Baruch, Hunter Co-Favorites in CUNYAC Women’s Swimming Preseason Poll

NEW YORK – Baruch and Hunter tied for the highest spot within the 2025-26 CUNY Athletic Conference preseason coaches ballot launched Thursday morning.  The Bearcats and Hawks every earned three first place votes and tied for the highest spot with 23 factors.

Brooklyn garnered 15 factors to fit third within the ballot, adopted intently by John Jay, which collected 14 factors.  Lehman (10) and York (5) rounded out the ballot.

The 2025-26 CUNYAC girls’s swimming and diving Swimmers to Watch had been additionally introduced.

Baruch captured the convention’s common season championship for the primary time since 2013-14 final season, swimming to a 4-0 convention report.  The Hawks turned the tables within the convention championship meet, edging the Bearcats by 13.5 factors to seize their fifth straight CUNYAC girls’s swimming and diving championship.

The 2025-26 CUNYAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship is ready for Friday, January 30 by Sunday, February 1 at The APEX at Lehman College.

2025-26 CUNY Athletic Conference

Women’s Swimming and Diving Preseason Coaches Poll

(first place votes in parentheses)

T1. Baruch (3) – 23

T1. Hunter (3) – 23

3. Brooklyn – 15

4. John Jay – 14

5. Lehman – 10

6. York – 5

2025-26 CUNYAC Women’s Swimming and Diving

Swimmers to Watch

Allyse Alexander, Baruch – Alexander was the 2024-25 CUNYAC Swimmer of the Year in addition to the Championship Most Valuable Performer.  She went unbeaten in opposition to convention competitors in 2024-25 whereas breaking a number of convention total and championship data.

Sameeha Malik Shaik, Brooklyn – Shaik posted a number of prime performances on the CUNYAC Championship as a freshman final season, together with fourth place within the 200 particular person medley and fifth within the 200 backstroke.

Lian Winter, Hunter – In her first season at Hunter, Winter positioned second individually on the convention championship within the 100 and 200 butterfly in addition to being a part of the Hawks’ 200 and 400 medley relays that positioned second.

Brianna Torres, John Jay – As a freshman final season, Torres got here in fifth total on the CUNYAC Championship within the 100 freestyle and was a part of three Bloodhound relays that checked in with third-place finishes.

Marielle Nunez, Lehman – Nunez swam in 12 occasions for the Lightning in her first season in 2024-25.  She competed in three freestlye occasions for Lehman on the convention championship.

Julia Wyman, York – A member of the CUNYAC girls’s swimming Sportsmanship Team in 2023-24, Wyman positioned fifth on the 2024 convention championship within the 100 butterfly.

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