No. 8 Williams finished night one of the 2015 Women’s NESCAC Swimming & Diving Championships with nearly a 150 point lead over Bates College. However, Williams would eventually finish the meet with a record breaking score of 2,103.5 points. Last year Williams became the first NESCAC swim team to ever finish with over 2,000 points – doing so at 2,007 – and this year, they nearly beat their own record by over 100 points.
Here are the final team standings:
- Williams | 2,103.5
- Bates | 1,345
- Middlebury | 1,203
- Amherst | 1,042
- Bowdoin | 932.5
- Conn. College | 839
- Tufts | 795
- Wesleyan | 578.5
- Colby College | 448.5
- Hamilton | 435
- Trinity College | 355
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NESCAC Championship meet records – in addition to Wesleyan Natatorium records – fell for over half the events, including:
- Emma Waddell, Catherine Treesh, Faye Sultan, and Sarah Thompson of Williams College – broke the pool and NESCAC meet record in the 200 and 400 free relays
- Jamie Hillas from Middlebury – broke the pool record in the 50 breast
- Amherst’s Sarah Conklin – took the pool record in the 50 fly
- Freshman Logan McGill (Bates) – set a new NESCAC meet record in the 50 free
- Ariana Ross, a Williams diver, set a new Wesleyan pool record in 1-meter diving
- Williams’ Olivia Jackson, Breanna Nguyen, Emma Waddell, and Sarah Thompson set pool and meet records in the 400 medley relay
- Amherst’s Emily Hyde set new 100 and 200 breast pool records
- Sarah Thompson (Williams) set a NESCAC record in the 1,650
- Emma Waddell – also Williams – set a pool record in the 100 free
- Olivia Jackson – believe it or not, Williams – broke the NESCAC record in the 2-back
Check down below for individual event winners:
| Event | First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
| 200-yard Freestyle Relay | Emma Waddell, Catherine Treesh, Faye Sultan, Sarah Thompson (Williams) – 1:34.36 | Logan McGill, Whitney Paine, Anabel Carter, Sara Daher (Bates) – 1:34.95 | Jamie Hillas, Morgan Burke, Megan Griffin, Courtney Haron (Middlebury) – 1:35.02 |
| 50-yard Breaststroke | Jamie Hillas (Middlebury) – 28.82 | Audrey Butler (Trinity) – 29.66 | Breanna Nguyen (Williams) – 29.74 |
| 50-yard Butterfly | Sarah Conklin (Amherst) – 24.73 | Megan Griffin (Middlebury) – 25.34 | Anna Epstein (Williams) – 25.52 |
| 500-yard Freestyle | Sarah Thompson (Williams) – 4:56.40 | Lauren Jones (Williams) – 4:57.29 | Stephanie Ternullo (Amherst) – 4:58.85 |
| 50-yard Backstroke | Whitney Paine (Bates) – 26.22 | Sarah Nappo (Conn. College) – 26.41 | Anna Epstein (Williams) – 26.46 |
| 200-yard Individual Medley | Emma Waddell (Williams) – 2:02.14 | Emily Hyde (Amherst) – 2:02.73 | Olivia Jackson (Williams) – 2:04.51 |
| 50-yard Freestyle | Logan McGill (Bates) – 23.27 | Ashleigh Stoddart (Amherst) – 23.81 | Faye Sultan (Williams) – 23.82 |
| 1-meter Diving | Ariana Ross (Williams) – 473.50 pts. | Michelle Higgins (Williams) – 454.45 pts. | Emma Jarczyk (Bates) – 453.20 pts. |
