Northeastern Huskies swimming and diving

Northeastern Huskies swimming and diving

Team information
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Location	Boston, MA
Founded	1978
Nickname(s)	Huskies
Colors	Northeastern red Black
Head coach	Roy Coates
Home pool	Barletta Natatorium
Titles
Women's NCAA	0
Women's CAA	0 (AE 7: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

The Northeastern University Women's Swimming and Diving team debuted in the Fall of 1978 under the coaching staff of NU hall of fame member Janet Swanson. Since its inception, the Boston-based team has grown into one of the most respected and competitive Division I aquatics programs in New England. Northeastern was a member of the America East Conference from 1990 to 2005 and is currently a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

History

In 1993, former Dartmouth College Swimming head coach Roy Coates took over the Northeastern University program. Under Coates, the team built a solid foundation to set the tone for America East Conference dominance in the early 2000s. This included an undefeated 2001-02 season capped off by a final in season win over cross town rival Boston College. The team won the AE conference championship in 2000 and successfully defended the title 5 years in a row until the University of New Hampshire narrowly broke its streak.^[1]

During this time period NU was bolstered by a large group of versatile swimmers that eventually broke an unprecedented 13 of the 15 school swimming records between 2002-2005. These athletes included Katie Schmaling (50 Free, 100-200 Back), Sarah Reddick (100 Free, 100 Fly, 100-200 IM), Kelly McIsaac (200 Freestyle), Jesse Coxson (500 Freestyle), Emily White (200 Butterfly), Katie Kane (100 Breaststroke), Kristen Kane (200 Breaststroke), and Kerby Lewis (400 IM). All five relay records were re-established during the 2004 season as well.

Equally successful was the diving portion of the team coached by Brad Snodgrass. After following the lead of NU legends Katie Mailman and Jane deLima, Romania native Adela "Dea" Gavozdea dominated in her three-year tenure at NU qualifying for the NCAA championships 3 years in a row and was named the America East Most Outstanding Diver in the 2003-04 season.

References

↑ "America East Conference Records" (PDF). America East. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

External links

Official Northeastern Swimming Site

Northeastern University

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Research	Institutes Institute for Global Innovation Management

Athletics	Northeastern Huskies (Varsity: Men's Ice Hockey Women's Ice Hockey Men's Basketball Men's Soccer Women's Soccer Women's Swimming and Diving; Club: Rugby Alpine Ski) Colonial Athletic Association Matthews Arena Cabot Center Parsons Field Friedman Diamond Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center Beanpot Paws

Media	The Huntington News WRBB

Miscellaneous	Alumni and Faculty Student Organizations

Colonial Athletic Association

Full members	Charleston Cougars Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Drexel Dragons Elon Phoenix Hofstra Pride James Madison Dukes Northeastern Huskies Towson Tigers UNC Wilmington Seahawks William & Mary Tribe

Football-only members	Albany Great Danes Maine Black Bears New Hampshire Wildcats Rhode Island Rams Richmond Spiders Stony Brook Seawolves Villanova Wildcats

Lacrosse-only members	Fairfield Stags Massachusetts Minutemen

Other associate members	Buffalo Bulls (women's rowing) Dayton Flyers (women's golf) Eastern Michigan Eagles (women's rowing)

History	2010–13 Colonial Athletic Association realignment

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