WATERVILLE, Maine – Following the third day of competition at the 2025 NESCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships at Colby, Williams owns a slim 7.5-point lead over Tufts in the team standings. The Ephs and Jumbos each won three events in Saturday’s finals session.
 
200 Medley Relay
Graduate student Jillian Cudney’s anchor leg of the 200 medley relay propelled Tufts to a victory to kick off the third day of swimming at the NESCAC Championships. Cudney teamed up with Elena Harrison, Quinci Wheeler, and Jade Foltenyi to become the first Tufts relay to win the event in program history. The foursome posted a time of 1:41.31 (NCAA B-cut) to set a pool record and outlasted the Williams relay (1:41.54 NCAA B-cut), and snapped the Ephs’ streak of nine straight wins in the event. Colby’s squad placed third with a time of 1:41.95 (NCAA B-cut).
 
1000 Freestyle
Tufts’ Madeleine Dunn was the only swimmer to post a time under 10 minutes in the 1000 freestyle. Dunn’s time of 9:58.87 set a pool record and she claimed the NESCAC title for the second time in her career, also winning the event in 2023. The junior is the only Tufts swimmer to capture a win in the event in the program’s history. Williams junior Lily Codd placed second (10:03.55), and Middlebury senior Chloe Katz finished third (10:08.46).
 
100 Butterfly
Williams senior Sophia Verkleeren posted an NCAA B-cut winning time of 54.20 in the 100 butterfly to become the 13th Eph to win the event. Tufts first-year Angel Smyrniou placed second (55.31 NCAA B-cut), and teammate Jade Foltenyi (55.61 NCAA B-cut) was third.
 
400 IM
Newcomer Natalie Garre won her second NESCAC title of the meet with a pool-record time of 4:21.03 (NCAA B-cut) to claim the win in the 400 IM. Garre is the first Polar Bear to win the event in the program’s history and snaps a streak of a Williams athlete winning the event for the last 18 championships. Elizabeth Walsh gave Bowdoin a 1-2 finish as the junior touched the wall in a time of 4:25.15 (NCAA B-cut) to claim second place. Williams sophomore Abigail Greenberg rounded out the top three swimmers with a time of 4:26.19 (NCAA B-cut).
 
200 Freestyle
Sophomore Carter Roebuck became the first Williams swimmer to win the 200 freestyle title since 2019. Roebuck reached the finish in an NCAA B-cut time of 1:48.82 and teammate Clementine Robins placed second with a time of 1:49.39 (NCAA B-cut). Amherst rookie Maeve Kelley finished third (1:52.17 NCAA B-cut). Roebuck is the ninth Eph to capture the 200 freestyle title.
 
100 Breaststroke
Williams earned its third victory on Saturday evening when senior Charlotte Wishnack out-touched Tufts’ Quinci Wheeler in the 100 breaststroke. Wishnack won the event with a time of 1:02.77 (NCAA B-cut), while Wheeler finished with a time of 1:02.85 (NCAA B-cut). Amherst junior Allison Lacroix placed third with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:03.23. Wishnack extended the Ephs’ streak of winning the event to eight consecutive championships.
 
100 Backstroke
Tufts senior Gaurika Singh became the first Jumbo to win the 100 backstroke in program history with a winning time of 55.85 (NCAA B-cut). Teammate Noa Chambers finished third (56.44 NCAA B-cut), and Colby rookie Alexis Coates was the runner-up with an NCAA B-cut time of 56.12.
 
3-Meter Diving
In the final diving event of the championships, Amherst senior Sydney Bluestein led the field with 464.05 points (NCAA B-cut) and completed the sweep of winning on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards for the second time in her career. The win marked Bluestein’s fourth NESCAC diving title over her four-year career. Bowdoin’s Sadie Smith finished as the runner-up (452.90 points NCAA B-cut) and fellow Mammoth Donna Zhang was third with 450.75 points.  
 
The final day of racing begins with swimming prelims at 10 a.m. and the finals are set to begin at 5:15 p.m.

