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Men's Swimming and Diving

Bates' Casares Named CSCAA Men's Swimming Co-Coach of the Year; NESCAC Boasts 82 All-Americans

A total of 82 NESCAC athletes are among the 463 All-America athletes recognized by the College Swimmign & Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) for their performances at the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships.

Individuals were selected based on their finish at the NCAA Division III Championship and current CSCAA membership. The top eight individuals and relay teams earned First Team All-America honors, while those finishing ninth through 16th received Second Team recognition. Institutions must be current CSCAA members for their student-athletes to be eligible.

Bates’ Peter Casares and Denison’s Gregg Parini were named CSCAA Men’s Swim Co-Coaches of the Year following outstanding seasons. Parini led the Big Red to their seventh NCAA team title in program history and a second consecutive championship, while Casares, in his 19th season at the helm of the Bobcats, guided Bates to the best finish in program history, placing sixth among 46 scoring teams. Bates also captured national titles in the 400 medley relay and the 100 breaststroke.

NESCAC athletes won three national titles - men's 400 medley relay (Bates), men's 100 breaststroke (Marrich Somridhivej, Bates),and men's 200 breaststroke (Carrick Shea, Conn. College) - and earned a combined 46 podium finishes at the NCAA Championships.

Men’s All-America Selections

Amherst
Goepfrich, John – 200 Free (first team)
Robins, Benjamin – 1650 Free (first team)
Vale, Owen – 400 IM (first team)

Bates
Cory, Maximillian – 50 Free (first team), 100 Free (first team), 200 Free Relay (first team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Johnson, Timothy – 100 Back (second team), 200 Back (first team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Oppenheim, Nathaniel – 100 Breast (second team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Pierce, Nathaniel – 400 Free Relay (first team)
Somridhivej, Marrich – 100 Breast (first team), 200 Breast (second team), 200 Free Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Weigel, John – 100 Free (second team), 200 Free (second team), 200 Free Relay (first team), 400 Free Relay (first team)
Wolking, Benjamin – 200 Free Relay (first team)

Bowdoin
Gibbons, Getchell – 400 Free Relay (second team)
Grand’Pierre, Raphael – 100 Free (second team), 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (second team)
Peters, Henry – 200 Free Relay (second team)
Sher, Micah – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (second team)
Tran, Jack – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (second team)

Conn College
Carlson, Julian – 200 Breast (first team)
Lyons, Evan – 1650 Free (first team), 800 Free Relay (second team)
Miller, Aiden – 800 Free Relay (second team)
Noel, Campbell – 800 Free Relay (second team)
Shea, Carrick – 100 Breast (first team), 200 Breast (first team), 200 IM (second team), 800 Free Relay (second team)

Hamilton
Taft, Nathaniel – 50 Free (second team), 100 Free (second team)

Tufts
Gerke, Max – 200 Free Relay (first team)
Kaminski, Will – 200 Free Relay (first team)
Shang, Isaac – 200 Free Relay (first team)
Sikka, Armaan – 200 Free Relay (first team)
Wilkinson, Jay – 1-Meter Diving (second team), 3-Meter Diving (second team)

Williams
Biondi, Calder – 1-Meter Diving (second team)
Brozek, Samuel – 50 Free (second team), 100 Free (first team), 200 Free (second team), 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 800 Free Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)
Green, Mason – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 200 Medley Relay (second team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)
Grover, Michael – 100 Breast (second team), 200 Medley Relay (second team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)
Hanan, Aneirin – 500 Free (second team), 1650 Free (first team), 800 Free Relay (first team)
Horton, Whitman – 200 Back (second team), 200 Medley Relay (second team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)
Lee, Gabriel – 200 Free Relay (second team)
Liu, Haochen – 3-Meter Diving (second team)
Nunez, Ryan – 500 Free (second team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 800 Free Relay (first team)
Randall, Theodore – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 200 Medley Relay (second team)
Williams, Harrison – 800 Free Relay (first team)

Women’s All-America Selections

Amherst
Arnold, Paige – 400 Free Relay (second team), 800 Free Relay (second team)
Fong, Joline – 200 Medley Relay (second team)
Insteness, Ava – 800 Free Relay (second team)
Kelley, Maeve – 100 Fly (second team), 200 Fly (first team), 400 Free Relay (second team), 800 Free Relay (second team)
Lazar, Penelope – 800 Free Relay (second team)
Niziol, Katy – 200 Medley Relay (second team)
Ronon, Brooke – 1-Meter Diving (second team), 3-Meter Diving (first team)
Smith, Lucy – 400 Free Relay (second team), 200 Medley Relay (second team)
Thompson, Sydney – 50 Free (second team), 400 Free Relay (second team), 200 Medley Relay (second team)
Zhang, Donna – 1-Meter Diving (second team), 3-Meter Diving (first team)

Bates
Palmer, Sarah – 100 Breast (second team), 200 Breast (first team)

Bowdoin
Stevenson, Harper – 200 Fly (second team)

Colby
Buzzelli, Zoe – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (second team), 800 Free Relay (second team)
Coates, Nina – 100 Back (second team), 200 Back (first team), 200 Medley Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Kapoor, Aria – 800 Free Relay (second team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Lacey, Caitlin – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (second team), 200 Medley Relay (first team)
Lombardi, Savannah – 400 Free Relay (second team), 800 Free Relay (second team)
Mackey, Lucy – 200 Free Relay (second team), 800 Free Relay (second team)
Marco, Eliza – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (second team), 200 Medley Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Mottl, Kellen – 100 Breast (first team), 200 Medley Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)

Hamilton
Lan, Chloe – 200 Free Relay (second team)
Matthias, Jade – 200 Free Relay (second team)
Miner, Carolyn – 200 Free Relay (second team)
Wielgus, Paige – 200 Free Relay (second team)

Tufts
Chambers, Isabella – 200 Free Relay (second team)
Davis, Abigail – 100 Back (second team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)
Dunn, Madeleine – 500 Free (first team), 1650 Free (first team), 400 IM (first team), 800 Free Relay (second team)
Hagberg, Madison – 200 Back (first team)
Harrison, Elena – 800 Free Relay (second team), 200 Medley Relay (second team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)
Lazorisak, Abigail – 200 Free Relay (second team)
Skelly, Katharine – 200 Free Relay (second team), 200 Medley Relay (second team)
Smyrniou, Angel – 200 Medley Relay (second team)
Stasz, Sydney – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)
Su, Sweeney – 800 Free Relay (second team)
Wheeler, Quinci – 100 Breast (second team), 800 Free Relay (second team), 200 Medley Relay (second team), 400 Medley Relay (second team)

Williams
Codd, Lily – 1650 Free (first team), 200 Fly (first team), 800 Free Relay (first team)
Dimter, Emma – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 200 Medley Relay (first team)
Doherty, Anna – 200 Breast (first team), 200 Medley Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Farley, Margaret – 100 Fly (first team), 200 Fly (second team), 200 Free Relay (second team)
McDermott, Clare – 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 200 Medley Relay (first team)
Phelps, Sophia – 100 Free (first team), 200 IM (first team), 400 IM (first team), 200 Free Relay (second team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 800 Free Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
Roebuck, Carter – 200 Breast (first team), 800 Free Relay (first team)
Van Orden, Esme – 100 Fly (first team), 400 Free Relay (first team), 800 Free Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)
White, Alden – 100 Back (first team), 200 Back (first team)
Yang, Irene – 100 Back (second team), 200 Back (second team), 200 IM (second team), 200 Medley Relay (first team), 400 Medley Relay (first team)