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Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's Swimming & Diving Places Seventh at NEWMAC Championships

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Babson College women's swimming & diving team set their second school record of the weekend on the way to finishing seventh at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships inside the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center Pool on Sunday night. 

The Beavers totaled 88 points on the final day of competition to finish the weekend with 284 points and in seventh place for the fifth consecutive season. Fifth-ranked MIT claimed its 13th straight NEWMAC title with 1565.5 points, Coast Guard came in second with 750 points, while Wheaton (713), Springfield (693.5) and Wellesley (595) rounded out the top five.

Babson's top individual performance of the day came in the 1650 free as junior Kendall Garvey (Wilbraham, Mass.) shattered a program record by more than 25 seconds and finished 11th with a time of 18:16.30. Sophomore Vangella Randell (Holden, Mass.) came in 17th with a season-best time of 18:51.11, classmate Emma Chenski (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) was 21st with her top time of the season (19:28.94) and fellow sophomore Dahiana Gussoni (Jaco, Costa Rica) was less than two seconds behind her with a season-best time of 19:30.20 in 24th position. 

Senior April Kupsky (Bear Creek, Pa.) concluded her career with a pair of strong performances on Sunday. She placed 10th in the A final of the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:13.80 after posting a season-best mark of 2:12.10 in the prelims. Kupsky also finished fourth in the B final of the 200 backstroke with a season-best time of 2:10.23. 

Senior Sophia Swain (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) qualified for the B final of the 200 butterfly with a season-best time of 2:16.64 and then placed fifth by touching the wall with a time of 2:18.07. Classmate Vera Belfonti (Orange, Conn.), who broke an 18-year school record in the 100 butterfly on Saturday, narrowly missed the finals in the 200 after posting a time of 2:20.33 in the prelims. 

Sophomore Sophia Sznewajs (Edina, Minn.) fell short of qualifying for the finals in the 100 free by 0.12 seconds after recording a time of 54.69 in the prelims. Five other Babson competitors posted their top times of the season in the event, highlighted by junior Audrey Daniels (Santa Monica, Calif.) and sophomore Emily Tran (Longmeadow, Mass.) finishing in 55.15 and 55.76, respectively. 

Babson's 400 free relay team of Daniels, Kupsky, Tran and sophomore Catherine Curry (Melrose, Mass.) came in sixth with a time of 3:40.29, while Elina Sung (Dongguan, China) placed 20th in the 3-meter diving prelims with an 11-dive score of 228.85. 
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Players Mentioned

Vera Belfonti

Vera Belfonti

Fly/Free
Junior
Emma Chenski

Emma Chenski

Free/Fly
Freshman
Catherine Curry

Catherine Curry

Free/Fly
Freshman
Audrey Daniels

Audrey Daniels

Breast/Free
Sophomore
Kendall Garvey

Kendall Garvey

Free/IM/Back
Sophomore
Dahiana Gussoni

Dahiana Gussoni

Free/Fly
Freshman
April Kupsky

April Kupsky

Fly/Breast/IM
Junior
Vangella Randell

Vangella Randell

Breast/IM
Freshman
Elina Sung

Elina Sung

Diving
Sophomore
Sophia Swain

Sophia Swain

Fly/Free
Junior

Players Mentioned

Vera Belfonti

Vera Belfonti

Junior
Fly/Free
Emma Chenski

Emma Chenski

Freshman
Free/Fly
Catherine Curry

Catherine Curry

Freshman
Free/Fly
Audrey Daniels

Audrey Daniels

Sophomore
Breast/Free
Kendall Garvey

Kendall Garvey

Sophomore
Free/IM/Back
Dahiana Gussoni

Dahiana Gussoni

Freshman
Free/Fly
April Kupsky

April Kupsky

Junior
Fly/Breast/IM
Vangella Randell

Vangella Randell

Freshman
Breast/IM
Elina Sung

Elina Sung

Sophomore
Diving
Sophia Swain

Sophia Swain

Junior
Fly/Free