Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Leads NESCAC Championship By means of Saturday’s Motion

MIDDLETOWN, CT (February 14, 2026) – The Tufts University ladies’s swimming & diving staff leads the 2026 NESCAC Championship meet after three days of motion at Wesleyan University. Senior Madeleine Dunn gained her second particular person convention title of the meet with a victory within the 1000 freestyle on Saturday night time.

Following Saturday’s outcomes, the Jumbos have a staff rating of 1262.5 factors that’s simply 26 factors forward of second-place Williams College (1236.5). Colby College is third at 952 factors.

Dunn, who gained the five hundred freestyle on Friday night time, now has six NESCAC Championship victories to her identify. Her 10:00.97 time to win the 1000 free tonight marks the third time in her profession that she was gained the occasion, together with the final two. Her time ranks second nationally for the occasion. First-year Cloe Nader had a robust third-place exhibiting within the 1000 free with a ten:15.54 swim, whereas sophomore Lila Stober was eleventh (10:36.47).

Tufts trailed Williams by 20 factors tonight heading into the three-meter diving occasion, which was Saturday’s closing competitors. However, the Jumbos outscored the Ephs 70-24 in three-meter diving to take the lead on the finish of the third day of motion. Senior Malia Leung led the Jumbo divers with a 426.85 rating for fifth place, whereas junior Arya Gupta scored seventh (387.45) and first-year Anya Buyea positioned eighth (383.10). Leung’s whole is above the NCAA B qualifying mark (410).

Tufts had 4 swimmers rating within the prime 10 of the 100 backstroke closing tonight. First-year Abby Davis led the best way in fifth place with a 56:34 time. Sophomore Olivia Pettit was eighth (56.93), sophomore Noa Chambers ninth (56.72) and senior Madison Hagberg Tenth (56.83). Davis’ mark was underneath the NCAA B minimize, although it didn’t enhance upon her earlier season-best time.

Junior Sydney Stasz continued to be an element for Tufts. She led the Jumbos with a third-place end within the 100 breaststroke closing (1:03.20) tonight. She had posted a 1:03.08 within the preliminaries that ranks her second all-time at Tufts and is an NCAA B minimize that could be a prime 20 nationwide time. Senior Quinci Wheeler was fourth within the occasion with a 1:03.72 B mark within the closing, whereas first-year Emma Shane added Tenth-place factors with a 1:06.05 time.

For the second day in a row, Tufts had a relay wherein each the A and B groups swam NCAA B qualifiers. In the 200 medley relay tonight, the A bunch of junior Elena Harrison, Wheeler, sophomore Angel Smyrniou and senior Katharine Skelly submitted a 1:42.31 time. That was second on the meet and improved their national-qualifying place to Tenth in Division III as of Saturday night time. The B foursome of Davis, Stasz, sophomore Angelina Sagaow and first-year Alec Lazorisak gained the comfort closing with a 1:43.83 time that additionally beat the NCAA B minimize (1:44.23).

Harrison led the Jumbos within the 100 butterfly tonight along with her career-best mark of 55.58 seconds for fourth within the closing. The time is an NCAA B mark which ranks across the prime 20 nationally. Smyrniou additionally swam a B time of 55.86 for ninth place, whereas Skelly hit her lifetime-best (56.75) within the prelims.

Three Jumbos within the prime 10 of the 400 particular person medley had been led by sophomore Sophia Knight in fifth place with a 4:32.09 time that’s her career-best. First-year Megan Treglia was sixth within the closing at 4:32.61, whereas sophomore Clara Behling contributed a 4:35.94 for Tenth place.

The 200 freestyle group was led by sophomore Sweeney Su in sixth place (1:53.47). Sophomore Alli Brown at a 1:53.92 and senior Isa Chambers in 1:55.48 had been eleventh and fifteenth respectively. Brown’s 1:53.22 time within the prelims was her greatest ever for the occasion.

Last yr’s NESCAC meet was the closest ever, with Williams defeating Tufts by 29.5 factors. This yr’s Championship seems to be like will probably be very tight once more. Sunday’s motion options preliminaries at 10 AM and finals beginning at 5:30 PM.

 

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