the A Final of the 100 Back, finishing at 55.99. Junior Teagan Osga recorded a time of 56.59 to win the 100 Back B Final.
- Northeastern closed out the second day of competition with its second team win, as the A-Team of Seward, Cooley, Gjertsen, and Bradburn finished first in the 800 Free with a 7:26.72, only five seconds short of the pool record.
FRIDAY
- Murphy collected the first individual win of the weekend for Northeastern, scoring a 282.40 in the 3-meter dive. It is the fourth time she has championed the event this season. Freshman Madeleine Wong also impressed, reaching the final in her first showing at the Terrier Invitational. She finished in sixth, posting a score of 224.70.
- Back in the lanes, The Huskies A-Team, including graduate student Caroline Mahoney, junior Kotoko Blair, sophomore Mary Nordmann, and Bradburn won the 200 Free Relay, touching the wall at 1:32.41 to kick off the finals.
- Graduate student Emily Gjertsen finished second in the 500 Yard Free, swimming a time of 4:53.03, beating her best time this season by 10 seconds. Sophomore Bella Busconi also swam well in the A-Final, earning sixth with a time of 5:01.70.
- Senior captain Hannah Seward took second place in the A-Final of the 200 IM, touching the wall at 2:04.29, her fastest attempt this season. Senior Stella Urness came in sixth of the A-Final at 2:06.40
- The Huskies showed their speed in the 50 Free, sweeping the top four places in the event. Bradburn picked up her first individual win of the invite, touching the wall at 22.92. Mahoney finished .37 seconds behind to take second, while Nordmann (23.49) and Blair (23.57) grabbed third and fourth, respectively.
- Northeastern concluded the first day of competition with another team victory, this time in the 400 Yard Medley Relay. Led by junior Anna Verlander, junior Elisabeth Bendall, Bradburn, and Mahoney, the A-Team finished first with a time of 3:42.75 and extended the Huskies' lead to over 100 points.
After the Huskies' second straight win of the season and at the Terrier Invitational, they round out their final meet in 2024 with a trip to the University of New Hampshire on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 12 p.m. The meet will be available to stream on America East TV.
