It would be an understatement to say that Northwestern women’s swimming and diving has not had it easy these past few months. In addition to finishing 28th at the 2023 NCAA Championships, the team’s worst finish since 2016, the Wildcats were hit with loss after loss as their season concluded.
Just a week before NCAAs, Jasmine Nocentini, Northwestern’s best swimmer and one of the top sprinters in the nation, entered the transfer portal for her fifth year of eligibility — eventually opting to transfer to three-time defending national champion Virginia. Then, in the offseason, NCAA Championship qualifiers Jamie Brennan and Hannah Brunzell made their way to the Pac-12 (or should I say ACC?