NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--The Smith College swimming and diving team will host the 2012 Seven Sisters Swimming and Diving Championships at Dalton Pool on January 21-22.  The meet will feature Wellesley College, 14-time defending champion, along with Mount Holyoke College, Vassar College, and Bryn Mawr University, in addition to the host Smith College.
The meet will also be broadcast in its entirety, with the exception of warm-up times.  To access to broadcast please click here. For the tournament website, please visit here.




About Seven Sisters: In November 1980, Barnard hosted Bryn Mawr, New Rochelle, and Vassar in a four team basketball tournament, won by New Rochelle. Following the tournament, the original Seven Sisters institutions—Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley—joined to conduct championships in common sports. Radcliffe (now Harvard in the athletic arena) was invited but opted not to join, and Barnard (now competing as Columbia) was unable participate in all championships.  Without Radcliffe and Barnard, only five of the original Seven Sisters remained. Haverford and Swarthmore were invited to join the championships as cousins, and depending on the tournament, several other schools have been invited to compete, including: Agnes Scott, Haverford, Swarthmore, Simmons and Elms. Seven Sisters Tournaments are currently held in volleyball, crew, cross country, squash, swimming and diving, and tennis.