The New York University women's swimming & diving team tied its best showing ever with a second-place finish at the 2020 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships. That performance ranks #13 on the NYU Top-50 Varsity Sports Highlight List of 2019-20.
Led by UAA Women's Swimmer of the Year, senior
Honore Collins (Evanston, IL/Evanston Township), the Violets compiled 1,532.5 team points, second only to perennial champion Emory University (1,686.50). The 154-point deficit represented the closest NYU has come to winning the title. Collins won three individual events and was a member of two winning relays over the four-day (February 12-15) competition at the University of Chicago.
Many Violets contributed to the team's best-ever performance. Junior
Sydney Catron (Alexandria, VA/Bishop O'Connell) won a total of four events (two individual, two relay), while freshman
Jessica Flynn (Charlotte, NC /Charlotte Latin School) was a member of two winning relays, one second-place relay and one third-place relay. She also finished third in two individual events and was selected UAA Co-Rookie of the Year.
Based on his team's outstanding performance, Head Coach
Trevor Miele and his assistants were named UAA Women's Coaching Staff of the Year.
The women's swimming & diving team had already appeared twice on the Top-50 List. The Violets were featured at #32 with their victory at the NYU Fall Invitational (November 8-9) and at #19 with their first-place finish at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational (December 6-8).
A recap of NYU's best-ever performance at the UAA Championships can be accessed
here.
Previous Season Highlights
#50 - Softball Wins Season Opener
#49 - Men's Tennis Opens Season Successfully at TCNJ Lions Kickoff
#48 - Baseball is Back – Violets Win Season Opener
#47 - Men's Basketball Secures First UAA Win, 80-79. vs. CMU; Macarchuk's Three-Pointer Snaps 75-75 Tie with 1:40 left
#46 - Softball Wins Season Finale; Swan Tosses Three-Hit Shutout
#45 - Men's Tennis Wins on Senior Day
#44 - Baseball Ends Season with a One-Hit Victory
#43 - Women's Fencing Dominant at FDU Invitational
#42 - Women's Volleyball Begins Season on Six-Match Winning Streak
#41 - Women's Soccer Dominates in Home Opener
#40 - Men's Volleyball Wins Season-Opening Invitational
#39 - Men's Golf Wins Duke Nelson Invitational
#38 - Wrestling Team Competes at NWCA National Dual Championships
#37 - Women's Cross Country Captures Ramapo Season Opener; Moran Wins Collegiate Debut
#36 - Men's Golf Team Wins Season Opener
#35 - Men's Soccer Defeats Hood in ECAC Championship
#34 - Women's Tennis Completes Undefeated Dual Match Campaign; Finish Ranked #17
#33 - Women's Golf Finishes Second at Tartan Invitational; Lung Wins Individual Title
#32 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Capture NYU Fall Invitational
#31 - Men's Cross Country Wins Ron Stonitsch Invitational
#30 - Men's Fencing Wins All Six Matches at Eric Sollee Invitational
#29 - Men's Track & Field Individuals and DMR Earn Bronze at UAA Championships
#28 - Women's Basketball Defeats Brandeis in UAA Opener for Season-High Seventh Straight Win
#27 - Men's Soccer Defeats Wash. U for Sixth-Straight Win
#26 - Women's Cross Country Finishes Second at Paul Short Invitational
#25 - Women's Soccer Defeats #10 Case Western Reserve in Overtime
#24 - Women's Volleyball Wins Kean Invitational
#23 - Women's Track & Field Runners Take Gold at UAA Indoor Championships
#22 - Women's Golf Team Wins Season-Opening St. Lawrence Invitational
#21 - Women's Fencing Finishes Second at NIWFA Championships
#20 - Haberli Earns 300th Win as NYU Wrestling Coach
#19 - Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Teams Win Ithaca Bomber Invitational
#18 - Women's Basketball Season Sweep of Washington University in St. Louis
#17 - Men's Soccer Defeats Carnegie Mellon University for the first time since 2007
#16 - Men's Basketball Wins NYU-Tip Off Tournament
#15 - Men's Golf Wins Skidmore Invitational to closeout 2019-20 season
#14 - Men's Cross Country Finishes Second at ECAC Championship
