Wildcats Travel to Duke For Two-Day Meet – Northwestern Athletics

EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will travel to Duke University to compete against the Blue Devils in a two-day meet on Friday, Nov. 8 and Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Taishoff Aquatics Center. The meet will begin on Friday with diving at 3:00 p.m. CT and swimming at 4:00 p.m. CT. Day two of the meet will be Saturday morning with diving starting at 9:00 a.m. CT, followed by swimming at 10:00 a.m. CT.
 
On Saturday only, the meet will be broadcast on ACCNX.
 
“The meet against Duke will offer us a great opportunity to race on back-to-back days,” said Rachel Stratton-Mills, Northwestern’s Director of Swimming and Diving. “Duke has a strong team on both the men and women’s side, and we expect some great races. This weekend will also give our divers a two-day competition, competing on all the boards, which usually doesn’t happen until the end of the season. This will be a great tune-up.”
 
READ: Click here to read Northwestern Now’s recent feature on the swimming and diving program, “Swimming and diving builds a foundation for the future.”
 
The swimming and diving program moved to 2-0 on the season, most recently dominating the University of Cincinnati in a home dual meet on October 18 at Norris Aquatics Center. Both the women’s and men’s teams won handily, 188.5-110.5 and 188-111, respectively (recap).
 
On October 12, the team defeated Miami (OH) in Evanston, with both the men’s and women’s teams having the exact same result, 203-97 (recap).
 
After this weekend, the swimming team will be back in action at the NC State Invite in Greensboro, NC, November 21-23.  The diving team will compete in the Ohio State Invite in Columbus, OH, November 21-23. These will be the final competitions for the Wildcats this calendar year. The entire 2024-25 schedule can be found here.  
 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The next home meets for the team will take place January 10 and 11. On Friday, January 10 at 5:00 p.m. CT, the Wildcats will host Southern Indiana. On Saturday, January 11 at 11:00 a.m. CT, both UChicago & Penn State will travel to Evanston for a three-team meet at Norris Aquatics Center. Fans are encouraged to attend and cheer on the ‘Cats.