Mules in twelfth After Day Certainly one of NCAA’s

Indianapolis, Ind. — The Colby Women’s Swimming and Diving workforce opened the 2025 NCAA Division III Championships in historic vogue Tuesday evening, securing a top-10 relay end and shattering a number of faculty data on the Indiana University Natatorium.

The Mules made a serious assertion within the 400-meter medley relay, claiming seventh place nationally to earn First Team All-American honors. The quartet of Alexis Coates, Kellen Mottl, Aria Kapoor, and Eliza Marco clocked a time of three:44.15, setting a brand new faculty file. The efficiency marks the best relay end for the Colby ladies’s program on the NCAA Championships in 19 years. The relay success was sparked by a lead-off leg from Coates, who broke her personal faculty file within the 100-meter backstroke with a break up of 55.15. The 24 factors earned from the relay have the Mules sitting in twelfth place within the general workforce standings after the primary day of competitors.

Individually, Colby noticed a busy opening day with student-athletes competing throughout each occasion on the Wednesday slate. In the 50-meter freestyle, Marco led a trio of Mules with a Twentieth-place end. Caitlin Lacey adopted in twenty third place, posting the third-fastest time in Colby historical past, whereas Lexi Asch completed 59th with a time that ranks twelfth all-time in program historical past. In distance motion, Savannah Lombardi positioned twenty ninth within the 500-meter freestyle. Zoe Fencil competed within the 200-meter particular person medley, ending 63rd general. Fencil’s time of two:12.82 moved her into Twentieth place on the varsity’s all-time prime performances record for the occasion.

The nationwide meet continues tomorrow with the Mules scheduled to compete within the 200-meter freestyle, the 100-meter butterfly, and the 200-meter freestyle relay. Preliminary heats are set to start at 10:00 a.m., with finals following at 6:00 p.m.