LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 10 Swarthmore College women's swimming team opened the 2026-27 season with a sweep at the Centennial Quad Meet held at Franklin and Marshall College on Saturday. The Garnet defeated host Franklin and Marshall 204-56, Ursinus College 207-54, and Dickinson College 211-50.
Swarthmore dominated the day with 12 victories in the 14 events.
Maya Ambardekar,
Ava Craig,
Lorelai Bremer, and
Jerica Yuan all led the way with two individual wins apiece.
Genine Collins swam the nation's top time to win the 50 free.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Swarthmore swept the top three spots in a pair of events, both won by Yuan in her collegiate debut. The rookie touched first in the 100 fly (58.08) and 200 fly (2:17.03). In the 100,
Genine Collins took second (58.13) and
Mirabel Fernald followed in third (59.52). Fernald finished second (2:17.31) in the 200 fly and
Sophia Ulvestad was third (2:21.14).
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Ava Craig earned wins in the 200 free (1:57.63) and 500 free (5:19.22).
Maddie Esposito came in second (1:58.19) in the 200 while
Megan Leung placed third (5:24.48) in the 500.
- Ambardekar and
Marin Norlander went 1-2 in both the 100 and 200 back. Ambardekar posted times of 58.14 and 2:07.95 while Norlander came in at 59.91 and 2:12.58.
- Bremer was victorious in both the 100 breast (1:06.53) and 200 breast (2:25.90) in her first collegiate meet.
Cara Dominici finished second in both events with times of 1:07.01 and 2:29.38.
- Collins was the winner in the 50 free with a time of 23.43, which sits number one in Division III to start the campaign. The mark was also a NCAA B cut.
Xiomara Del Rosario followed Collins in second place (24.67).
- Del Rosario was also a top finisher in her first meet, winning the 200 IM in 2:10.48. Dominici was third (2:13.81) in the event. Del Rosario earned another runner-up slot in the 100 free (53.93) with Esposito coming in third (54.07).
Sam Packard touched the wall second (11:14.53) in the 1000 free.
- The Garnet claimed the top two spots in the 400 free relay. The team of Collins, Bremer, Esposito, and Norlander posted a time of 3:32.87 for first place. Craig, Yuan, Fernald, and
Margaret Sawa finished second (3:39.43).
- Swarthmore grabbed the win in the 200 medley relay in 1:46.06 with Ambardekar, Bremer, Yuan, and Collins. The team of Norlander,
Cindy Wang, Fernald, and Esposito was the runner-up with a time of 1:49.56.
UP NEXT
The Garnet (3-0, 3-0 Centennial) travel to Chicago for the D3 Shootout on November 6-7.
