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Northeastern Swim And Dive Wins Home Opener Against URI

BOSTON -- The Northeastern swim and dive team opened its home slate with a win on Saturday, defeating Rhode Island 166-107 at Barletta Natatorium. The Huskies won 11 events, including sweeping the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard breaststroke.

Northeastern swimming and diving improves to 2-1 on the year.

  • Freshman Sydney Holbach got the Huskies started with a win in the 3-meter dive, scoring 285.45 to finish 14.25 points ahead of second place. Holbach also placed second in the 1-meter (257.33). Sophomore Kailyn Aquino placed fourth in the 1-meter (243.08) and eighth in the 3-meter (212.70), while sophomore Tyler Ostrom placed fifth in the 1-meter (232.73) and seventh in the 3-meter (230.48).
  • Junior Delaney Alonso, sophomores Marea Li and Alex Fuller, and senior May Bradburn won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:44.35. Sophomores Sophie Bromley and Celia Traub, senior Mary Nordmann and grad student Havana Layton made it a Husky 1-2 with a second-place time of 1:47.33.
  • Northeastern swept the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle. Freshman Emily De Amicis won in 1:52.96, followed by sophomore Siena Griffiths (1:53.25) and sophomore Eliana Auerbach (1:54.10).
  • Fuller won the 100-yard backstroke in 56.31, 1.61 ahead of second place. Alonso placed third (58.02) and Bromley placed fourth (58.92).
  • Li took the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.16, .50 ahead of second place. Traub placed third (1:07.02) and sophomore Alex Campion finished fourth (1:07.22).
  • Sophomore Abigail Gowern won the 200-yard butterfly in 2:05.62, .59 ahead of second place, with freshman Morgan Harlan taking third (2:06.27).
  • Bradburn, Nordmann and Layton went 1-2-3 in the 50-yard freestyle. Bradburn won in 23.44, Nordmann placed second (23.82) and Layton placed third (24.03).
  • Layton added a win in the 100-yard freestyle (51.84), .57 ahead of De Amicis in second (52.41). Fuller placed fourth (52.78).
  • The Huskies took the top three spots in the 200-yard backstroke, with the top two separated by just .01. Alonso won in 2:05.07, Bromley placed second (2:05.08) and Harlan placed third (2:05.38).
  • Auerbach, Li and Traub swept the 200-yard breaststroke. Auerbach won in 2:23.62, Li placed second (2:24.05) and Traub placed third (2:25.59).
  • Gowern closed out a two-win day in the 500-yard freestyle, touching first in 5:01.98, 3.66 ahead of Griffiths in second (5:05.64). Senior Bella Busconi placed fourth (5:09.99).
The Huskies return to Barletta Natatorium on Saturday, Nov. 7, to host UConn at noon. That meet will stream on FloCollege.
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