Swimming & Diving Opens Season In opposition to Middlebury

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Connecticut College males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving groups opened the 2025-26 season towards Middlebury College on Saturday afternoon at Lott Natatorium.

The Camels dominated on the boys’s facet, posting wins in 15 of 16 occasions to take the meet by a 213-71 ultimate. Evan Lyons (Longmeadow, Mass.) picked up wins in three occasions to guide the cost, whereas Matthew Morris (Alexandria, Va.), Jack Mattison-Gulotta (Florence, Mass.), Carrick Shea (Grafton, Mass.) and Landon Luzak (Virginia Beach, Va.) all recorded two wins apiece.

The ladies’s workforce got here up quick in a 183-103 ultimate towards the Panthers. Chloe Frandsen (Germantown, Tenn.), Kailin Fuller (Bowdoinham, Maine) and Rosemary Bonadies (Nashville, Tenn.) all provided wins on the day.

The Camels return to motion at house towards Amherst and Coast Guard on December 5-6.

Men’s Recap

The Camels received off to a robust begin, taking the highest two spots within the 200 medley relay to seize a 15-2 benefit. Campbell Noel (Austin, Texas) added to the margin with the quickest time within the 1,000 free (9:56.06), and Lyons was the primary of three Conn finishers within the 200 free (1:45.72). Lyons later added victories within the 500 free (4:43.88) and 200 IM (1:58.83) to spherical out his day. 

Morris gained each the 100 again (53.37) and 200 again (1:55.98), ending two seconds clear within the former and 5 within the latter. Julian Carlson (Brookline, Mass.) was the one swimmer within the 100 breast (59.00) to interrupt the one-minute threshold, and Mattison-Gulotta picked up wins within the 100 (51.93) and 200 fly (1:54.19).

Shea breezed to victories within the free dash occasions, taking each the 50 free (20.75) and 100 free (45.78) by greater than a second. Luzak additionally gained each diving occasions with scores of 188.86 within the 3-meter and 204.45 within the 1-meter.

Women’s Recap

The Camels held a slim 18-17 lead after the primary two occasions. Frandsen supplied an early spotlight, touching the wall first within the 1,000 free (10:58.26) and successful by practically 17 seconds.

Later within the day, Fuller sprinted to victory within the 50 free (25.15) and clipped Middlebury’s Mia Cuiffo by lower than two-tenths of a second. Bonadies then posted a robust swim within the 200 again (2:12.06), ending greater than two seconds forward of her nearest competitor.