Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Finishes Up at Boston Winter Open

BOSTON, MA (February 7, 2025) – First-year Abby Davis swam Tufts’ quickest 100 backstroke of the season as the ladies’s swimming & diving group competed on day two of the Boston Winter Open Saturday at Boston University.

Davis’ time of 56.11 seconds within the 100 again is an NCAA B lower and is the #2 time in NESCAC in addition to a nationwide high 20 mark as of Saturday night time. The mark locations her third all-time at Tufts within the occasion.

Two swimming classes, the three-meter diving competitors and time trials had been held on Saturday at BU.

In the 200 medley relay throughout as we speak’s afternoon session, Davis additionally led off with a 26.35 50 backstroke leg that’s her PR. The foursome completed at 1:48.57 as Davis was joined by first-year Aila Howson, first-year Iris Paek and first-year Kate Urdaneta.

Senior Malia Leung received the three-meter diving occasion with a 262.00 rating in six dives. Tufts junior Arya Gupta was third (244.20) out of the ten people within the occasion.

Competing primarily towards Division I opponents, Tufts’ different top-five particular person finishes as we speak got here from sophomore Anna Gjervold within the 400 particular person medley (4:40.53), junior Selin Tuncay within the 200 freestyle (1:54.94) and Howson within the 200 breaststroke (2:26.21).

In Saturday night’s time trials, junior Alexia Palko-Lacerda hit her PR within the 50 backstroke with a 24.73 end.

Next up for the Jumbos is the 2026 NESCAC Championships beginning Thursday at Wesleyan University.

 

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