SOUTH HADLEY - The Smith College swimming & diving team delivered an impressive performance at Mount Holyoke, winning 15 out of 16 events. The Bears improve to 9-3 in dual meets this season which ties the second most wins in program history. Smith's last nine-win season came during the 1985-86 season. 

"I really want to congratulate our incredible coaches - Katt, Laura, Louie, and Maya - and all of our hard working athletes on a historic season. To finish with 9 wins for the first time since the 1985-1986 season is a wonderful accomplishment. The team has learned this season that success is a natural byproduct when there is a commitment to a supportive, competitive, and hardworking team culture. As a coach, what excites me most right now is that while we made a little more history today, this team still has much to improve upon as we move forward the next few weeks and get ready for the conference championship. I am extremely confident that we'll make such improvements and that we'll have an awesome next couple of weeks. I'm excited to get back to work with them on Monday!"

Highlights

• With Katherine Welsh's (St. Paul, MN/Saint Paul Academy) (446.40) victory on the 1-meter board, she finishes the regular season undefeated in that event. 
• Miranda Strunk (Lowell, MA/Lowell) won the 3-meter with an NCAA qualifying score and will represent Smith at the NCAA Regionals
• The 200 medley relay team of Abby Caputo, Susannah Winfield (East Aurora, NY/East Aurora), Jessie Wang (Princeton, NJ/Princeton), and Emma Schultz (Hyattsville, MD/Elizabeth Seton) started things off with a victory in 1:57.24
• Grace Magee (Portland, OR/Oregon Episcopal) was a double-winner in the 100 back (1:02.63) and 200 back (2:14.61)
• Cady Dorrian (Jacksonville, FL/Douglas Anderson School of the Arts) cruised to a four second victory in the 1000 free (11:49.99)
• Emma Schultz (Hyattsville, MD/Elizabeth Seton) (100 Free/ 50 Free) and Jessie Wang (Princeton, NJ/Princeton) (200 IM/500 free) picked up multiple wins in their respective events 

Up Next
Smith will begin their focus on the 2026 NEWMAC Championships which takes place February 19-22 at MIT. 

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