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Geneva, OH -- CCSU took the lead early in the meet and never relinqueshed it over five days to reclaim its long sought after NEC Women's Swimming & Diving title. The championship was the seventh in program history anf first for the Blue Devils since 2017.

CCSU piled up 659.5 points to finish the event 58 points ahead of Wagner (601.5). Making the jump into third on the final day was LIU (520.5). Howard finished fourth (498), while Saint Francis U moved up a spot into fifth (392.5).

Knowing what was on the line, Central Connecticut came out of the gate hot in the first event of the final evening with a 37 point showing in the 1650 yard freestyle. Abbey Keane won with a time of 17:00.19 and an 11 second gap ahead of Blue Devil teammate Taylor Demarest, who clocked in at 17:11.49. St. Francis Booklyn’s Mariajose Lopez completed the top three, covering the distance event in 17:17.28.

In the 100 yard freestyle, Wagner’s Olivia Bishop touched first with a time of 50.78 to add 20 points to the the Seahawks’ team score. Next up in 51.09 was LIU’s Venna Andersen, followed by CCSU's Katie Czulewicz with a time of 51.17.

LIU’s Maaike Broersma had an outstanding swim in the 200 yard backstroke, achieving an NCAA B-Cut time of 1:56.85 that netted her a gold medal and NEC Swimmer of the Meet honors. Wagner's Aura Vilarrasa filled the second spot on the podium after swimming a 2:01.11 and LIU’s Rea Shehu touched inat 2:02.31 to take the bronze. 

Howard walked away with 36 points in the final individual swim event of the evening. Michaela Spears placed first with a 2:17.76 perfirmance in the 200 yard breaststroke, and she was followed St. Francis Brooklyn’s Elayna Pistrin, who finished in 2:18.91. Taking bronze was Zaylie Thompson from Howard with a time of 2:19.98.

The championship runner-up concluded the championship week strong with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay. Wagner's Aura Vilarrasa (51.71), Presley Staretz (51.31), Annabella Jencova (51.23) and Olivia Bishop (49.59) captured 40 points for the Seahawks after being timed in 3:23.84. LIU's Ella Johnson (51.89), Aidan Condit (52.74), Venna Andersen (50.16) and Maaike Broersma (50.55) touched in second at 3:25.34. Howard's Zuzu Nwaeze (50.24), Courtney Connolly (51.86), Michaela Spears (51.75) and Kelsey Roberson (52.20) recorded a 3:26.05 for a bronze finish to conclude the evening.

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Swimmer: Maaike Broersma, LIU
(50 Free; 100 Back (B-cut in Relay); 200 Back (B-cut)

Women’s Outstanding Diver: Jewelle Maziarz, CCSU
(1st-1M; 3rd-3M)

Women’s Rookie of the Meet: Zuzu Nwaeze, Howard
(200 Free; 5th 200 Fly; 6th 500 Free)

Women’s Outstanding Dive Staff: Adam Vance, SHU

Women’s Swim Staff: Howard
  
Final Women's Team Standings