The Northwestern swimming and diving team dominated their meet against DIII UChicago, with the women claiming a 221-63 victory and the men winning 221-73. The women won all 16 events, while the men only lost one event. Notably, the team has been racing in full suits rather than practice suits this season under first-year head Rachel Stratton-Mills.

By the Numbers
  • Northwestern women won every contested event and achieved 1-2 finishes in 14 of those events.
  • Graduate student Ayla Spitz won three individual events, including the 1000-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly.
  • First-year Sydney Smith and sophomore Hana Shimizu-Bowers were among the other notable individual event winners for the women.
  • Graduate student Ben Forbes and first-year David Gerchik were double event winners for the men.
  • Senior Jesse Ssengonzi of UChicago won the 100 butterfly, the only event not won by Northwestern.
What's Next

The Wildcats will face Wisconsin in their first Big Ten dual meet matchup of the season on Jan. 20.