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Women's Swimming

Women's Swimming Place Fourth at Centennial Championships

LANCASTER, Pa. – The Ursinus women's swimming team wrapped up their Centennial Conference Championship by finishing fourth on Sunday.

 
The Bears totaled 299 team points to finish fourth overall. Swarthmore College captured the conference title with 819 points. Johns Hopkins finished second with 803.5 points, followed by Gettysburg College in third with 626. Ursinus (299), Franklin & Marshall (259), and Dickinson College (231.5) rounded out the top six in the nine-team field.

 
Ursinus opened competition in the 200-yard backstroke with sophomore Maria Wehmeyer finishing 16th with a time of 2:13.83, which marked a career best. Sophomore Haley Lenker also recorded a personal best in the event, finishing in 2:19.10 to place 21st.

 
Next, in the 100-yard freestyle, senior Sara Bozzomo placed 15th overall with a time of 53.29, while first-year Isabella Warren finished 19th with a personal best of 54.22. First-year Lindsay Willis (56.63) and junior Emelia Bowen (57.91) each collected career lows in the 100 freestyle as well, finishing 26th and 33rd, respectively.
 

Junior Morgan Valeriano earned a bronze medal in the 200-yard breaststroke, tallying a time of 2:23.09 to finish third.  Her time ranks as a personal best and ranks second all-time in program history. Junior Melanie Hahn followed up Valeriano by placing 11th in the event with a time of 2:27.43.
 

First-year Caelan Ladd earned her third medal and second silver of the weekend, by finishing 2nd in the 200-yard butterfly. Ladd tallied a time of 2:06.16 in the event which ranks as a career best and fourth all-time in school history. Junior Sylvi Lynch finished 15th overall by touching the wall at 2:17.15, while first-year Kendell Goelz placed 18th with her time of 2:18.57.
 

Ursinus closed out the championship weekend by finished fifth in the 400-freestyle relay as the group of Ladd, Bozzomo, Hahn, and Valeriano combined for a time of 3:32.63. The Bears close out their 2026 season with a 6-6 overall record and will return to competition this fall.
 
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Players Mentioned

Sara Bozzomo

Sara Bozzomo

Free
5' 6"
Senior
Melanie Hahn

Melanie Hahn

IM/Breast
5' 5"
Junior
Haley Lenker

Haley Lenker

Free/Back
5' 3"
Sophomore
Sylvi Lynch

Sylvi Lynch

Fly/Sprint
5' 6"
Junior
Morgan Valeriano

Morgan Valeriano

IM/Breast
5' 5"
Junior
Maria Wehmeyer

Maria Wehmeyer

Back/Free
5' 5"
Sophomore
Emelia Bowen

Emelia Bowen

Free/Breast
5' 5"
Junior
Kendell Goelz

Kendell Goelz

5' 2"
First-Year
Caelan Ladd

Caelan Ladd

IM/Distance Free
5' 8"
First-Year
Isabella Warren

Isabella Warren

Free/Fly
5' 8"
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Sara Bozzomo

Sara Bozzomo

5' 6"
Senior
Free
Melanie Hahn

Melanie Hahn

5' 5"
Junior
IM/Breast
Haley Lenker

Haley Lenker

5' 3"
Sophomore
Free/Back
Sylvi Lynch

Sylvi Lynch

5' 6"
Junior
Fly/Sprint
Morgan Valeriano

Morgan Valeriano

5' 5"
Junior
IM/Breast
Maria Wehmeyer

Maria Wehmeyer

5' 5"
Sophomore
Back/Free
Emelia Bowen

Emelia Bowen

5' 5"
Junior
Free/Breast
Kendell Goelz

Kendell Goelz

5' 2"
First-Year
Caelan Ladd

Caelan Ladd

5' 8"
First-Year
IM/Distance Free
Isabella Warren

Isabella Warren

5' 8"
First-Year
Free/Fly