Swimming & Diving Opens MAAC Championships On Wednesday

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving groups will start their quest for the 2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships this week. The Stags will journey to SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio to compete for the titles, the third straight season that the power has hosted the championship.

Last season, Fairfield completed second within the girls’s championship standings and third within the males’s championship rankings. The girls’s workforce will search for their fifth MAAC Championship, final successful the crown in 2023. The males’s squad will problem for his or her first convention title, taking second place within the rankings within the 2022 occasion.

The Stags loved one other stellar season, tackling one other difficult schedule that noticed Fairfield compete in twin meets and regional invitationals. The girls’s workforce garnered 5 twin meet wins together with selections over MAAC foes Marist University, Iona University, and Sacred Heart University. The squad additionally took house the Fairfield Invitational title whereas it held the fifth slot on the Terrier Invitational.

The males’s workforce recorded seven twin meet victories which complemented a first-place end on the Fairfield Invitational and a third-place placement on the Terrier Invitational. The Stags additionally outscored their two convention opponents in Iona and Marist earlier within the season.

Tone Sandsjo will return to defend her win within the 100 breaststroke final 12 months, setting the MAAC Championship report with a time of 1:00.61. She was additionally a part of the 200 medley relay workforce that established a brand new MAAC customary by finishing the space in 1:40.61. The remainder of the relay foursome included Lara Kisakol in addition to graduated Erini Pappas and Olivia Thompson.

Newcomers Natasha De Pree and Katie Torrey have additionally been key contributors to the workforce’s success. De Pree earned three MAAC Rookie of the Week honors (November 28, October 22 and October 15) in addition to two MAAC Swimmer of the Week accolades (November 28 and October 15). Torrey additionally garnered a Rookie of the Week honor (October 29) for her  efficiency in opposition to Marist. Allie Bashor was the most recent girls’s swimmer to garner weekly honors, taking house the award on January 28.

The males’s workforce additionally has a substantial amount of expertise from final 12 months’s sturdy efficiency within the championship. Aidan Schnapf (January 28) and Balazs Ament (November 28) each earned a MAAC Swimmer of the Week award through the fall. Among the freshman class, Andrew Nathe (October 29 and October 22) and Bobby Regan (January 21) gained consideration for his or her efforts, securing Rookie of the Week honors.

From the diving board, Andrew Cataldo constructed one other profitable season at each the 1 and three meter occasions. Cataldo introduced house a gold medal on the 2025 MAACs from the 1 meter board, scoring 284.55 factors. Lillian Tonole, who completed fourth in the identical occasion eventually 12 months’s MAACs, put collectively one other stable season which was highlighted by her being named the MAAC Diver of the Week on October 29.

The 2026 MAAC Championships will open on Wednesday, February 11 with 5 occasions being determined, particularly the 200 medley relays, girls’s 1-meter diving, and the 800 free relays. For the remaining three days, preliminaries will start at 9:30 am with the finals every day’s occasions beginning at 5:30 pm. All classes will probably be broadcasted on ESPN+.

For hyperlinks to ESPN+ broadcasts, stay outcomes, in addition to outcomes, please go to the MAAC Championship Central web page.