Swimming & Diving On the Highway to Compete In opposition to North Texas on Saturday

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane swimming and diving staff is hitting the street for the primary time this season with a visit to Denton, Texas, to face North Texas on Saturday, Oct. 25. The meet kicks off with diving at 10 a.m. on the PEB Natatorium, adopted by the swimming occasions beginning at 11 a.m. on the Pohl Recreation Center.

In their season opener in opposition to Liberty on Oct. 10-11, Tulane earned 30 top-three finishes and 6 occasion victories, regardless of falling to the Flames, 190-163. The Green Wave’s winners included Eliza Lennox in each the 100 and 50 freestyle occasions, the 400 free relay staff (Lennox, Olcaytu Hatipoglu, Rafaela Sumida, Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou), Andrea Zeebe within the 200 free, Gwen Shahboz within the 200 IM, and Libby Brewer in 1-meter diving.

Brewer’s standout debut earned her the title of American Freshman Diver of the Week on Oct. 21. Competing in her first collegiate meet, she completed third on the 3-meter with a rating of 236.78 and claimed first on the 1-meter with a rating of 256.95. Her 1-meter rating ranks ninth all-time in Tulane historical past, marking a outstanding begin to her school profession.

Brewer turns into the primary Tulane diver to earn a convention weekly award since Kelsey Weddington obtained the identical honor on Feb. 4 final season.

The 2025-26 Tulane roster contains a mix of expertise and new expertise, with 15 returning swimmers and divers and 11 newcomers. Returning standouts embody Layla Allen, Taylor Cekay, Lise Coetzee, Charley Floyd, Paula Gaya Bisquerra, Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou, Olcaytu Hatipoglu, Phoebe Johnson, Sydney Mullin, Gwen Shahboz, Eva Shawver, Rafaela Sumida, Ece Tanriverdi, Kelsey Weddington, and Andrea Zeebe. New faces embody Danielle Barberie, Libby Brewer, Nicole Fant, Casey Freeman, Ebba Holgersson, Mary Kate Kupsky, Eliza Lennox, Tannah Proudfoot, Samantha Schoenborn, Marin Shimkus, and Maya Superfon.

At North Texas, the Green Wave are anticipated to compete within the following occasions:

    400 Medley Relay

    1000 Free

    200 Free

    50 Free

    400 IM

    3M Diving

    200 Fly

    100 Free

    200 Back

    500 Free

    1M Diving

    200 Breast

    200 Free Relay

Under the steering of Head Coach Amanda Caldwell, Tulane was chosen fourth within the 2025-26 American Preseason Poll with 35 factors. The staff is at present ranked No. 17 within the SwimCloud Mid-Major ballot and No. 38 nationally amongst all Division I applications.

Following this meet, Tulane returns dwelling to host Rice on Friday, Nov. 7, with occasions starting at 4 p.m. on the Reily Center. Be positive to catch the Green Wave in motion as they purpose to construct on their promising begin!

The program completed the 2024-25 season with 54 high 10 college marks together with 10 college data. The staff additionally received six occasions, had 28 total all convention marks, a inserting of third total on the league championship meet plus noticed Coach Caldwell alongside along with her workers being named the American’s Coaching Staff of the Year.  The program additionally had 10 qualify to take part within the National Championship Invitational this season, three divers that earned bids to the Zone D Diving Championship, had 4 swimmers named to the Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators and 6 that have been CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. Additionally, this system had 9 NCAA ‘B’ cuts, positioned fifth on the CSCAA Open Water Championships and rack up 10 American Conference Weekly honors (5 swimmers of the week, two freshman swimmers of the week, two freshman divers of the week and one convention diver of the week).

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