University of New Hampshire Athletics
Friday, October 23
New Britain, Conn.
11 AM
University of New Hampshire
202
at
149
CCSU
Marisa White won the 500-yard freestyle on Friday at CCSU
Photo by: Jack Garver
10/23/2026 5:15:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Wildcats win two-day dual meet to improve to 2-0 on season
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.
UNH (2-0, 1-0 America East) completed the victory after carrying a 114-91 lead through Thursday's opening day of action.
UNH (202) at CCSU (149)
Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 (11am) • Day 2 of 2
Jack Suydam Natatorium • New Britain, Conn.
Results (PDF)
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.
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.
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