Barry led nine event wins for the Skyhawks with three individual wins, while aiding in an additional relay victory for the Skyhawks (PHOTO BY Cayla Fernandes)

Barry records three of Skyhawks nine event wins for the afternoon

BABSON PARK, Mass. (November 11, 2023) – Stonehill College produced nine event wins in posting a 133-129 dual meet victory over Babson College at Morse Pool this afternoon.

Sophomore Kristy Barry led Stonehill's nine event wins with three of her own. She started with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle in a season-best 2:02.35, adding a win in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:32.57. She capped her day by winning the 200-yard individual medley in a season-best 2:13.51.

Senior Sydney Stockwell, who entered the weekend ranked No. 1 in the Northeast Conference for the 100-yard backstroke, excelled in the backstroke events today, sweeping the two races again. She started with a first-place finish in the 100-back in 1:01.87, with sophomore Mazy Karuzis second in 1:03.30. Stockwell and Karuzis took the top two spots in the 200-yard backstroke as well, with Stockwell winning in 2:16.75 and Karuzis clocking in at a season-best 2:18.22. Stockwell also added a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:02.68.

Freshman Grace Idowu continued the impressive start to her collegiate career with two sprint freestyle wins. She started with a first-place finish in the 50-yard backstroke in 25.48-seconds, while sophomore Isabel Nelson was third in a season-best 26.74. Idowu followed that up with her first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle in 55.59-seconds.

Barry, Stockwell and Idowu were also part of Stonehill's 400-yard medley relay, along with junior Jami Hepburn, that took first place in 4:10.64. Stockwell swam the lead backstroke leg, followed by Hepburn for the breaststroke, Barry the butterfly and then Idowu on the freestyle anchor leg.

Stockwell swept the backstroke events yet again this weekend, also aiding in the medley relay victory and placing third in the 100-fly. (PHOTO BY Cayla Fernandes)

Sophomore Azia Koser won the 1000-yard freestyle in a season-best time of 11:23.78 – leading a trio of Babson entries by nearly seven seconds. She also finished second in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:19.96 and fourth in the 100-yard butterfly in a season-best 1:02.68.

Idowu and Karuzis also swam the first two legs of Stonehill's 200-yard freestyle relay that finished second in 1:45.52 – 0.25-seconds ahead of a Babson relay that clinched the dual meet win. Sophomore Taylor Belanger and Nelson followed up with the third and anchor legs for the Skyhawks as Nelson rallied with a strong second-25 to catch up and out touch the Babson relay and clinch four more points.          

More Results:

• Belanger finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke in a season-best 1:11.80, while Hepburn was third in 1:12.00 and senior Maddie Conley was fourth in 1:18.00.
• Hepburn added a third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:44.58, while senior Morgan Gangi was fifth in a season-best 2:49.06.
• Senior Katie Keating finished third in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:21.34 and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.59.
• Nelson took fourth in the 100-yard freestyle in a season-best 58.55-seconds, while Conley placed sixth in 1:02.77.
• Freshman Isabella Rodriguez placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in the first event of her collegiate career with a time of 2:08.19. Classmate Sherri Danforth finished sixth in 2:19.18.

Up Next

Stonehill is right back in action tomorrow when it visits Assumption University for another dual meet at Plourde Recreation Center in Worcester at noon.

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