GARLAND, Texas -- Colorado College posted one of the more dominant nights in conference meet history and holds a commanding lead following Day Three of the 2026 SCAC Women's Swimming & Diving Championship at the Garland ISD Natatorium. Official Website | Friday's Complete Results | Diving Results + Team Scores | Photo Gallery | Video Interviews Playlist | Diving Photos
The CC Tigers won all six individual events contested on Friday, and also took gold in the day's only relay, to end the night with 714 points and a substantial 233-point lead over Asbury University, which is in second place with 481 points. University of the Ozarks sits in third with 303 points.
In the five individual swim events contested on Friday, Colorado College picked up five gold medals, four silver and one bronze and is poised to earn the program's first-ever SCAC women's team title since joining the conference prior to the 2007 season.
CC earned a victory on the 1-meter board early Friday afternoon when the Tigers' Keller Pooley captured her second consecutive title in the event. The junior took gold with a NCAA 'B' cut score of 437.00 points. She is the sixth different diver in league history to earn back-to-back titles on the low board and the first since Trinity's Katarina Partalas won the event in back-to-back-to-back championships from 2020 to 2022. Brianna Devlin of University of the Ozarks was second with a score of 412.65, giving the program its first-ever all-conference performance in diving. EmJ Hubbard of Hendrix College placed third with a score of 336.75 - the first Warrior to earn all-SCAC honors in diving since 2006. 1-Meter Interview
Following the ceremony to honor the league's 31 seniors, Colorado College continued to distance itself from the competition, taking top honors in the 200-yard freestyle relay to open the evening session. The quartet of Megan Simonson, Sarah Buchman, Livi Woolery, and Julia Cox touched the wall first in a time of 1:36.51. It was just the program's second-ever victory in the event, and the first since 2014. Asbury University finished in second with a time of 1:37.84 while University of the Ozarks rounded out the top three clocking in at 1:44.07 - the program's first-ever all-SCAC relay finish. 200-Yard Freestyle Relay Interview
As the evening's program shifted back to individual competition, Colorado College senior Sarah Buchman took her first career individual gold by touching first in the 100 butterfly in a time of 58.25. She is the fourth different CC swimmer to win the event and the first since Kate Brush took gold at the 2023 championships. Colorado College swimmers rounded out the all-SCAC sweep as Alyssa Tunggal and Megan Simonson took second and third, touching in times of 58.40 and 58.74, respectively. The 1-2-3 finish by CC was just the third time in league history swimmers from the same school have swept all-conference awards in the 100 fly, following Trinity in 2005 and 2024. 100-Yard Butterfly Interview
For the second consecutive event, a CC swimmer earned their first-ever conference gold as sophomore Riley Romisher posted a first-place finish in the 400 IM, touching the wall in a time of 4:50.47. She became the fourth different Tiger to win the event and first since Selma Jukic took top honors at the 2020 championships. Austin College's Joslyn Dimitri produced the program's first-ever all-SCAC performance in the event, taking second-place honors with a 4:53.87 finish, while Jessie Wright of Ozarks earned her second all-conference honor of the meet, taking third with a time of 4:56.12. It was also the first all-SCAC honor for an Ozarks swimmer in the 400 IM. 400-Yard Individual Medley Interview
The 200-yard freestyle saw another Colorado College swimmer snatch gold as sophomore Julia Cox, who finished fourth in the event last season, placed first this year with a time 1:53.71, her second individual title of the meet (she won the 50 free last night). Cox is the first CC female swimmer to finish first in the 200 free in program history. Teammate Annie Engstrom was second, touching in a time of 1:55.37, and Hendrix College's Cece Werth, who picked up her second all-conference swim of the meet, placed third in a time of 1:55.69. 200-Yard Freestyle Interview
For the second straight event, CC swimmers finished 1-2 as junior Isabella Cole and sophomore Charlotte Flory took gold and silver in the 100-yard breaststroke. Cole touched in 1:06.57 to earn her first individual conference meet title after finishing in seventh in the event the previous years. Flory placed second place with a time of 1:08.39, her best conference meet finish as well. Addie Huebert of Asbury rounded out the top three finishers with a time of 1:08.70. 100-Yard Breaststroke Interview
The night's final event saw Colorado College once again dominate the top two finishing spots as first-year Lucia Chapell won her first career gold, earning top honors in the 100 backstroke with a winning time of 1:00.69. The individual win was just the second for a female CC swimmer in the event and the first since Olivia Dilorati took gold in the 100 back at the 2013 championships. Teammate and fellow freshman Lizzie McWilliams placed second in 1:00.93 and Asbury's Emme Johnson posted a third place finish in 1:01.40. 100-Yard Backstroke Interview
The team standings heading into tomorrow's final day are as follows:
1). Colorado College - 714
2). Asbury University - 481
3). University of the Ozarks - 303
4). Austin College - 238
5). Hendrix College - 192
6). Centenary College - 185
7). University of St. Thomas - 140
8). McMurry University - 103
Competition concludes on Saturday with preliminaries beginning at 10:30 a.m., the diving competition commences at 12:30 p.m., and finals begin at 6 p.m. Click here for the complete schedule of events.