| 400-yard Medley Relay | Olivia Jackson, Breanna Nguyen, Emma Waddell, Sarah Thompson (Williams) – 3:44.22 | Stephanie Moriarty, Emily Hyde, Sarah Conklin, Ashleigh Stoddart (Amherst) – 3:49.04 | Sarah Bartholomae, Jamie Hillas, Megan Griffin, Morgan Burke (Middlebury) – 3:49.13 |
| 200-yard Medley Relay | Katherine Bennett, Olivia Clark, Emma Waddell, Faye Sultan (Williams) – 1:43.22 | Sarah Nappo, Charlotte Nixon, Anna Peterson, Sam Pierce (Conn. College) – 1:44.70 | Sarah Bartholomae, Jamie Hillas, Megan Griffin, Courtney Haron (Middlebury) – 1:44.72 |
| 1,000-yard Freestyle | Valerie Urban (Conn. College) – 10:16.67 | Emma Sawkins (Williams) – 10:21.15 | Angela Slevin (Wesleyan) – 10:21.43 |
| 400-yard Individual Medley | Megan Pierce (Williams) – 4:21.19 | Sara Daher (Bates) – 4:25.74 | Erica Bucki (Williams) – 4:28.64 |
| 100-yard Butterfly | Emma Waddell (Williams) – 54.09 | Sarah Conklin (Amherst) – 55.23 | Logan McGill (Bates) – 56.26 |
| 200-yard Freestyle | Sarah Thompson (Williams) – 1:51.25 | Lauren Jones (Williams) – 1:51.49 | Stephanie Ternullo (Amherst) – 1:52.24 |
| 100-yard Breaststroke | Emily Hyde (Amherst) – 1:02.56 | Jamie Hillas (Middlebury) – 1:03.10 | Breanna Nguyen (Williams) – 1:04.58 |
| 100-yard Backstroke | Olivia Jackson (Williams) – 55:54 | Katherine Bennett (Williams) – 56.28 | Whitney Paine (Bates) – 57.35 |
| 800-yard Freestyle Relay | Megan Pierce, Breanna Nguyen, Lauren Jones, Sarah Thompson (Williams) – 7:30.34 | Emily Hyde, Ashleigh Stoddart, Charlotte Chudy, Stephanie Ternullo (Amherst) – 7:36.60 | Caroline Depew, Lindsey Prelgovisk, Julia Smachlo, Nell Houde (Bates) – 7:38.89 |
| 1,650-yard Freestyle | Sarah Thompson (Williams) – 16:53.55 | Megan Pierce (Williams) – 16:53.90 | Angela Slevin (Wesleyan) – 17:16.28 |
| 200-yard Backstroke | Olivia Jackson (Williams) – 1:58.59 | Katherine Bennett (Williams) – 1:59.02 | Stephanie Moriarty (Amherst) – 2:03.57 |
| 100-yard Freestyle | Emma Waddell (Williams) – 50.33 | Faye Sultan (Williams) – 51.26 | Ashleigh Stoddart (Amherst) – 52.01 |
| 200-yard Breaststroke | Emily Hyde (Amherst) – 2:16.61 | Breanna Nguyen (Williams) – 2:19.22 | Mariah Rawding (Bowdoin) – 2:20.52 |
| 200-yard Butterfly | Megan Pierce (Williams) – 2:02.81 | Sarah Conklin (Amherst) – 2:04.36 | Sofie Pietrantonio (Williams) – 2:06.24 |
| 3-meter Diving | Ariana Ross (Williams) – 511.30 | Michelle Higgins (Williams) – 506.80 | Emma Jarczyk (Bates) – 476.90 |
| 400-yard Freestyle Relay | Emma Waddell, Faye Sultan, Lauren Jones, Sarah Thompson (Williams) – 3:23.84 | Mariah Rawding, Bridget Killian, Lela Garner, Sophia Walker (Bowdoin) – 3:28.64 | Jamie Hillas, Morgan Burke, Megan Griffin, Courtney Haron (Middlebury) – 3:29.18 |
Williams – on top of some qualifiers from the rest of the ‘CAC – is now preparing to take on the rest of the Division-III teams in Indianapolis next month at the D-III Swimming and Diving Championships.
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