Four from Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Obtain NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Honors

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—Four members of the Babson College girls’s swimming and diving group had been acknowledged for achievement within the classroom once they had been named to the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Academic All-Conference group on Thursday.

Senior Vangella Randell (Holden, Mass.), junior Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.), and sophomores Hailey Cronan (New Market, Md.) and Samantha Gilbert (Arlington, Va.) had been Babson’s representatives on the All-Academic Team. Randell was acknowledged for the third straight 12 months whereas Racicot is a two-time choice and Cronan and Gilbert had been honored for the primary time.

Academic all-conference honorees will need to have met the next standards: earned a minimal cumulative GPA of three.5 on a 4.0 scale after the 2025 fall semester, achieved second 12 months tutorial standing, and been a member of the varsity group for all the season.

An Entrepreneurship main, Randell had a strong season in distance occasions for the Beavers. She completed in seventeenth place within the 1,650 on the NEWMAC Championships in addition to thirty fifth place within the 500 free and thirty sixth within the 200 IM. Her career-best time of 18:51.11 within the 1,650 free ranks fourth in program historical past and her time of 11:19.05 within the 1000 free ranks sixth within the Babson report books.

A Business main, Racicot had a robust efficiency for the Beavers on the NEWMAC Championships. She captured fifth place within the 100-yard freestyle and set a program report with a time of 53.13 seconds, and completed in tenth place within the 50 free with a time of 24.43, which ranks fourth in program historical past. She swam on a number of record-setting relays groups, together with the runner-up 200-yard and 400-yard free relays that set program data and the fourth-place 400 medley relay group that additionally set a program normal.

A Business main, Cronan was a strong performer for the Green and White in each particular person and relay occasions. She positioned 14th within the 200-yard freestyle and 18th within the 200-yard breaststroke on the NEWMAC Championships and swam on Babson B groups in all 5 relays, highlighted by second-place finishes within the B finals within the 200 free, 400 free and 800 free relay races.

A Business main, Gilbert was a robust contributor for the Beavers this season, serving to set program data within the 200 medley and 200 and 400 freestyle relay occasions. She positioned thirteenth within the 200 freestyle and swam on runner-up 200 and 400 free relay groups and top-six relay groups within the 200 and 400 medley and 800 free relay races. Her instances within the 200 free (1:57.70) and 500 free (5:16.39) each rank her within the high three in program historical past.

Babson completed with a 7-4-1 report in twin meets this winter, reaching seven victories for simply the ninth time within the 38-year historical past of this system. The Beavers positioned fourth within the group standings on the NEWMAC meet, the very best end and most factors for Babson because the NEWMAC Championships started in 1997.