Granville, Ohio (Feb. 12): After two days of the North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, the Denison women's swimming and diving team sits in second place with 602 points. In first place is Kenyon College with 719, and holding tightly to the third top spot is DePauw with 475 points.

Earning Denison's first individual All-NCAC finish of the day was Quinn Brown in the 500 Free with a time of 4:53.65 (B-cut). Big Red seniors Drue Thielking and Phoebe Ferguson added another 61 points to Denison's total after finishing second and third, respectively, in the 200 IM. Thielking earned second after swimming the 200 IM in 2:04.67 (B-cut), followed by Ferguson with a time of 2:04.84. Just before the diving break, Ollie Morse tacked on 30 more points after finishing third in the 50 free with a time of 23.38 (B-cut).

Over in the Diving Well, senior Lu-Si Minnich earned the Big Red's first individual NCAC Champion title of the week. After 11 dives split between the morning session and the evening finals session, she scored a total of 421.30 points (B-cut). Fellow senior Fernanda Anzures finished the day in seventh place with a final score of 295.75.

Denison closed out the Thursday session of the NCAC championships with a second-place finish in the 400 Medley Relay. Jassy Park, Gwen Bakker, Phoebe Ferguson, and Ollie Morse finished with a time of 3:41.80(B-cut), less than a second after the Owls, but over thirteen seconds faster than the third-place finishing team.

Up Next:

The 2026 NCAC Championships continue through Saturday evening, with preliminary heats beginning at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. each night. 

Friday, February 13 - Meet Schedule

15. Men's 100 Butterfly 

16. Women's 100 Butterfly 

17. Men's 400 Individual Medley  

18. Women's 400 Individual Medley 

19. Men's 200 Freestyle 

20. Women's 200 Freestyle 

21. Men's 100 Breaststroke 

22. Women's 100 Breaststroke 

23. Men's 100 Backstroke 

24. Women's 100 Backstroke 

25. Men's 1-Meter Diving  

26. Men's 200 Freestyle Relay 

27. Women's 200 Freestyle Relay