Northwestern Swimming Sweeps Notre Dame Behind Relays, Diving

The Northwestern University swimming and diving teams swept Notre Dame on Friday, Oct. 23.

The Wildcat women won 180-120 and the men won 186-114.

Northwestern’s Oliver Kos, Joshua Staples, Stuart Seymour and Caden Duncan won the 400 medley relay in 3:05.53.

Kos won the 200 free (1:36.26) and 200 back (1:41.66). Seymour won the 100 back in 45.32 adn 100 fly (45.70). Staples won the 100 breast (52.67), 200 IM (1:46.43) and 200 breast (1:56.92).

Adam Cohen won 3-meter diving with 391.10 points, holding off Notre Dame’s Daniel Knapp (390.30), who won the 1-meter (335.85).

Seymour, Connor Schuster, Duncan and Kos won the 200 free relay in 1:17.97.

In the women’s meet, Chloe Sharpe won 1-meter diving with 267.75 points, just edging teammate Caroline Li (265.15). Sharpe won the 3-meter with 281.30 points.

Northwestern’s Zoe Nordmann won the 1650 free in 16:37.32 and 500 free in 4:47.77. Flawia Kamzol won the 100 back in 53.65 and 100 fly in 52.30. Margaret Papanicholas won the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.91 and 200 breast in 2:11.58. Claire Mehok won the 200 back (1:57.05).

Kamzol, Aya Ferguson, Bri Deirlein and Amy Pan won the 200 free relay in 1:30.41.

The Irish won 12 events — six on each side — including a 19.42 50 freestyle from Shane Eckler, a new Norris Aquatics Center record.

Starting on the women’s side, the Irish began strong with a 400 medley relay victory. The winning team was composed of Emily Hamill, Gracyn Lanning, Carli Cronk and Hollie Widdows and finished with a time of 3:34.73.

Up next, sophomore Becky Rentz earned her first dual meet victory of the year, winning the 200 free with a time of 1:47.39. Cronk, a junior team captain and an individual All-American last season in the 200 fly, won the event with a time of 1:57.23.

Hollie Widdows continued her winning ways on Friday, as the junior won both the 50 and 100 free (22.55/49.11). She has now won four of her seven individual events this season.

Another junior captain, Emily Kitayama closed out the individual wins for the women with a 200 IM first-place finish in a time of 2:02.80. It was the first dual meet win of her Irish career.

Turning to the men’s side, freshman James Darcy rewrote the record books once again on Friday, winning the 1650 free in a time of 15:14.37, which ranks ninth in program history. Darcy moved into third all-time in the 1000 free against Louisville on Friday, too.

The men’s side saw a pair of double winners in Eckler and Patrick Branon. In addition to his pool-record 19.42 winning 50 free, Eckler won the 100 free with a time of 42.79. Branon joined him in the win column in both the 200 fly (1:45.50) and 500 free (4:23.30).

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