HADLEY, Mass. – The NESCAC has announced the 2016-17 Women’s Swimming & Diving All-Conference Team. The top three finishers in each event at the 2017 NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships received All-Conference recognition.

Williams junior Emma Waddell (Bangor, Maine) was named the Swimmer of the Year. Waddell won her third straight NESCAC titles in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly. She was also part of four relay teams that took home first place. She swam the anchor leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay and was also part of the 200 and 400-yard medley relay squads that all set meet and pool records. She closed out the meet swimming the anchor leg in the 400-yard freestyle relay and helped the Ephs set a pool record in the event. 

Williams senior Ariana Ross (New Canaan, Conn.) earned Diver of the Year honors for the third straight year. Ross is the first women’s diver in NESCAC history to earn the honor three times. She won both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions for the third consecutive season and set a pool record with 526.30 points on the 3-meter board. Ross was also recognized as the Four Year High Point Diver.

Senior Megan Pierce (Wayland, Mass.) of Williams was recognized as the Four Year High Point Swimmer and is the 10th Eph to earn the honor since 2001. Pierce won the NESCAC title in the 400-yard individual medley for the fourth straight year and set a meet and pool record in the process. She also took first in the 1,650-yard freestyle for the second consecutive season. Pierce was also a member of the winning 800-freestyle relay team that posted a pool record.

Rookie of the Year honors went to Caroline White (Winter Park, Fla.) of Williams. In her first NESCAC Championship meet, she won the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events. She was also a member of the 200 and 400-medley relay teams that set meet and pool records during the weekend.

Wesleyan’s Peter Solomon was named Coach of the Year, while Kelsey Willard of Bowdoin earned Diving Coach of the Year honors. Solomon earned the award for the first time in his career as the Cardinals posted the program’s best finish (7th - 751 points) since 2008. Willard received the award for the second straight year after Christine Andersen finished second on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.

Women's Swimming and Diving All-Conference Team

Amherst Destin Groff 200-yard Freestyle Relay   200-yard Medley Relay Bridgitte Kwong 200-yard Backstroke   400-yard Individual Medley Geralyn Lam 200-yard Freestyle Relay   200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay  Stephanie Moriarty 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay Natalie Rumpelt  200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay  Ingrid Shu 50-yard Freestyle   200-yard Freestyle Relay   200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay     Bates Anabel Carter 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay Sara Daher 200-yard Freestyle Relay    200-yard Individual Medley   400-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay Lucy Faust 800-yard Freestyle Relay Janika Ho 50-yard Butterfly   100-yard Butterfly   200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay Emma Jarczyk 1-meter Diving   3-meter Diving Emma Lammers 400-yard Medley Relay Logan McGill 200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestlye Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Kristy Prelgovisk 50-yard Breaststroke   100-yard Breaststroke   400-yard Medley Relay Monica Sears 500-yard Freestyle   800-yard Freestyle Relay   1,000-yard Freestyle     Bowdoin Christine Andersen 1-meter Diving   3-meter Diving Sterling Dixon 200-yard Butterfly 400-yard Individual Medley Marshall Lowery 50-yard Butterfly 100-yard Backstroke   200-yard Backstroke     Connecticut College Mary Erb 50-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Breaststroke   200-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Medley Relay Lily Gribbell 50-yard Freestyle   50-yard Butterfly   200-yard Medley Relay Katie Hammond 800-yard Freestyle Relay Olivia Haskell 50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle   200-yard Medley Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay Julie Klier 800-yard Freestyle Relay  Valerie Urban 800-yard Freestyle Relay   1,000-yard Freestyle   1,650-yard Freestyle Maeve Wilber 50-yard Backstroke   200-yard Medley Relay Middlebury Morgan Burke 400-yard Medley Relay Maya Gomez 50-yard Breaststroke Celia Ripple 500-yard Freestyle Frances VanderMeer 50-yard Backstroke   400-yard Medley Relay Isabel Wyer 200-yard Freestyle   400-yard Medley Relay     Tufts Colleen Doolan 200-yard Butterfly Amanda Gottschalk 200-yard Breaststroke     Wesleyan Caroline Murphy 50-yard Backstroke   100-yard Backstroke Williams Caroline Conforti 200-yard Medley Relay Maddie Downs 400-yard Freestyle Relay Maia Hare 50-yard Butterfly   100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Medley Relay Olivia Jackson 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Lauren Jones 50-yard Freestyle   100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle   200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Medley Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay Alison McNamara 500-yard Freestyle   800-yard Freestyle Relay   1,000-yard Freestyle   1,650-yard Freestyle Megan Pierce 400-yard Individual Medley 800-yard Freestyle Relay 1,650-yard Freestyle Ariana Ross  1-meter Diving 3-meter Diving Delaney Smith 200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay Emma Waddell  100-yard Butterfly 100-yard Freestyle   200-yard Individual Medley   200-yard Freestyle Relay   200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Madeline Wessell 200-yard Freestyle   800-yard Freestyle Relay Caroline White 100-yard Breaststroke   200-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Veronica Wolff 200-yard Butterfly

Swimmer of the Year Emma Waddell, Williams Diver of the Year & Four Year High Point Diver  Ariana Ross, Williams Four Year High Point Swimmer Megan Pierce, Williams   Rookie of the Year Caroline White, Williams   Swimming Coach of the Year Peter Solomon, Wesleyan   Diving Coach of the Year Kelsey Willard, Bowdoin