GENEVA, Ohio — The Wagner Swimming and Diving teams wrapped up the four-day long NEC Championships on Friday. The men's team finished in second place in the final team standings, while the women's team finished third.
The Seahawks added nine medals to their total count on the final day of competition, three of each color. It started when sophomore
Ben McLaughlin placed 2nd in the men's 1650-yard freestyle with a 16:12.98 time. Not too far behind him was freshman
Karson Leavitt, who finished third with a 16:17.06 time, and became Wagner's first freshman of these championships to reach a podium.
Wagner finished another race by sending two swimmers to the podium, this time the men's 200-yard backstroke. Junior
Nikko Carrillo placed 1st in the event (1:47.10), winning his first of two gold medals on the day. Sophomore
Florian Schumich followed closely behind, finishing less than a second behind the winner (1:47.58).
Carrillo won his second gold medal in the 200-yard butterfly, as he topped the podium with a 1:48.50 time.
On the women's side, sophomore
Mia Goodale continued her prolific championships with a bronze medal in the women's 100-yard freestyle (50.54). Goodale won seven medals throughout the four days, including two gold, one silver and four bronze. Fellow sophomore
Gaya Savran won the Seahawk's third gold medal of the night, and her first of the championships, by winning the women's 200-yard butterfly (2:03.11), almost two seconds ahead of the second-place swimmer.
Finally, to end the four-day meet, both teams grabbed a medal in the 400-yard Freestyle relays. Schumich joined juniors
Max Wameling and
Senan Noonan, and senior
Ruben Van Gool in finished 2nd in the men's portion of the event with a 3:00.40 time. The women placed 3rd in their race, as Savran, Goodale, sophomore
Lovisa Ramsten, and junior
Brooke Woolfe finished with a 3:26.97.
Overall, the Seahawks earned 26 medals; six gold, eight silver, and 12 bronze.
The final standings are shown below.
Men's:
1- Howard, 859 (Champions)
2- WAGNER, 787.5
3- Le Moyne, 684.5
4- LIU, 576
Women's:
1- Howard, 856
2- CCSU, 837
3- WAGNER, 407
4- Saint Francis, 349
5- LIU, 334
6- Stonehill, 299
7- Le Moyne, 275
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The Seahawks will return to the pool in the 2026-27 season.
