#25 Girls’s Swimming & Diving Heads to Connecticut For NESCAC Championship

The Twenty fifth-ranked Middlebury girls’s swimming and diving group makes the journey to Middletown, Connecticut, for the 2026 NESCAC Championship hosted by Wesleyan. The four-day occasion begins on Thursday, February 12, with the 800-yard freestyle relay. 

ABOUT MIDDLEBURY

• The Panthers are in quest of their first convention championship.
• The program has 11 top-three group finishes, with the newest coming in 2024. 
• Middlebury positioned fifth in final season’s version, amassing 996 factors over the seven periods.
• The squad has claimed twin meet victories over Bates and Connecticut College heading into the championship occasion.  

PANTHERS TO WATCH

• Anna McGrew appears to be like so as to add to her spectacular marketing campaign, highlighted by a team-high 9 victories within the backstroke and freestyle disciplines. The Panther has 5 freestyle victories, with 4 coming within the 100. McGrew has claimed the 50 and 100 backstroke 4 mixed occasions and comes off a gold efficiency within the 50 from the Middlebury Invitational. Last season, the Panther garnered runner-up honors within the 50 to assert her preliminary All-NESCAC nod.
• Leading the best way within the breaststroke occasions is Emma Hall. A tri-captain, the senior has claimed seven particular person triumphs this winter, together with gold within the 100 3 times. She comes off her first 50 breaststroke title from the Middlebury Invitational. 
• Isla Johnston and Hannah Baumgartner have a mixed 10 occasion victories within the freestyle self-discipline. Johnston has excelled in her rookie marketing campaign, garnering three 1,000 titles and two wins within the 500. She additionally received the 400 particular person medley (IM) within the squad’s ultimate invite of the season. Baumgartner enters the championship meet sporting 5 particular person crowns, three of that are within the 200.
• The rookie duo of Mia Cuiffo and Avery Dollard has been key contributors to the squad. Cuiffo comes into the championships with three 100 butterfly victories and the highest time within the 50 free in opposition to Bates. Dollard has excelled within the butterfly, grabbing 4 wins throughout three completely different distances.
• Pai Easterbrook leads the Panther diving unit with 4 particular person triumphs this season, sweeping the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions in opposition to Bates and Connecticut College.

THE COMPETITION

• Williams scored 1,831 factors to safe its twenty first convention crown. The Eph complete was 29.5 forward of runner-up Tufts, signifying the closest end ever on the NESCAC Championship. The Jumbos and Amherst are the 2 different packages to win the convention championship because the preliminary postseason meet in 2001. Tufts earned back-to-back crowns in 2022 and 2023, whereas the Mammoths claimed the 2013 title. 
• The 5 opponents who received two or extra occasions in final 12 months’s version is not going to return. Tufts and Williams mix for 5 particular person winners from the 2025 championships, trying to defend their titles.
• Six convention squads are ranked within the newest College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Top 25 nationwide ballot. Williams (#8), Tufts (#9), Colby (#12), Amherst (#19) and Hamilton (#23) be a part of the Panthers on the listing.

CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION

• Host: Wesleyan University
• Venue: Webster Family Natatorium
• All-NESCAC: The top-three finishers in every particular person occasion and the top-three relay occasion will earn All-NESCAC honors.
• Tickets: To buy tickets, please click here.
  • Tickets for Thursday night’s session are $5 for adults and $3 for youngsters and college students. 
  • Tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday are $10 per session for adults and $3 per session for youngsters and college students. Standing room tickets aren’t out there.
  • Doors will open one hour earlier than the preliminaries and finals. 
  • Single-session tickets shall be out there one hour earlier than every session.
  • All-session passes are $60.
• Daily Schedule
• Live Results
• Live Video
• NESCAC Women’s Swimming and Diving Records

For extra details about the championship occasion, please go to the championship hub.