Women's Swimming and Diving

NEWMAC Women's Swimming & Diving Weekly Report #4 - November 2

November 2, 2026

The NEWMAC has announced its Women's Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week for the week ending November 1, 2026: Lauren Bullins of Wheaton, Samara Burstein of Wellelsey, the 200-medley relay team of Wheaton and the 200-free relay team of Babson. The NEWMAC Weekly Awards program is presented by SKYBOKX109 in Framingham, Mass.

Weekly Honors

Women's Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week

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Swimmer of the Week

Lauren Bullins

Wheaton

Sophomore • Lenexa, Kansas

5 wins in dual meets against bridgewater st. & Wellesley

Helped Lyons defeat Bridgewater State, 109-85

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Lauren Bullins posted the fastest time in all five individual events she competed in for Wheaton. Bullins won both distance events against host Wellesley College on October 30. She finished first by nearly eight seconds in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:17.16, before claiming victory in the 500-yard freestyle by over eight seconds with a clip of 5:26.73. Bullins came back less than 24 hours later to swim the fastest time in three different strokes against Bridgewater State University. The second-year swimmer touched first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:03.97 and the 200-yard butterfly with a mark of 2:30.38. Bullins also recorded the best time in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:39.18.

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Swimmer of the Week

Samara Burstein

Wellesley

Junior • New York, New York

238.20 Points on 3-meter board

Swept both board against Wheaton on Friday

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Samara Burstein won both 1-Meter (229.65) and 3-Meter (238.20) Diving against Wheaton this past Friday.

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Co-Relay TEAM of the Week

Ryan Vender, Leni So, Julia Netishen, Sylvie Racicot

Babson

200 Free Relay

1:38.15 Won 200-free relay at wpi quint meet on friday night

Babson's 200-free relay time now ranks second fastest this season in the NEWMAC

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The Babson quartet of Vender, So, Netishen and Racicot posted a time of 1:38.15 to finish first in the 200 free relay at the WPI Quint on Friday night. The Beavers finished 1.06 seconds ahead of Coast Guard with a time that ranks second this season among NEWMAC programs.

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Relay Team of the Week

Kaleigh Morton, Maya Moores, Saturn Cogan, Anna St. Jean

Wheaton

200 Medley Relay Team

1st Place Against Bridgewater state

Opened dual with four second win over Bridgewater's relay

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Wheaton opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, behind senior Kaleigh Morton (Milford, Mass.) in the backstroke, Maya Moores (Gorham, Maine) in the breaststroke, first year Saturn Cogan (Saratoga, N.Y.) in the butterfly and senior Anna St. Jean's (Alexandria, Va.) freestyle anchor for a combined time of 1:58.33 to win the race by more than four seconds.

Around the League

Results From October 25-November 1

Matchup Final Game Details
October 30
Wheaton at Wellesley Wellesley 218, Wheaton 80 Results
Babson vs. Smith Babson 162, Smith 131 Results
Babson at WPI Babson 151, WPI 110 Results
Babson vs. Coast Guard Coast Guard 164, Babson 115 Results
Babson vs. Brandeis Babson 203, Brandeis 75 Results
Brandeis vs. Coast Guard Coast Guard 234, Brandeis 53 Results
Brandeis at WPI WPI 212.50, Brandeis 66.50 Results
Smith at WPI WPI 172, Smith 121 Results
Coast Guard at WPI Coast Guard 191, WPI 88 Results
October 31
Bridgewater State at Wheaton Wheaton 109, Bridgewater State 85 Results
Springfield at MIT MIT 241, Springfield 58 Results
UNE at Mount Holyoke Mount Holyoke 145, UNE 117 Results
Clark at Babson Babson 161, Clark 64 Results

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2026 Athletes of the Week

Season Archive

November 2

Swimmer: Lauren Bullins, Wheaton

Diver: Samara Burstein, Wellesley

Co-Relay Team: Kaleigh Morton, Maya Moores, Saturn Cogan, Anna St. Jean (200-Medley Relay), Wheaton

Co-Relay Team: Ryan Vender, Leni So, Julia Netishen, Sylvie Racicot (200-Free Relay), Babson

October 26

Swimmer: Anna St. Jean, Wheaton

Diver: Emma Kent, Wheaton

Relay Team: Anna St. Jean, Lauren Holmes, Lauren Bullins, Amani Sodhi (200-Free Relay), Wheaton

October 19

Swimmer: Emma Schultz, Smith

Diver: Miranda Strunk, Smith

Relay Team: Jessie Wang, Phoebe Ballek, Madeleine Lucas, and Maddie Milla (200-Free Relay), Smith

October 13

Swimmer: Julia Netishen, Babson

Relay Team: Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti, Leni So, Ryan Vender, Julia Netishen (200-Medley Relay), Babson