Full Results

East Meadow, N.Y. – The Butler swim team placed sixth overall in the 2023 BIG EAST Championship Meet. BU posted 590 points, earning 130 more than a year ago at the conference meet. In all, nine school records were broken (800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Back, 200 Fly) and Maurice Stewart was named 2023 Women's Co-Coach of the Year!
 
The Villanova women and Georgetown men repeated as BIG EAST Swim and Dive Champions, taking the titles on Saturday night at the Nassau County Aquatic Center. The Wildcat women captured their tenth consecutive championship, and 15th overall, with 1534 points. After conquering the BIG EAST for the first time last season, the Hoyas repeated as champions with 792.
 
UConn finished as the women's runners-up for the third time in as many years (1316.5), followed by Georgetown in third (1265.5). Xavier earned a fourth-place finish (1012) while Seton Hall took fifth (1002). Butler (590) and Providence (403) rounded out the pack in sixth and seventh, respectively.
 
Coach Stewart selected Kate Schilling and Caroline Zimner as the Butler Swimmers of the Meet. Schilling set the school record in the 200 IM and 200 Fly. Zimner set school records in the 400 IM and the 200 Back.
 
Honorable mention selections for Coach Stewart went to Sadie Brown, Emily Landwehr, and Alani Hightower-Bend. Brown was a top BU performer in the 400 IM and 200 Fly. Landwehr put her name all over the BU Top Ten list with excellent swims in the 50 Free, 100 Breast, and 100 Free. Hightower Bend reached the B Final in the 50 and 100 Free. She was in the A Final of the 100 Back.
 
Zimner reached the A Final of the 200 Back. She placed seventh with a personal-best time of 2:00.52.
 
Hightower-Bend was the top BU swimmer in the 100 Free. She posted a time of 52.21 in the B Final to place 14th. Senior Abigail Roberts took 16th in the B Final and Landwehr was 20th in the C Final (52.34).
 
Senior Alexa Vota had a season-best swim in the 200 Breast to finish 15th. She competed in the B Final and placed 15th. Allie Carmichael placed 16th (2:27.14) and Ava McGonigle was 21st (2:26.64)
 
Schilling set the school record in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:03.53. She finished fourth in the A Final with her new personal-best time. Sadie Brown was 17th with a win in the C Final (2:06.03) and Avery Piel placed 18th (2:07.12)
 
Landwehr, Hightower-Bend, Olivia Stotts, and Abigail Roberts represented Butler in the 400 Free Relay. That unit placed seventh with a time of 3:29.16.
 
Major Awards
Women's Most Outstanding Swimmer – Audrey Pastorek, Villanova
Women's Most Outstanding Diver – Julia Pioso, UConn
Women's Diving Coach of the Year – David McKown, UConn
Women's Co-Coaching Staffs of the Year – Villanova and Butler
 
Final Team Standings
Villanova – 1534
UConn – 1316.5
Georgetown – 1265.5
Xavier – 1012
Seton Hall – 1002
Butler – 590
Providence -- 403