The #2-ranked New York University men's swimming and diving team emerged with a win in its final dual meet of the season on Saturday, January 17.
The Violets dispatched #14 Johns Hopkins, 173-89 on Saturday afternoon to improve to 3-0 on the season in dual meets.
"The team came out strong right away, especially in the 200 medley relay, and set the tone for the rest of the meet," said Swimming Head Coach Trevor Miele. "The energy on the pool deck was exactly what you want on Senior Day."
Prior to the meet, NYU honored the team's 13 outgoing seniors and the team's individual national champions from the 2025 season.
The Violets started the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay. The NYU "A" relay team (Teddy McQuaid, Maksym Nechydyuk, Teddy Cross, Greg Wehbe) took first with a 1:31.20 time.
In the first distance race of the day, Evan Jue (9:41.86) led a pair of Violets in the top two spots in the 1000 freestyle. Jue finished ahead of Adam Mekrami (9:48.26).
Pierce Downs scored his first win of the meet in the 200 freestyle, clocking in at 1:41.42. Misha Kabunov took third place with a 1:43.14 time.
NYU finished first and second in the 100 backstroke, with newcomer Teddy Cross (49.07) passing Teddy McQuaid (50.33) for second.
Sean Liu (57.43) touched first in the 100 breaststroke race, ahead of teammates Conner Dean (57.80) and Victor Derani (57.89) who finished in second and third.
In the 200 butterfly competition, Jacob Lee was the top finisher for the Violets. Lee took second with a 1:53.49 time.
Stone Miller logged her first victory of the day in the 50 freestyle, clocking in at 21.18. Wehbe (21.22) scored second place ahead of Daniel Guston (21.52) in third.
Downs (46.26) topped the leaderboard again in the 100 freestyle, with Wehbe (47.20) taking third in this sprint.
McQuaid (1:50.56) led the field in the 200 backstroke.
In the 200 breaststroke, Derani (2:05.56) scored the solo win for NYU. Dean (2:06.92) landed in third.
Jue (4:43.22) scored the distance sweep with a win in the 500 freestyle, tailed by Mekrami (4:43.74) less than half a second behind.
Leo Han (50.76) and Lee (51.14) led the way for the Violets in the 100 butterfly, finishing in second and third, respectively.
Cross (1:53.90) capped off his first meet as a Violet with a win in the 200 individual medley, beating out Dean (1:54.90) by just 0.1 seconds.
The Violets were narrowly beaten in the 400 freestyle relay to finish the day. The NYU "A" relay (Downs, Miller, Wehbe, Cross) pulled ahead in the final leg to win with a 3:31.04 time.
Before the start of competition, the diving team competed in an solo exhibition as part of the dual meet. Nolan Jennings qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships with a 295.05 first-place score in the three-meter dive. Jennings (266.80) bested Blake McAlpin (251.05) in one-meter competition.
"It was a good Senior Day for the Violets," said Diving Head Coach Todd Kolean. "Both Nolan and Makai Harder posted qualifying scores, and we look forward to building on those down the final stretch of the season."
NYU travels to Cambridge, MA on Friday, Jan. 23 for a tri-meet against the hosts, #7-ranked Massachusetts Institute of Technology and #18-ranked Williams College. Diving competition will begin at 10:00 a.m. with the swim competition to follow at 2:00 p.m.
