COMPLETE RESULTS
Scores:
Williams 197
Middlbury100
Williams 215
Hamilton 79
MIDDLEBURY, VT -- The Williams Women's Swim and Dive team finished their undefeated (11-0) regular season today with wins over NESCAC competitors Middlebury and Hamilton to bring their NCAA Division III dual meet win streak to 128. Eph head coach Steve Kuster shared his thoughts on the team's performances this weekend, which also included a dual meet against fierce competitors NYU and MIT on Friday: "I'm happy with the team's performances this weekend. I think Friday's meet was one of our better all around team performances this season. Going undefeated and keeping the dual meet winning streak going against some of the best teams in the country is something to celebrate. Heading into the next couple of weeks we'll need everyone to keep pushing to improve in order to put ourselves in a good position for championship season."
The meet opened with the 200 medley relay, in which the Ephwomen claimed the top two spots. The team of Sophia Verkleeren '25 (26.74), Amanda Wager '23.5 (30.26), Samantha Kilcoyne '23.5 (24.86), and Zora Vujovic '25 (24.41) took the win in a time of 1:46.27. The team of Caitlin Murphy '24 (27.96), Charlotte Wishnack '25 (30.39), Emma Schulman '24 (25.75), and Irene Yang '26 (24.31) took second in a time of 1:48.41.
Next, was the 1000 freestyle. Verkleeren and Gracie O'Connell went 1-2, with Verkleeren claiming the win in a very consistent 10:39.77. This was her personal best. O'Connell took second by over 5 seconds in a time of 10:57.41. This was O'Connell's season-best time by 0.05 seconds.
The 200 freestyle was won by Kilcoyne in a personal best of 1:54.66. Lily Codd '26 (1:57.81), Frances Hayward '24 (1:58.29), and Irene Yang '26 (1:58.39) claimed the 3rd, 4th, and 5th spots.Â
This meet featured the 50s of stroke, which was the Ephwomen's first opportunity this season to race these events before NESCACs. In the 50 backstroke, Murphy took 2nd in a time of 27.71, Bainon Hart '24 took 6th in a time of 28.21, and Maddy Wu '26 took 7th in a time of 28.47. Aly Eward '26 also had a good swim with a time of 28.54, as did Molly Arts '24 (28.67) and Isabel Bushway '23 (30.70).Â
The 50 breaststroke was won by Wager with a speedy 30.66 and Wishnack grabbed second with a 31.02. Rika Yahashiri '25 also had a great swim to claim 5th in a time of 31.70. Sarah Johnson '23 (32.49) and Maddie Annis '23 (33.63) also had good swims. The 50 butterfly was won by Kilcoyne with a 25.22. Schulman claimed 3rd with a speedy 26.08 and Amy Zhao '25 took 5th with a 26.97.Â
On the boards, Adelaide Herman '25 and Emma Casey '23 battled fatigue from the second consecutive day of competition to post some good performances. Herman took the win on 3m with a score of 277.28, while Casey took 3rd by a large margin with a score of 267.75. Herman's performance today was the last step she needed to be officially invited to the NCAA Regional Diving meet, an accomplishment Casey achieved during yesterday's meet against MIT and NYU. On 1m, Herman took the win with a score of 249.30, just edging out Casey who claimed second with a score of 249.08. In particular, Herman had a really good 205C on 3m and Casey was very happy with her 105B on 1m.Â
The 500 freestyle featured two great swims by Wishnack and Gabby Lopez-Ona '24. This swim was both athletes' first 500 in 3 years. Lopez-Ona swam a very consistent 5:15.22 to win by over 3 seconds. Wishnack claimed 4th with a 5:21.89, her third fastest 500 ever.
The 100 freestyle featured Yang who claimed 3rd in 54.26, Vujovic who touched the wall in 55.15 for 4th, and Codd who claimed 5th in 55.31. The 100 backstroke featured a second place finish by Murphy in a time of 59.59. Arts claimed 7th in a time of 1:01.93. Hayward expanded her horizons and took on backstroke, powering to the wall in a very speedy 1:03.55 for 9th place.Â
The 100 breaststroke was a close race. Verkleeren won by a small margin of 0.25 seconds, finishing to the wall in a time of 1:08.10. Yahashiri took 4th in a powerful 1:10.11. The 100 butterfly was won by Schulman in 57.23. Zhao claimed 3rd in 1:00.24 and Liz Ramoy '25 took 4th in 1:00.32.
The final individual race of the day was dominated by the Ephwomen as they placed 1-2-3-4. Verkleeren took the win in an incredibly fast 58.19, good for a new NESCAC record. Yang took 2nd in 1:00.00, thanks to a very speedy first 25. Hart took 3rd in 1:01.10 and Wager claimed 4th with a 1:01.32.
The meet concluded with the 200 freestyle relay. The team of Vujovic (25.03), Schulman (24.70), Ramoy (24.71), and Kilcoyne (23.69) claimed the win in a time of 1:38.13. The team of Lopez-Ona (25.46), Panitz (24.54), Zhao (25.07), and Yahashiri (25.16) claimed 3rd in a time of 1:40.23.
The Ephwomen return to competition next Friday at the Middlebury Invitational, the first meet of their championship season. The Invitational consists of 3 sessions of competition, and begins on Friday, January 27th at 5pm.
