Yankee Ford LEC Girls’s Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week: November 24, 2025

Swimmer of the Week

Ella Smith (Chicopee, Mass.) – Senior – Western New England

Smith gained every of her three particular person occasions because the Golden Bears competed in a quad-meet with Clark, Husson and Rhode Island College over the weekend. She was first to complete within the 200 breaststroke (2:29.13), 200 butterfly (2:15.72, program file) and 200 IM (2:14.94). Her occasions within the 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly at the moment are the quickest within the LEC this season, she already owned the quickest time within the 200 IM (2:13.68).

Smith additionally swam the breaststroke leg for the 200 medley relay in 30.50 seconds. WNE positioned second to Clark with a season-best whole time of 1:58.56.

Diver of the Week

Riley Mahoney (Oakham, Mass.) – Senior – Husson

Mahoney swept the diving occasions in a quad-meet in opposition to Clark, Rhode Island College and Western New England, breaking this system file in each occasions. She gained the one-meter board with 231.75 factors and took dwelling the three-meter win with 186.10 factors.

Rookie Swimmer of the Week

Julia Ames (Pawtucket, R.I.) – Freshman – Eastern Connecticut

At the Wheaton College’s Chris Fisher Invitational, Ames recorded 29 factors in her two particular person occasions and swam a leg of three relays that added 68 extra factors to the Warriors’ fourth-place whole. Ames was fourth within the 100 backstroke (1:02.98) and fifth within the 200 backstroke (2:16.20) – each are the highest time within the LEC this season. She swam a leg of the seventh-place 400 freestyle relay (3:58.33), eighth-place 400 medley relay (4:26.42) and eighth-place 200 medley relay (1:56.99). 

Rookie Diver of the Week: No nominees