The New York University women's swimming and diving closed out the 2025 slate with their final meet of the fall semester, hosting Division I Fordham University and the divers from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ).
The Violets emerged victorious over the Rams, 197-103.
Divers from all three schools started the day. NYU's
Meera Kasturi took third in the three-meter competition with a 264.55 score. Fordham's Katie Laverty (302.90) and Mya Bokeman (269.45) topped the podium.
In the one-meter action, Kasturi led the Violets with a fourth-place finish (265.75). Laverty took the win for the Rams.
"I thought the women dove well against a Division I team. Meera had a great meet, doing a few new dives," said Diving Head Coach
Todd Kolean. "We would have liked to help the swimmers more point-wise, but I'm happy where we are leading into the break."
The Violets opened the swim portion of the meet with a narrow second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, with the NYU "A" team (
Maeve O'Donnell,
Babette Bradley,
Nicole Ranile,
Llew Ladomirak) finishing in 1:45.14, just under half a second behind Fordham's "A" team.
Emery Muller turned in her best time of the season in the 1000 freestyle (10:29.10), pacing the field by over five seconds.
Aanya Wala took third in 10:35.70.
Kaley McIntyre led the way in the 200 freestyle (1:52.94), with Ladomirak making it a 1-2 finish for the Violets.
The home team took the top spots in the 100 backstroke as well, with O'Donnell (57.65) and
Sarah Pierson (58.19) besting the field.
Sammy Wong (1:04.54) took first place in the 100 breaststroke, with Bradley (1:05.94) finishing over half a second clear in second place.
Ranile shined in the 200 butterfly race, leading the field by over two seconds and finishing in 2:03.39.
Reina Gomez took second with a 2:05.67 time.
Kaley McIntyre continued her sprint success, taking the 50 freestyle in 23.33.
Lian Jeong Engle (24.18) rounded out the podium in third.
Jeong Engle improved her place in the 100 freestyle, moving up to second with a 51.94 finish. McIntyre took first in 51.23.
The Violets swept the podium in the 200 backstroke, with
Eloise Emig (2:04.31), Pierson (2:07.40), and
Calista Lynch (2:08.09) finishing 1-2-3.
Wong (2:19.73) swept the breaststroke races with a first-place finish in the 200 breaststroke. Bradley took third (2:23.41).
Muller doubled up the distance wins to finish out her day, taking first in the 500 freestyle (5:08.87).
Bethany Spangler (5:11.11) and Wala (5:11.36) were neck-and-neck for second and third places.
Ranile beat out Gomez by 0.05 seconds in the 100 butterfly, with Ranile winning in 57.43 seconds.
The meet wrapped up with two final races: the 200 individual medley (IM) and 200 freestyle relay.
Bradley (2:08.44) hung with eventual winner Karina Kanary of Fordham, but took second by just 0.44 seconds. Romberg (2:11.01) held off teammate
Lina Wordelman for third place.
The top two Violet teams led the way in the 200 freestyle relay to close out the meet. NYU's "A" team (McIntyre, Jeong Engle, Ladomirak, O'Donnell) paced the field by nearly three seconds, finishing in 1:33.83.
The Violet swimmers return to action on January 14 against Gettysburg College, with the full team returning on January 17 against Johns Hopkins for Senior Day.
