Williams Wins 800 Freestyle Relay to Open 2026 NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The Williams College Ephs received the primary occasion of the 2026 NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships hosted by Wesleyan University on Thursday night.

The 800 freestyle relay group of Esme Van Orden, Carter Roebuck, Lily Codd, and Sophie Phelps mixed for a profitable time of seven:20.41. The foursome set a Wesleyan pool document and achieved an NCAA B-cut time whereas dropping over 11 seconds off the relay’s seed time. The Ephs received the occasion for the third consecutive championship and seventeenth time since 2001.

The Amherst foursome of Ava Insteness, Maeve Kelley, Penny Lazar, and Paige Arnold positioned second with a time of seven:24.04 (NCAA B-cut), shaving 10 seconds off the relay’s entry time. Tufts rounded out the All-NESCAC honorees as Madeleine Dunn, Quinci Wheeler, Elena Harrison, and Sweeney Su registered a time of seven:32.91 (NCAA B-cut) to complete third.

Friday’s day two motion on the NESCAC Championships begins with swimming prelims at 10 a.m. The diving trials are set for 1:30 p.m. and the finals are scheduled for six p.m.

HOW TO WATCH

A stay webcast will probably be accessible at NESCAC.com on computer systems and cell gadgets. The webcast can be seen on Roku, AppleTV, and Amazon Fire gadgets. Search for NESCAC Network and obtain the channel. Click right here for extra data.

Live outcomes and warmth sheets will probably be accessible all through the weekend at NESCAC.com on the Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship web page and by way of Meet Mobile.