New York University's
ninth-ranked men's and
eighth-ranked women's swimming and diving teams wrapped up the NYU Fall Invitational against Stevens Institute of Technology and Drew University on Saturday, November 5, at the Palladium Natatorium.
The women placed first with 551 points while Drew finished second (266 points) and Stevens third (219 points). On the men's side, NYU came out on top with 546 points with a sizeable victory over Drew (253) and Stevens (251).
In perhaps the biggest show of the weekend,
Caitlin Marshall and
Nicole Ranile dominated the women's 200 butterfly. Both Violets achieved NCAA B cuts and posted the two fastest times in the country. Marshall won in 2:04.73, out-touching Ranile by just 0.08 seconds.
"We had a very successful meet. I'm very happy with the team's performance," head swimming coach
Trevor Miele said. "They posted some good times for this time of year and had some great races. We have two more hard weeks of training ahead of us but I think we are in a good place."
Isabella Brosvik had a strong women's 100 butterfly race, winning in 57.63.
Nathaniel Yeoh won the men's 200 freestyle with a time of 1:40.83 while
Anna Li bested the field in the women's 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:06.32.
For the divers,
Issara Schmidt took the title in the three-meter with a score of 279.98.
Hunter Whitbeck won the men's one-meter with 289.05. Both Schmidt and Whitbeck qualified for the NCAA Division III Regional Championships that will take place on in February.
"I think all around it was a better day. The nerves weren't quite as great as yesterday," said head diving coach
Todd Kolean. "All of the first-year divers had a great meet. It was nice to have Drew with a few divers to compete against. We are all looking forward to the Carnegie Mellon University meet in Pittsburgh."
Georgia Basil and
Connor Vincent won their respective 1650 freestyle races, taping 17:58.79 and 16:09.61 respectively, with Vincent achieving an NCAA B cut.
After a battle between Jaedan-Hans Yburan and
Leo Han in the 200 backstroke, Han pulled out the victory with a time of 1:51.18, edging ahead of Yburan by 0.56 seconds.
The swimming and diving teams split up for their next meets. The divers will compete at the Carnegie Mellon Diving Invitational on November 18-19 in Pittsburgh, PA. The swimmers will return to dual meet action to face Johns Hopkins University on Saturday, November 19, in the Palladium Natatorium.
