NEW HAMPSHIRE VS CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
- October 22-23, 2026
- New Britain, Conn.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UNH Athletics
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – Junior Marisa White (Apex, N.C.) won the 500-yard freestyle and senior Sydney Leblic (Madrid, Spain) captured the 400-yard individual medley to lead the UNH women’s swimming and diving team to Friday’s 202-149 dual-meet victory against Central Connecticut State at the Jack Suydam Natatorium.
UNH (2-0, 1-0 America East) completed the victory after carrying a 114-91 lead through Thursday’s opening day of action.
Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 (11am) • Day 2 of 2
Jack Suydam Natatorium • New Britain, Conn.
Results (PDF)
Leblic won the 400 IM in 4 minutes, 32.34 seconds to headline a 1-2-3 finish for the Wildcats in that event. Junior Lily Jackson-Oates (Redhill, England) finished second (4:39.16) and freshman Clara Ginnis (Jersey, Channel Islands) placed third (4:39.24).
White earned the 500 free victory by touching the wall in 5:07.83 to narrowly edge CCSU’s Maggie Rutledge by 0.41 seconds. Ginnis added a third-place finish (5:10.50).
Senior captain Grace Mahon (Orange, Conn.) paced a UNH sweep in the 100 butterfly with a winning time of 55.78, while freshman Claire Thorne (King, Ontario) and freshman Lilah Doherty (Longmeadow, Mass.) followed in second (58.88) and third place (59.17), respectively.
Sophomore Anna Mikish (Kharkiv, Ukraine) added another ‘Cat victory in the 200 breaststroke, touching first in 2:24.43. Jackson-Oates was close behind in second place (2:24.56) and junior Lily Peterson (Bow, N.H.) completed a Wildcats sweep of the event with a third-place effort of 2:29.70.
In other events, junior captain Teagen Jeffers (Bedford, N.H.) finished second in the 100 freestyle (52.89), and sophomore Kelsey Mayers (Waxhaw, N.C.) added a runner-up finish in the 200 backstroke (2:07.53).
UNH also posted a strong showing in the 200 medley relay, where the quartet of sophomore Madeline Chen (California, Md.), Mikish, Mahon and Doherty finished second in a time of 1:50.05.
The Wildcats closed the meet with another runner-up finish in the 400 freestyle relay as Jeffers, Mayers, White and Leblic clocked in at 3:36.29.
NEXT UP – VS SIENA/MERRIMACK, SATURDAY, OCT. 31, 11AM
•The Wildcats return home for a Halloween tri-meet against Siena and Merrimack on Saturday, Oct. 31, starting at 11am. The meet will be live streamed on America East TV.
Courtesy: CCSU Athletics
The Central Connecticut State swimming and diving team completed its two-day season opening dual meet versus the University of New Hampshire Friday morning at Suydam Natatorium. The Wildcats earned the 202-149 victory.
Grace M. Young swam on both winning relays on Saturday for the Blue Devils and touched first in the 100-freestyle. Sophie Milhomens won the 200 backstroke and swam a leg on the winning 400 freestyle relay. The Blue Devils won both of Friday’s relays.
The Blue Devils will be back in action a week from today, when the swimmers travel to Southern Connecticut State for a double-dual that includes Wagner. The diving portion of the meet will take place on October 31st, at 11:30 am at Suydam Natatorium
STROKES
- Loretta Santora finished fifth in the 400 IM, going 4:52, 22, while Izzy Vega picked up a point with a 4:55.67 effort
- Milhomens jumped out to the lead in the opening 50 of the 200 back, and doubled that lead on the second 50, pulling away for a 3.23 second win, touching at 2:04.31
- Molly Doran (2:09.75) and Francesca Fusco (2:11.49) finished fourth and fifth in the 200 back
- Lauryn Cowing touched fourth in the 100-butterfly, in a time of 59.88
- Grace Young (2:29.93) and Lizzie Daniels (2:30.06) placed fourth and fifth in the 200 breaststroke
FREESTYLE
- Young led from the outset of the 100-freestyle, turning a .11 second advantage at the midway point into a .54 second win, touching at 52.34
- Maggie Rutledge finished second in a competitive 500-freestyle heat, finishing at 5:08.24, .41 seconds shy of the top spot in the event, while Doran placed fifth in 5:20.03, just in front of Hannah Kretokowski (5:20.96)
RELAYS
- Addison Kenney gave the Blue Devils 200 medley relay an early lead, as he paired with Zariah Townsend, Cowing and Grace M. Young to earn a nearly three second victory in Friday’s opening event, stopping the clock at 1:47.64
- Kenney led off the final event, the 400-freestyle relay as well, going 53.15 to give the Blue Devils a lead they would not relinquish, with Cowing Milhomens and Grace M. Young combining to go 3:32.13
