Eleven From Girls’s Swimming & Diving Earn 2026 NESCAC Recognition

MEDFORD, MA (February 16, 2026) – Eleven members of the Tufts University ladies’s swimming & diving staff have been acknowledged following the conclusion of the 2026 NESCAC Championships on Sunday.

Tufts senor Madeleine Dunn was named NESCAC Swimmer of the Year after profitable the five hundred, 1000 and 1650 freestyle occasions on the convention championship. She additionally swam the lead leg for the Jumbos’ 800 freestyle relay that was third on the meet. She is Tufts’ first-ever Swimmer of the Year within the 24-year historical past of the award.

A seven-time particular person champion on the NESCAC Championships over her profession, Dunn additionally received the NESCAC Career High-Points Swimmer award for the 355 factors she scored in 4 convention championships since 2023. Dunn was additionally certainly one of 11 Jumbos to earn 2026 All-Conference awards for putting among the many high three in an occasion.

The different Jumbos incomes the popularity are senior Isa Chambers, junior Elena Harrison, first-year Alec Lazorisak, first-year Cloe Nader, senior Katharine Skelly, sophomore Angel Smyrniou, junior Sydney Stasz, sophomore Sweeney Su and senior Quinci Wheeler.

Three Jumbos had top-three finishes in 4 occasions on the convention meet at Wesleyan February 12-15. In addition to Dunn (three distance freestyles and 800 free relay), Wheeler earned the honors for the 200 and 800 freestyle relays in addition to the 200 and 400 medley relays. Stasz was high three within the 50 and 100 breaststrokes and with the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

Harrison, Lazorisak, Skelly and Smyrniou are All-Conference recipients for 3 occasions. Harrison was high three for the 200 and 400 medley relays in addition to the 800 free relay. Lazorisak did it within the 50 freestyle and with the 200 and 400 free relays. Skelly’s half within the 200 and 400 free relays and the 200 medley relay have been All-Conference efforts. Smyrniou’s three have been the 50 butterfly and the 200 and 400 medley relays.

All-Conference in two occasions went to Chambers (200 free relay and 400 medley relay) and Nader (1000 and 1653 freestyles), whereas Su’s achievement got here with the 800 free relay.

This is the fourth straight 12 months that Dunn and Wheeler have earned All-Conference awards. Chambers, Harrison and Stasz are acknowledged for the third time, whereas Skelly and Smyrniou are All-Conference for the second time. Lazorisak, Nader and Su are first-time All-Conference honorees.

Tufts senior diver Malia Leung additionally earned the NESCAC Career High-Points Diver award her 193 factors scored on the 2023-26 meets. Tufts’ Brad Snodgrass was voted NESCAC Diving Coach of the Year for the third time as nicely. The Jumbos had three divers rating within the high eight for the three-meter occasion, and two within the high 9 for one-meter.

Head coach Adam Hoyt‘s Tufts staff completed second on the 2026 NESCAC Championships.

 

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