Women’s Swimming Sending 13 to Indianapolis for This Week’s NCAA Championships

MEDFORD, MA (March 16, 2026) – Tufts University’s ladies’s swimming & diving group will look to crown its 2025-26 season as they journey to the NCAA Division III Championships at IU Natatorium on the campus of IU Indianapolis this week (Wednesday via Saturday).

National qualifying instances for this season had been earned by Tufts seniors Isa Chambers, Madeleine Dunn, Madison Hagberg, Katharine Skelly and Quinci Wheeler, juniors Elena Harrison and Sydney Stasz, sophomores Noa Chambers, Angel Smyrniou and Sweeney Su and first-years Abby Davis, Alec Lazorisak and Cloe Nader.

Championship Details:

2026 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships
Dates: Wednesday, March 18 via Saturday, March 21
Location: Indianapolis, IN – IU Natatorirum
Coverage: SCHEDULE – PSYCH SHEET – LIVE RESULTS – LIVE VIDEO

“This season has been special,” head coach Adam Hoyt stated about each the boys’s and ladies’s groups. “After graduating 20 team members and adding 20 new team members to our roster, we’ve worked together with everyone on the team this season to build this team’s identity and reinforce Tufts Swimming and Diving values.  Our upperclassmen have done a great job setting expectations for our team and have worked hard to build a connected and resilient group that supports each other in all moments.  We’re very proud of the work this team put into the season thus far, and we’re excited to have the opportunity to compete at the highest level this week.”  

Dunn, the NESCAC Swimmer of the Year for 2026, is without doubt one of the prime Tufts All-American hopefuls this week. She begins straight away, as she would be the fourth seed within the first occasion, the five hundred freestyle, on Wednesday. Her 4:52.21 seed time gained the NESCAC title within the occasion. Dunn shall be joined by Nader (5:01.33). Stasz is a top-20 entry within the 200 particular person medley (2:04.26) which follows. Hagberg (2:09.77) may also be in that race. The 50 freestyle will then characteristic two of Tufts’ prime first-year rivals in Lazorisak (23.33) and Davis (24.82). Tufts is ranked #13 for Wednesday’s 400 medley relay with a 3:45.81 seed time.

The Jumbos will then begin Thursday with three entries within the 200 freestyle – Wheeler (1:51.38), Noa Chambers (1:54.95) and Lazorisak (1:55.64). Harrison swims for Tufts within the 100 butterfly (55.58) on Thursday, then Dunn returns because the seventeenth seed within the 400 particular person medley (4:26.01). The 200 freestyle relay’s 1:33.55 mark is the eleventh seed in that race. It was compiled by senior Isa Chambers, Lazorisak, Stasz and Skelly, although the group might make use of a unique foursome at NCAA’s.

Tufts is the eight-seed within the 200 medley relay to begin Friday’s motion. Their 1:42.31 time was put collectively by Harrison, Wheeler, Smyrniou and Skelly (topic to alter). A busy day for the Jumbos could have a number of qualifiers in each swimming occasion. The 200 butterfly will see Harrison (2:04.53) and Nader (2:08.46) representing the Jumbos. For the 100 backstroke, the Tufts trio of Davis (56.11), Noa Chambers (56.72) and Hagberg (56.83) will swim. Tufts has two top-20 entries within the 100 breaststroke with Stasz sixteenth (1:03.08) and Wheeler seventeenth (1:03.26). The 800 freestyle relay additionally goes off on Friday, with Tufts’ seed time of seven:29.03 rating twelfth.

Day 4 on Saturday to shut the meet begins with the busiest occasion for the Jumbos. They have 4 swimmers within the 100 freestyle, with Wheeler (51.04), Stasz (51.21), Lazorisak (51.33) and Harrison (53.96). The pattern continues into the 200 breaststroke the place three extra Jumbos are entered. Noa Chambers is a prime 16 seed together with her 2:00.92 mark, whereas Hagberg (2:01.31) and Davis (2:07.15) may also compete. The Jumbos’ highest seed on the NCAA meet is Dunn’s #2 mark of16:47.11 within the 1650 freestyle which occurs on Saturday. The mark is a college document and gained the occasion at NESCAC’s. Nader can be a prime 16 seed within the 1650 free (17:08.26). Lastly, Tufts is ranked eleventh within the 400 freestyle relay last occasion with a 3:24.63. That qualifying mark was submitted by Lazorisak, Wheeler, Skelly and Stasz.

Dunn and Wheeler at the moment are four-time NCAA qualifiers for the Jumbos. Isa Chambers, Hagberg, Harrison and Stasz certified nationally for the third time. Earning the second NCAA berths of their careers are Noa Chambers, Skelly and Smyrniou. Davis , Lazorisak, Nader and Su could have their first Nationals expertise.

The Jumbos will look to make a return to the highest 10 on the NCAA meet after inserting eleventh final season. They had been within the prime 10 for the three earlier seasons, together with sixth in 2023.

 

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