Northwestern picked up its first event win of the meet in the men’s 400 Free Relay, where Connor Schuster (44.15), Kos (42.74), Cade Duncan (42.22) and Stuart Seymour combined for a time of 2:52.41 to clear the field by over three seconds.
That win transitioned to Northwestern’s individual domination in the 1000 Free. Nordmann (9:45.55) and Iris Kim (9:56.01) went 1-2 in the women’s edition of the event, before Nosack (9:08.45), Tristan Prizler (9:16.44) and David Vinkour (9:21.17) took the top three spots in the men’s event. Nosack’s performance was a personal best time by over five seconds.
Josh Staples picked up an event win in the 200 Free, out-touching Duke’s Charlie Kulp by 0.08 seconds to win in a time of 1:36.24. Kos then won the 100 Back with a 46.48, followed by his teammate David Gerchik, who finished second, recording a 47.38.
Maggie Papanicholas won the women’s 100 Breast (1:01.15), picking up her third individual dual meet win in the event this season. Her victory was followed by back-to-back Wildcat sweeps — Sophie Martin (1:58.73) and Nosack (1:45.85) both won the 200 Fly, before Kamzol (22.18) and Seymour (19.60) won the 50 Free.
Kamzol and Aya Ferguson, who finished third in 22.83, posted Northwestern’s two fastest times this season in the 50 Free. Kamzol’s time was also a personal best by 0.34 seconds.
Adam Cohen won Northwestern’s first diving event of the meet, claiming the men’s one-meter event with a score of 344.63.
The NU women’s team picked up its first relay win of the meet in the 200 medley relay, when Grey Davis (25.26), Papnicholas (28.18), Kamzol (22.97) and Ferguson (22.03) combined for a time of 1:38.44. The men’s team followed to wrap up day one of competition, led by Seymour (21.71), Staples (24.47), Schuster (20.73) and Kos (19.64).
Northwestern kicked off day two the same way it began day one — with a men’s relay win. This time, Kos (46.02), Staples (52.69), Seymour (47.46) and Duncan (41.71) posted a time of 3:07.88 to beat the field by nearly five seconds, the team’s largest margin of victory in a relay this meet.
Nordmann won her second event of the meet in the 500 Free, posting a season-best time of 4:46.37 and her fastest time since the 2026 NCAA Championships. Gerchik followed with a season-best of his own, posting a time of 1:42.89 in the 200 Back.
Kos became Northwestern’s first male multi-event winner at the dual when he finished first in the 100 Free with a time of 43.74. Kamzol and Duncan then both won the 100 Fly – Kamzol posted a time of 51.67 in the women’s event, while Duncan went 45.97 in the men’s event. Those performances marked Kamzol’s first time crossing the 52-second barrier and Duncan’s first time breaking 46.
First-year Laura Wang won the first individual race of her NCAA career in the 400 IM, finishing in 4:15.71. Nosack then wrapped up the individual swimming portion of the meet with his third event win, claiming the 400 IM with a time of 3:49.83.
Northwestern’s Kyle Ly won the men’s three-meter diving event on day two (369.90), while Caroline Li won the women’s one-meter event (280.13).
To wrap up the meet, Northwestern’s Kos (20.13), Schuster (19.81), Duncan (19.47) and Seymour (19.34) won the 200 Free Relay in a time of 1:18.75, winning all three of the men’s relays.
