In its first travel meet outside of the state of Illinois in November, Northwestern took on Duke at the Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion in Durham, North Carolina.
NU’s No. 17-ranked men picked up a dominant 223-111 win over Duke with strong performances from Diego Nosack and Oliver Kos, while the Blue Devils’ No. 21-ranked women narrowly defeated the ‘Cats 173.5-160.5.
Results for the meet can be found on the Meet Mobile app or on Duke’s results page for the event.
If interested in learning about how team
and high point scoring works for dual meets, please reference the section “Explanation of Dual-Meet Scoring System” at the bottom of the recap of the Northwestern-Miami (OH) dual meet.
Men’s recap
Northwestern’s men gave Duke a thumping over the weekend, picking up a commanding 112-point victory on the road and winning nine of the meet’s 12 events.
Key to victory were the team’s sweeps of the meet’s four swimming relays. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Northwestern’s Connor Schuster, Oliver Kos, Cade Duncan and Stuart Seymour posted an event-winning 2:52.41. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, an NU team of Kos, Connor Schuster, Duncan and Seymour grabbed gold with a 1:18.75. In 200-yard medley relay, a team of Seymour, Joshua Staples, Schuster and Kos touched first with a time of 1:26.35. And a team of Kos, Staples, Seymour and Duncan won the 400-yard medley relay with a 3:07.88.
The ‘Cats also swept Duke in the diving events. Senior Adam Cohen picked up a win in the 1-meter event and junior Kyle Ly was the first in the 3-meter event.
However, Northwestern was really fueled by having a couple swimmers win multiple individual events. Diego Nosack picked up victories in three events, logging a 9:08.45 in the 1,000-yard freestyle, a 1:48.85 in the 200-yard butterfly and a 3:49.83 in the 400-yard individual medley. Kos notched wins in the 100-yard backstroke and freestyle events, with a 46.48 and 43.74, respectively.
Women’s recap
In the other half of the meet, Northwestern’s women were neck and neck with the Blue Devils throughout the competition, but ultimately suffered a close 13-point loss in Durham.
The ‘Cats actually won seven of the meet’s 12 individual events. Zoe Nordmann picked up W’s in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:49.55) and 500-yard freestyle (4:46.37). Meanwhile, first-year Flawia Kamzol continued to be a standout for the team, besting the competition in the 50-yard freestyle with a 22.18 and the 100-yard butterfly with a 51.67.
Meanwhile, Northwestern and Duke split the diving events, with NU’s Caroline Li taking the 1-meter event and the Blue Devils’ Keira Lu winning the 3-meter event.
But the ’Cats lost three of the meet’s four crucial relays, which proved to be detrimental to their final outcome in the competition. They lost the 400-yard freestyle relay by over a half-second and barely lost the 200-yard freestyle relay by 0.24 seconds and the 400-yard medley relay by 0.10 seconds. However, they were able to win the 200-yard medley relay with a team of Grey Davis, Margaret Papanicholas, Flawia Kamzol and Aya Ferguson and a time of 1:38.44.
Looking ahead
Northwestern’s winter swim season is coming to a close, but its swimmers and divers still have one final peak meet before they wind down for the year.
After a couple weeks of preparation, NU’s swimmers will head to Austin, Texas, for the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational, while its divers will compete in the Ohio State Fall Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. These are both trials and finals national invitational meets that will pit NU against some of the nation’s best talent and allow itself to see where it stands as a team before the winter season.
