Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Battles #20 Amherst

AMHERST, Mass. – The Union College girls’s swimming & diving staff competed towards the Twentieth-ranked Mammoths of Amherst College, falling 238-54 on Saturday afternoon at Pratt Pool.
 
First-year Charlotte Auth, first-year Julia Garber, junior Samantha Picciotti, and junior Grace Furtado kicked off the 2026 calendar for Union with a 2:02.47 within the 200 medley relay, ending fourth. 

First-year Cate Kavanaugh positioned third within the 1,000 freestyle (12:16.91) and third within the 500 freestyle (5:51.41). 

Junior Chloe Matthews secured a pair of third-place finishes as nicely, going 2:03.34 within the 200 freestyle and a couple of:18.73 within the 200 particular person medley. 

Junior Jess Konsky reached the rostrum with third-place performances within the 100 backstroke (1:04.73) and the 200 backstroke (2:16.69). 

Garber was the quickest Garnet Charger in three occasions, posting a 1:15.79 within the 100 breaststroke, a 58.74 within the 100 freestyle, and a 1:05.59 within the 100 butterfly. 

First-year Lucia Lazarus touched the wall in 2:27.43 within the 200 butterfly, first-year Ali Sweeney posted a 2:40.08 within the 200 breaststroke, and sophomore Maggie Clifford completed fourth off the 1-meter diving board with 127.20 factors. 

In the 50 freestyle, first-years Mya Schattin and Maggie Reale completed fourth and fifth, respectively. 

Reale, Matthews, senior Alison Silver, and Schattin capped off the meet with a third-place end within the 200 freestyle relay (1:45.09). 

The Garnet Chargers go to Springfield College on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. for his or her subsequent meet.