Wildcats Swimming and Diving Earn Multiple Top 10 Finishes in North Carolina and Ohio

GREENSBORO, NC & COLUMBUS, OHIO - Northwestern's swimming and diving team earned multiple top 10 finishes in two meets in North Carolina and Ohio, respectively.

The swim team traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina to compete against six teams at the Wolfpack Elite GAC Invite. The competition, held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, ran Nov. 21-23. Joining the Wildcats in Greensboro were Arizona, Arizona State, Army, Duke, NC State and Virginia Tech.

"Our 'Cats showed up to race in Greensboro this weekend," said director of swimming and diving Rachel Stratton-Mills. "They were surrounded by some of the best swimmers in the country and they raced side by side with them all. I was happy to see where we are at this halfway mark of the season and am looking forward to what is to come for the team after another few months of hard training."

Top 10 finishes:

Thursday, Nov. 21
Women 200 Yard IM – Sophie Martin (4^th place, 1:58.93)
Women 500 Yard Free – Zoe Nordmann (5^th place, 4:45.53)
Women 200 Yard Free Relay – A-Northwestern University (6^th place, 1:29.76)
Women 400 Yard Medley Relay – B-Northwestern University (Claire Mehok, Maggie Papanicholas, Grey Davis, Lila Bleakney) (8^th place, 3:39.75)
Men 400 Yard Medley Relay – A-Northwestern University (David Gerchik, Tyler Lu, Stuart Seymour, Cade Duncan) (8^th place, 3:10.42)
Women 400 Yard Medley Relay – A-Northwestern University (Justine Murdock, Sophie Martin, Nikki Venema, Lindsay Ervin) (T9th place, 3:39.83)
Women 50 Yard Free – Nikki Venema (T9th place, 22.40)
Men 200 Yard IM – Diego Nosack (10^th place, 1:46.18)

Friday, Nov. 22
Men 400 Yard IM – Diego Nosack (4^th place, 3:45.11)
Women 100 Yard Fly – Nikki Venema (4^th place, 53.07)
Men 800 Yard Free Relay – A-Northwestern University (Malachi Cohen, Diego Nosack, Joshua Staples, Cade Duncan) (4^th place, 6:34.17)
Women 200 Yard Free – Sydney Smith (5^th place, 1:47.29)
Men 100 Yard Back – Stuart Seymour (5^th place, 46.43)
Women 800 Yard Free Relay – A-Northwestern University (Nikki Venema, Sydney Smith, Zoe Nordmann, Lindsay Ervin) (5^th place, 7:17.97)
Men 100 Yard Breast – Tyler Lu (6^th place, 52.99)
Men 800 Yard Free Relay – B-Northwestern University (David Vinokur, Wiley Spinner, Kyle Wang, Alexander Rousseau) (6^th place, 6:39.47)
Women 200 Yard Medley Relay – A-Northwestern University (Grey Davis, Maggie Papanicholas, Nikki Venema, Lindsay Ervin) (7^th place, 1:40.08)
Women 800 Yard Free Relay – B-Northwestern University (Maggie Belbot, Hana Shimizu-Bowers, Amy Pan, Lilly Mehok) (8^th place, 7:22.93)
Men 200 Yard Medley Relay – A-Northwestern University (Stuart Seymour, Tyler Lu, Cade Duncan, David Gerchik) (9^th place, 1:26.86)
Men 100 Yard Fly – Stuart Seymour (9^th place, 46.72)
Women 200 Yard Free – Zoe Nordmann (9^th place, 1:47.32)
Women 100 Yard Breast – Sophie Martin (9^th place, 1:00.63)
Women 100 Yard Breast – Maggie Papanicholas (10^th place, 1:00.94)
Women 400 Yard IM – Hana Shimizu-Bowers (10^th place, 4:18.25)

Saturday, Nov. 23
Women 100 Yard Free – Lindsay Ervin (T5th place, 49.00)
Women 100 Yard Free – Nikki Venema (T5th place, 49.00)
Men 200 Yard Fly – Diego Nosack (5^th place, 1:43.99)
Women 400 Yard Free Relay – A-Northwestern University (Nikki Venema, Lindsay Ervin, Amy Pan, Audrey Yu) (5^th place, 3:17.54)
Women 200 Yard Fly – Lilly Mehok (6^th place, 1:59.52)
Women 200 Yard Breast – Sophie Martin (6^th place, 2:13.67)
Women 200 Yard Breast – Maggie Papanicholas (7^th place, 2:14.28)
Men 200 Yard Fly – Tonahuc Zinn (7^th place, 1:45.14)
Women 200 Yard Fly – Zoe Nordmann (8^th place, 2:01.38)
Women 200 Yard Back – Claire Mehok (8^th place, 1:56.29)
Men 200 Yard Breast – Tyler Lu (10^th place, 1:56.91)

Northwestern's diving team participated in the Ohio State Fall Invite held Nov. 21-23 at McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, OH. Kyle Ly led the way on Thursday, earning an 8^th place finish in the Men 1m Championship (307.10). Top finishers on Saturday included Adam Cohen (T3^rd place, 341.25) and Kyle Ly (9^th place, 305.20) in the Men 3m Championship and Isabella Chen in the Women 1m Championship (10^th place, 274.65). On Saturday, Ly placed 7^th in Men Platform (314.00) and Chen placed 10^th in Women Platform (237.15).

These meets were the final competitions for the Wildcats this calendar year. The entire 2024-25 schedule can be found here and here.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The next home meets for the team will take place January 10 and 11. On Friday, January 10 at 5:00 p.m. CT, the Wildcats will host Southern Indiana. On Saturday, January 11 at 11:00 a.m. CT, both UChicago & Penn State will travel to Evanston for a three-team meet at Norris Aquatics Center. Fans are encouraged to attend and cheer on the 'Cats.

Wildcats Swimming and Diving Earn Multiple Top 10 Finishes in North Carolina and Ohio

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Players Mentioned

Maggie Belbot

Lila Bleakney

Isabella Chen

Adam Cohen

Malachi Cohen

Grey Davis

Cade Duncan

Lindsay Ervin

David Gerchik

Tyler Lu

Kyle Ly

Sophie Martin

Claire Mehok

Lilly Mehok

Justine Murdock

Zoe Nordmann

Diego Nosack

Amy Pan

Maggie Papanicholas

Alexander Rousseau

Stuart Seymour

Hana Shimizu-Bowers

Sydney Smith

Wiley Spinner

Joshua Staples

Nikki Venema

David Vinokur

Kyle Wang

Audrey Yu

Tonahuac Zinn

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