Swim & Dive In First Place After Strong Day One At ECAC Championships

12/5/2025 10:23:00 PM

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — The Stony Brook swimming and diving team started the 2025 ECAC Championships with impressive performances in both swimming and diving events. After the first day of competition, the Seawolves are in first place.

The Seawolves opened up the day with several strong outings in the preliminary rounds, as 14 different Seawolves punched their tickets to Friday night's finals. Building off its momentum in prelims, Stony Brook produced several strong results in the finals on Friday night, highlighted by three second-place finishes in the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard IM, and the 400-yard medley relay.

At the end of day one, Stony Brook leads all teams with 484.50 points.

HIGHLIGHTS

Francesca Baber secured a second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:59.89).
Elaine Liu finished second in the 200-yard IM event (2:06.12).
Sara Baxter, Pelagia Chazov, Michelle Vu, and Avari Wischhof teamed up to take second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:52.22).
Wischhof, Vu, Carson Kien, and Alanna DePinto placed third in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:35.38).
Meredith Yuhasz recorded a fourth-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:05.42).
Aili Talcott finished fourth in the 200-yard IM (2:09.11).
Mykayla Lavery placed fifth in the 1-meter diving event (245.50).
DePinto finished sixth in the 50-yard freestyle (23.99).

UP NEXT
The Seawolves are back to it tomorrow for day two of competition at the 2025 ECAC Championships, with prelims scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., followed by finals later that night at 6:00 p.m.

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