Tufts Jumbos Lead After Day 2 at 2026 NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The Tufts Jumbos personal a 12-point lead over Williams following competitors on Day 2 of the 2026 NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships at Wesleyan’s Webster Family Natatorium.
 
A spotlight of the night time was Middlebury sophomore Anna McGrew matching the NESCAC Championship Meet Record she set in the course of the morning prelim swim to win the 50 freestyle. During the morning session, Colby’s Kellen Mottl set a NESCAC Record, a NESCAC Championship Meet Record, and a Wesleyan Pool report with a time of 28.40 within the 50 breaststroke. Mottl went on to win the NESCAC title within the occasion in the course of the night session.
 
The Jumbos’ whole stands at 710.5 factors. Madeleine Dunn gave Tufts its solely first-place end of the night time with a win within the 500 freestyle. Williams sits second with 698.5 factors because the Ephs received the 2 relay races, and Sophie Phelps positioned first within the 200 IM. The Colby Mules are in third place with 533 factors, with Amherst (487 factors) and Middlebury (415 factors) rounding out the highest 5 within the workforce standings.
 
Day 3 motion begins with morning prelim swims at 10 a.m., adopted by diving trials at 1:30 p.m. The night session begins with the Senior Ceremony at 5:45 p.m.

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200 Freestyle Relay

The Williams relay of Maggie Farley, Irene Yang, Sophie Phelps, and Emma Dimter set a Wesleyan Pool report with a time of 1:32.39 because the Ephs received the second relay of the 2026 championship. The victory additionally marked the nineteenth time a Williams relay has claimed first within the occasion. Tufts, final 12 months’s NESCAC Champion within the occasion, positioned second with a time of 1:33.55 (NCAA B-cut), and the Colby squad completed third in time of 1:33.71 (NCAA B-Cut).

 

50 Breaststroke

Colby’s Kellen Mottl grew to become simply the second Mule to win the 50 breaststroke occasion on the NESCAC Championship, becoming a member of Kelly Norsworthy, who captured the title three consecutive years (2006, 2007, 2008). Mottl posted a successful time of 28.74. In the morning prelim swims, Mottl set a NESCAC report, a NESCAC Championship report, and a Wesleyan Pool report with a time of 28.40. Tufts’ Sydney Stasz was second (28.82), and Bates’ Sarah Palmer completed third (28.84).

 

50 Butterfly

Middlebury rookie Mia Cuiffo received the 50 butterfly with a time of 24.63 to change into the second Panther in workforce historical past to win the NESCAC title within the occasion. Cuiffo joins Marika Ross, who received the occasion 3 times (2006, 2007, 2008). Amherst’s Lucy Smith completed second (24.99) and Tufts’ Angel Smyrniou positioned third (25.03).

 

500 Freestyle

Tufts senior Madeleine Dunn received the five hundred freestyle for the second time in her profession. Dunn claimed her first NESCAC title within the occasion as a rookie in 2023 and bookends her profession with a victory as a senior. Dunn posted an NCAA B-cut time of 4:52.21. The Williams duo of Anna Doherty (4:58.75) and Carter Roebuck (4:59.59) completed second and third, respectively, and earned NCAA B-cut occasions.

 

50 Backstroke

Colby sophomore Alexis Coates grew to become the second Mule to win the 50 backstroke and the primary since 2009. Coates was the quickest to the wall with a time of 25.59. Former Colby standout Kelsey Potdevin received the occasion in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Hamilton’s Paige Wielgus and Aly Eward of Williams had equivalent occasions of 26.10 to complete in a tie for second place.

 

200 IM

Williams rookie Sophie Phelps, who set a Wesleyan pool report within the morning prelims (2:00.92), received the 200 IM with a time of two:01.39 (NCAA B-cut). Phelps’ victory marks the sixth consecutive championship that an Eph has received the occasion and the fifteenth time general. Amherst’s Paige Arnold completed second with an NCAA B-cut time of two:03.08, and Irene Yang positioned third with a time of two:03.50 (NCAA B-cut).

 

50 Freestyle

Middlebury sophomore Anna McGrew matched her NESCAC Championship Meet Record she set in the course of the morning prelim swim to win the 50 freestyle. McGrew’s successful time of twenty-two.73 makes her the fourth Panther to say the convention crown within the occasion and first since 2020. Sydney Thompson of Amherst positioned second with an NCAA B-cut time of 23.29, and Alex Lazorisak completed third with a time of 23.33 (NCAA B-cut).

 

1-Meter Diving

The Amherst duo of Brooke Ronan and Donna Zhang completed 1-2 within the 1-meter diving occasion, whereas Williams junior Ashley Loh completed third with 429.60 factors. Ronan, a first-year, wins her first NESCAC title with 446.00 factors, extending the streak of a Mammoth successful the occasion to eight consecutive championships. Zhang posted 437.25 factors for second place.

 

400 Medley Relay

The Williams Ephs claimed their third relay title of the 2026 championship with a victory within the 400 medley relay to shut out the competitors on Friday night time. The relay of Irene Yang, Anna Doherty, Esme Van Orden, and Sophie Phelps posted a pool-record time of three:41.85, extending the Ephs’ win streak within the occasion to 11 consecutive championships. The Colby squad posted an NCAA B-cut time of three:44.51 and Tufts completed third with a time of three:47.18 (NCAA B-cut).