Mules End Historic season with fifteenth place end at NCAA’s

3/21/26
Indianapolis, IN

The Colby Mules had an ideal exhibiting on Day 4 of the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with 3 college data set and a couple of extra All-American swims added to the workforce complete. Alexis Coates led the best way with an eighth place end within the 200 backstroke. Her time from prelims of two:00.17 broke her college report and earned her first workforce All-American honors. In doing so she turned the second Colby swimmer on the meet to attain 1st workforce honors in a person occasion as Kellen Mottl had performed so within the 100 breaststroke the day earlier than. In the 100 Freestyle the Mules had 3 swimmers competing with Eliza Marco ending twenty seventh, Caitlin Lacey ending forty third, and Savannah Lombardi ending sixtieth. Zoe Fencil additionally completed thirty eighth within the 200 backstroke and Mottl completed twenty eighth within the 200 breaststroke. In the ultimate occasion of the meet, the 400 Freestyle, the workforce of Marco, Zoe Buzzelli, Lacey and Lombardi closed out the meet with a 14th place end incomes all workforce members 2nd workforce All-American honors. In prelims the workforce set a brand new college report of three:26:.15 and Marco’s lead off of fifty.95 additionally set a brand new workforce report.

The workforce completed in fifteenth place general  with 88.5 factors. This end ties the third finest that Colby has ever had at NCAA’s and the most effective workforce end since 2007. In addition that is solely the second time at school historical past that each one 5 relays have scored at NCAA’s, with the final time being in 2005. A historic run for the Mules because the workforce was the biggest workforce that Colby has ever despatched to NCAA’s and likewise had extra All-Americans (8) than ever earlier than. In addition every member that achieved All-American standing acquired it in at the least two occasions. It was an ideal end to a season that noticed the Mules have one other undefeated dual-meet season season, 13 particular person and 5 relay data despatched , and over 150 lifetime finest swims performed.

The Mules will look ahead to an ideal spring and preparing for the 2026-2027 season.

All Americans:

Zoe Buzzelli – 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Alexis Coates – 400 Medley Relay (1st Team), 200 Medley Relay (1st Team), 100 Backstroke (2nd Team), 200 Backstroke (1st Team)

Aria Kapoor – 400 Medley Relay (1st Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Caitlin Lacey – 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (1st Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Savannah Lombardi – 800 Free Relay (2nd Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Lucy Mackey – 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 800 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Eliza Marco – 400 Medley Relay (1st Team), 200 Free Relay (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay (1st Team), 400 Free Relay (2nd Team)

Kellen Mottl – 400 Medley Relay (1st Team), 200 Medley Relay (1st Team), 100 Breaststroke (1st Team)