Eagles Host Last Home Meet of 2018

Saturday, October 20

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

1:00PM

Boston College

Northeastern (W)/Maine

Photo by: Kathryn Riley

October 18, 2018 | Swimming

The swim and dive team hosts Northeastern and Maine before traveling for the remainder of the calendar year

By: Athletic Communications

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College swim and dive team is set to host their final home meet of the 2018 year as they welcome Northeastern and Maine to the Heights. The meet will begin on Saturday, October 20 at 1 p.m. in the Flynn Recreation Complex pool.

The Eagles are coming off of two successful home meets as they kicked off the season on a positive note. For the first meet of their season, both the men's and women's teams took overall first place for the annual New England Catholic Invitational Meet. The following weekend, the Eagles hosted Bryant in a dual meet, taking overall first for both teams.

The men's team raked in 183 points while Bryant earned 115 and the women's team earned 215 points to Bryant's 85.
The meet was highlighted by over 20 first-place performances from the home squad: Ali Kea, Michael Hinton, Maura Grimes, Taylor Covington, Taylor Cortens, Victoria Lin, Damion Ribeiro, Ellie Uhl, Robert McCrory, Max Threlkeld, Grace Edwards, Alexa Lantin, Zander Santana and Gabriella Taghian all earned first-place finishes. The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ashleigh Scott, Julie Dobson, Aileen Coyne and Ali Kea earned first place while Michael Hinton, Sam Roche, Zander Santana and Max Threlkeld took the first spot in the same event for the men's team. Maura Grimes, Alexa Lantin, Victoria Lin and Haley Dolan placed first in the women's 200-yard medley relay.

The Eagles have not met with the Black Bears since 2016, where the men's team defeated Maine 195-94.5 in Chestnut Hill. They will face Northeastern for the first time since 2011, where the women's team fell in a tri-meet to Houston and the cross-town Huskies.