Mules in third at NESCAC Championships after 2 days

2/13/2026
Middletown , CT

Coming off their greatest efficiency in historical past final yr on the NESCAC Swimming and Diving Championships, the Colby Mules have began off robust once more. After the primary two days of competitors the group is presently in third place with 533 factors. They have gained 2 particular person occasions, set 9 college data, had NCAA B qualifying occasions in all their relays and have had 1 convention and pool file set by senior Kellen Mottl.

On Thursday the meet began off with the 800 freestyle relay. The Colby A relay of Zoe Buzzelli, Lucy Mackey, Savannah Lombardi and Aria Kapoor completed fifth within the race with a brand new college file of seven:35.73. Buzzelli’s lead off of 1:53.03 is the 4th quickest at school historical past. The B relay of Anna Coleman, Abby Bauman, Abby Bartolacci and Iris Freeman positioned nineteenth with the 14th quickest swim at school historical past.

Saturday began out with one other college file with the group of Caitlin Lacey, Eliza Marco, Lacey and Buzzelli swimming to a third place end of 1:33.71 within the 200 Freestyle Relay. Lacey’s leadoff of 23.89 is fifth tempo all time at school historical past. The B relay (Alexis Coates, Anna Coleman, Tahlia Crowley, Bartolacci) swam the thirteenth quickest time at school historical past as they positioned thirteenth with Coates leadoff of 24.02 being the sixth quickest swim at school historical past.

In the primary particular person occasion, the 50 breaststroke, Mottl gained the occasion and in her time from prelims (28.40) was not solely a faculty file but in addition a pool file and the quickest time ever swum by a NESCAC swimmer within the occasion. Rhiannon Myher additionally positioned thirteenth with the fifth quickest swim in Colby historical past.

Caitlin Lacey’s time within the 50 Butterfly (24.99) broke the Colby file and she or he completed seventh. Kapoor swam the fifth quickest time in historical past the place she completed 18th within the occasion.

The 500 freestyle noticed the oldest file at school historical past be damaged by Lombardi with a 4:59.75 putting 4th general. It was a file by Sally White, certainly one of Colby’s all time greatest swimmers in historical past and had been in place since 1991. 

Coates reset her personal college file within the 50 backstroke profitable the general occasion with a time of 25.59. She was joined within the occasion by Zoe Fencil who completed eighth over all and had the sixth quickest swim at school historical past along with her prelim time of 26.65. Crowley additionally gained the comfort warmth and positioned ninth general.

In the 200 IM Lacey broke her second particular person college file as she swam a 2:06.96 in prelims and positioned seventh general.

The 50 freestyle noticed Eliza Marco swim to a fifth tempo end and Lucy Mackey getting seventeenth with the 4th quickest time at school historical past (23.85). Buzzelli additionally completed nineteenth (24.07 – eighth quickest at school historical past) and Coleman getting twenty third (14th quickest at school historical past 24.38).

The divers additionally had some nice performances. On the 1m boards Avery Rappaport completed fifth, Kira Johnson completed tenth and Clara Ursu completed sixteenth.

The closing occasion of the day, the 400 Medley Relay the group of Coates, Mottl, Kapoor and Marco swam to a second place end with one other college file of three:44.51. Coates leadoff time within the 100 backstroke (54.33) was additionally one other college file. the B relay (Crowley, Myhre, Zoe Antonio, Buzzelli) recorder the fifth quickest time at school historical past with a 14th place end.

The Mules will look to proceed their robust performances because the meet continues over the subsequent two days.