Stockwell finished a program-best fifth in the 100-yard butterfly tonight, shattering her own program record in the event twice today (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
Stockwell makes history with program's first appearance in an individual NEC Championship final and boasts pair of record-breaking times, while Barry breaks own 400IM mark twice as well
GENEVA, Ohio (February 22, 2024) – Stonehill College senior Sydney Stockwell made program history and was joined by sophomore Kristy Barry in enjoying a pair of record-breaking performances to highlight day three of the 2024 Northeast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at Spire Institute today.
Stockwell became Stonehill's first swimmer to qualify for a championship final at the NCAA Division I level at the NEC Championships with a record-smashing performance in this morning's prelims, before posting a program-best fifth-place finish tonight in the 100-yard butterfly. After obliterating her previous program mark of 58.88-seconds by nearly two full seconds when she qualified third for tonight's final in 57.02-seconds this morning, she shaved another tenth and a half off that mark with a new school-record time of 56.86 tonight for her program-record finish.
Barry won the C-final in the 400-yard individual medley one day after finishing 15th with a school-record time (2:09.29) the 200IM last night. After breaking her own school-record of 4:42.91 set earlier this season with her time of 4:42.72 in this morning's prelims to qualify 17th overall, she went even faster in the C-Final tonight, dropping an additional four and a half seconds off that time, holding up her 17th place finish overall in a new school mark of 4:38.17 – a time that would have been good for fifth in the B-Final and eighth in the Championship final tonight. Barry opened with a 1:01.97 split in the opening butterfly leg, finishing the backstroke leg in 1:10.72 and then completing the breaststroke leg in 1:20.56, before finishing with a 1:04.82 freestyle anchor leg.
Barry won the C-Final, smashing her own school record for the second time today (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
Stonehill's 200-yard freestyle relay capped the record-breaking day posting a time of 1:39.07 tonight for a ninth-place finish overall. Freshman Grace Idowu opened with a lead split of 24.74-seconds, before Stockwell turned in a 24.76-second split on the second leg, and then junior Jami Hepburn followed with third leg in 25.15-seconds, before sophomore Taylor Belanger completed the anchor leg in 25.35-seconds.
Stockwell and Barry combined to score 33.5 points with their finals performances tonight and added to the 40 points scored in the 200-freestyle relay, give the Skyhawks 183.5 points overall through three days of the Championships to sit in seventh place. Stonehill, which has already surpassed its point total of 120 at its first NEC Championships last year, holds a six-point lead over eighth place Merrimack College (177). Central Connecticut State University reclaimed the team lead after day three with 752.5 points, followed by Howard University in second (628), with Wagner College (542.5) rounding out the top three.
More Results
- Sophomore Azia Koser placed 30th in the 100-yard butterfly prelims this morning in a personal-best 59.78-seconds – just a half second from qualifying for the finals. Senior Katie Keating placed 36th in 1:00.83, while junior Sharlotte Lundell finished 43rd in 1:01.95 and sophomore Isabel Nelson was 48th in 1:04.81.
- Postgrad Nika Sokolova led five Stonehill entries that all recorded personal-best times in the 200-yard freestyle this morning, placing 31st in 2:00.28. Sophomore Mazy Karuzis finished 35th in 2:01.42, while freshman Isabella Rodriguez placed 43rd in 2:04.46, senior Maddie Conley placed 44th in 2:04.53 and junior Julie Mastroianni was 47th in 2:06.35.
Up Next
The NEC Swimming and Diving Championships continues at Spire Institute on Friday with prelims at 10 a.m., and finals at 6 p.m. Broadcast coverage of the 2024 NEC Championships is available via NEC Front Row. The broadcast can be accessed via stonehillskyhawks.com through its NEC Front Row portal (necfrontrow.com/schools/SC) or through Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku via the NEC On the Run App.
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