Team Scores - After Day 3
1. Williams - 1349 points	2. Tufts - 1341.5 points
3. Amherst - 855 points	4. Colby - 843 points
5. Middlebury - 738 points	6. Hamilton - 608 points
7. Bowdoin - 535 points	8. Bates - 430 points
9. Conn. College - 398 points	10. Trinity - 337.5 points
11. Wesleyan - 331 points

The top three finishers in each event and the top three relay teams earn All-NESCAC honors
% - NCAA Division III record; * - NESCAC record; # - NESCAC meet record

Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
800 Freestyle Relay	7:20.87 - Williams Carter Roebuck, Clementine Robins Lily Codd, Sophia Verkleeren	7:28.63 - Tufts Madeleine Dunn, Quinci Wheeler, Selin Tuncay, Noa Chambers	7:30.05 - Amherst Lucy Smith, Paige Arnold Megan Lee, Maeve Kelley
200 Freestyle Relay	1:33.11 - Tufts Isabella Chambers, Katharine Skelly, Emma Claus, Jillian Cudney	1:33.34 - Williams Emma Dimter, Annika Chu, Bernadette Ramoy, Irene Yang	1:34.29 - Colby Eliza Marco, Lily Moy, Lucy Mackey, Gabriella Landau
50 Breaststroke	28.26 - Quinci Wheeler, Tufts	28.65 - Kellen Mottl, Colby	28.81 - Charlotte Wishnack, Williams
50 Butterfly	24.93 - Jade Foltenyi, Tufts	25.12 - Angel Smyrniou, Tufts	25.20 - Katharine Skelly, Tufts
500 Freestyle	4:47.63 * - Natalie Garre, Bowdoin	4:49.80 - Madeleine Dunn, Tufts	4:52.21 - Clementine Robins, Williams
50 Backstroke	26.18 - Elena Harrison, Tufts	26.20 - Maddy Reid, Middlebury	26.31 - Alden White - Williams
200 IM	1:59.00 * - Sophia Verkleeren, Williams	2:03.80 - Irene Yang, Williams	2:05.24 - Elizabeth Walsh, Bowdoin
50 Freestyle	23.29 - Jillian Cudney, Tufts	23.34 - Eliza Marco, Colby	23.47 - Isabella Chambers, Tufts
1-Meter Diving	467.20 - Sydney Bluestein, Amherst	441.70 - Donna Zhang, Amherst	440.35 - Adelaide Herman, Williams
400 Medley Relay	3:41.58 - Williams Sophia Verkleeren, Charlotte Wishnack, Irene Yang, Carter Roebuck	3:44.92 - Tufts Elena Harrison, Quinci Wheeler, Jade Foltenyi, Jillian Cudney	3:45.24 - Colby Alexis Coates, Kellen Mottl, Lexi Asch, Eliza Marco
200 Medley Relay	1:41.31 - Tufts Elena Harrison, Quinci Wheeler, Jade Foltenyi, Jillian Cudney	1:41.54 - Williams Sophia Verkleeren, Charlotte Wishnack, Clare McDermott, Bernadette Ramoy	1:41.95 - Colby Tahlia Crowley, Kellen Mottl, Gabriella Landau, Eliza Marco
1000 Freestyle	9:58.87 - Madeleine Dunn, Tufts	10:03.55 - Lily Codd, Williams	10:08.46 - Chloe Katz, Middlebury
100 Butterfly	54.20 - Sophia Verkleeren, Williams	55.31 - Angel Smyrniou, Tufts	55.61 - Jade Foltenyi, Tufts
400 IM	4:21.03 - Natalie Garre, Bowdoin	4:25.15 - Elizabeth Walsh, Bowdoin	4:26.19 - Abigail Greenberg, Amherst
200 Freestyle	1:48.82 - Carter Roebuck, Williams	1:49.39 - Clementine Robins, Williams	1:52.17 - Maeve Kelley, Amherst
100 Breaststroke	1:02.77 - Charlotte Wishnack, Williams	1:02.85 - Quinci Wheeler, Tufts	1:03.23 - Allison Lacroix, Amherst
100 Backstroke	55.85 - Gaurika Singh, Tufts	56.12 - Alexis Coates, Colby	56.44 - Noa Chambers, Tufts
3-Meter Diving	464.05 - Sydney Bluestein, Amherst	452.90 - Sadie Smith, Bowdoin	450.75 - Donna Zhang, Amherst