Vermont vs Northeastern
- October 4, 2025
- Boston, Mass.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: NU Athletics
BOSTON, Mass. – The Northeastern women’s swim and dive team (1-0) hosted Vermont in Barletta Natatorium for its first home meet of the season, taking a 192-108 victory over the Catamounts (0-1) on Family & Friends Day Saturday afternoon.
- Senior Anelise Kim started the meet off strong for the Huskies by earning a win in the 3M Dive with a score of 253.95. Freshman Kailyn Aquino began her collegiate career with a third-place finish and a 223.20 score. Rounding out the top five was sophomore Maddie Wong with a score of 215.85.
- The Huskies followed up with a victory in the 200 Yard Medley Relay, as a team comprising of sophomore Delaney Alonso, graduate student Elisabeth Bendall, freshman Alex Fuller and junior May Bradburn, touched the wall at 1:46.42.
- Freshman Abigail Gowern earned her first victory in the 1000 Free, finishing with a time of 10:29.11. Junior Bella Busconi came in third with a mark of 10:50.03.
- Northeastern’s freshman class continued to dominate, as Siena Griffiths was victorious in the 200 Yard Free with a time of 1:55.09, and Eliana Auerbach clinched third with 1:59.21. Freshman Sophie Bromley won the 100 Yard Back with a time of 57.67.
- The 50 Yard Free was controlled by junior May Bradburn, 24:33. Senior captain Kotoko Blair was close behind her with a time 24:49, taking third-place.
- Back on the diving board, Anelise Kim took home another victory in the 1M Dive with a score of 261. Kailyn Quino took another third-place finish, 225.23 to end the diving portion of the meet.
- In the 12th event of the meet, freshman Marea Li took victory in the 200 Yard Breast with a recorded time of 2:25.36. The freshmen continued to show out as Abigail Gowern took home first in the 500 Yard Free with a time of 5:09.59.
- The Huskies controlled the 100 Yard Butterfly, earning the top four spots. Alex Fuller touched the wall at 56.13, followed by May Bradburn at 56.88, Mary Nordmann at 57.82, and Kate Kerber at 58.80.
- Another all-podium finish was had by the Huskies in the 200 Yard IM. Alex campion took home first with 2:08.68, followed by Sophie Bromley with 2:12.27 and Marea Li with 2:12.94.
- Northeastern finished the meet with a win in the 200 Yard Free Relay with Mary Nordmann, Alex Fuller, Kotoko Blair, and May Bradburn finishing with a time of 1:36.31.
- The Huskies opened their home schedule with a decisive 192-108 victory.
Northeastern women’s swim and dive team heads south to take on Rhode Island, at the Tootell Aquatic Center on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 12 p.m.
Courtesy: UVM Athletics
BOSTON – Four Catamounts won races on Saturday as they officially opened the 2025-26 campaign at Northeastern’s Barletta Natatorium. The Huskies won the season-opening dual meet for both teams by a score of 192-108.
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COACH’S QUOTE
“This was a good first meet for us,” said Head Coach Gerry Cournoyer. “We are a young team this year and we’re learning a lot.”
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the first event of the morning first year Valeria Velez earned a second-place finish in three-meter diving with a score of 235.95. Fellow first year Robyn Tonomura-MacDonald was fourth in her collegiate debut in the event (219.0).
- Next up was the first relay of the season, the Catamounts quartet of Natalie Schick, Ellie Fazio, Gabby Puryear-Lynch and Havana Layton finished second in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:47.69.
- In the third event of the day first year Amy Kenworthy placed second overall in the 1000 Free (10:32.09) in her collegiate debut.
- Fazio collected Vermont’s first win of the campaign taking the 100 Breast in a time of 1:07.58. Topping the nearest Huskies swimmer by .11 seconds to claim the nine team points.
- Lauren Clark won the next event for UVM as well, finishing in 2:08.81 in the 200 Fly. Her UVM teammate Emma Freer was second in a time of 2:09.54.
- Layton won the 100 Free for the third time in her career with a time of 52.46, besting the field by .69 seconds.
- Schick, a Rutgers transfer, earned her first win in the green and gold claiming the 200 Back in a time of 2:06.14.
UP NEXT
After a weekend off the Catamounts return to action on Saturday, October 18 as they host New Hampshire at 1 p.m. in a battle of the last two America East Champions. The meet will stream live for free on AmericaEast.TV
It is the Catamounts annual Rally Against Cancer Meet presented by Mascoma Bank. It is also Poster Day; the Catamounts will be signing Team Posters printed by UVM Print & Mail following the meet. The team will also be hosting an Alumni & Family gathering at Four Quarters Brewing (70 Main St, Winooski) from 6-8:30 p.m. Register today at go.uvm.edu/swimalum.
