Denison Girls’s Swimming and Diving 2025-26 Season Preview

Women’s Swimming and Diving | 10/10/2025 3:15:00 PM

Granville, Ohio- Denison Women’s Swimming and Diving enters the season aiming to construct on a robust nationwide presence. The Big Red completed fourth on the 2025 NCAA Championships and persistently ranked within the prime 5 all year long. With management from a deep senior class and robust relay items, the staff is about to compete for one more NCAC title and a prime nationwide end.

2024-25 Recap:

The Big Red began off their season on the Akron Zips Classic earlier than going through off towards Ohio State and Xavier, wherein each meets they gave valiant efforts. They then confronted convention rivals Kenyon, the place they fell to the Owls 180-120; then bounced again to beat Oberlin College 158-74.  The staff then completed second on the Denison Invitational earlier than rattling off two wins towards Carnegie Mellon and Calvin by a mixed rating of 379. They wrapped up their common season with a win over Ohio Wesleyan on Senior Day. In the NCAC Championships, the Big Red have been shut behind Kenyon your entire week however couldn’t recover from the hump, 111 factors behind Kenyon for a second-place end. At the NCAA Division III Championships, the Big Red have been within the hunt your entire method, rising as much as as excessive as third place earlier than ending fourth total. The staff completed the season with 26 All-American finishes, showcasing their expertise to finish the yr.

Returning All-Americans

• Quinn Brown (First Team: 500 free, 1650 free, 200 free, 800 free relay)
• Phoebe Ferguson (First Team: 400 free relay, 400 medley relay, 800 free relay, 200 free relay, 200 IM, 100 fly)
• Emily Harris (First Team: 400 IM, 200 fly, 200 IM, 800 free relay, 400 free relay)
• Jassy Park (First Team: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay | Second Team: 100 again)
• Caroline Ramirez (Second Team: 200 again)
• Drue Thielking (First Team: 100 breast, 200 breast, 400 medley relay | Second Team: 200 IM)
• Riley Tofflemire (First Team: 200 medley relay | Second Team: 100 breast)

2024-25 Highlights

• Junior Jassy Park broke the Denison document within the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.76. That document stood since 2009, and the earlier document was held by Olivia Zaleski (54.80). 

• Senior Quinn Brown additionally broke a Denison document within the 1000 free, turning into the primary feminine swimmer in Denison historical past to interrupt the 10-minute mark with a time of 9:59.32.

• The staff completed the season with 26 All-American finishes, 13 particular person first-team honors, 5 first-team relay finishes, and 9 second-team finishes.

• Apart from their athletic success, the staff have been awarded for his or her exhausting work within the classroom. Four members have been chosen as Academic All-District, and three out of the 4 have been chosen as Academic All-Americans (Emily Harris, Phoebe Ferguson, Drue Thielking). On prime of that, 15 members of the staff have been named CSCAA Scholar All-Americans (13 first staff, two second staff).

• Denison completed fourth on the NCAA Division III Championships final season. The final time they completed fourth was the 2017-18 season.

Bottom Line

With senior management, depth in relays, and a robust diving group, Denison Women’s Swimming ought to as soon as once more be among the many finest in Division III. Expect them to problem for one more NCAC title and end close to the highest at nationals.

A Look on the Schedule

The Denison ladies’s swimming and diving staff will as soon as once more kick off its season on the Akron Zip Classic on October 10-11. Their first dwelling meet will come a pair weeks afterward the twenty fifth of October, as they host Xavier University and the Denison Diving Invitational. They then face off towards two convention foes in Kenyon and John Carroll earlier than internet hosting the Denison Invitational from December 4-6. The Big Red will take a month off and return for a tri-meet with Oakland University and Miami University, hosted by Oakland. They cap off their common season with a go to to the University of Michigan earlier than making ready for the NCAC Championships from February 11-14. Kenyon will host the Last Chance Invitational on February 20-21, after which the Big Red may have its eyes set on successful the nationwide championship, as from March 18-21, the NCAA Division III Championships shall be held in Indianapolis.