SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – First-year diver Sydney Bluestein qualified for the NCAA Diving Regionals as the Amherst College women's swimming and diving team posted a 178-105 victory at local rival Springfield College in the final dual meet of the season on Sunday afternoon at Linkletter Natatorium. Senior captain Marie Fagan and first-year Allison LaCroix each won two individual races after swimming on the victorious 200 medley relay team.

The Mammoths (6-1), ranked 21st in the nation and 7th in the Northeast-North Region in the latest CSCAA Division III polls, complete the dual meet season with a winning record for the 35th straight season and kept the Pride (5-9) winless this season against NESCAC opponents.

Amherst will next compete in the NESCAC Championships from Feb. 10–13 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The Mammoths finished third the last time the championship was held in 2020 and will be seeking their first conference title since 2013.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

* Bluestein won the one-meter diving event with a score of 267.90, her second score of the season above the NCAA qualifying mark of 255, earning a spot in the NCAA Diving Regionals alongside senior Hannah Karlin, who finished second. Karlin posted the top score on the three-meter boards with a season-best 281.71.

* Junior Grace Tarantola, LaCroix, Fagan and sophomore Grace Walker teamed up to kick off the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:49.25.

* Fagan won two individual races, taking the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:07.82 and winning her first collegiate start in the 100-yard freestyle with a collegiate-best time of 54.21.

* LaCroix swept the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke races for the third time this season. She won the 100 breast in 1:07.88 just ahead of fellow first-year Katherine Hoffman and her time of 2:28.68 in the 200 breast was over 10 seconds ahead of second place.

* Junior Jessica Gordon won both the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle races. She won the 200 free in 1:57.06, just ahead of sophomore Lauren Eng, and led a Mammoths sweep of the 500 free, touching in 5:10.74 with junior Margaret McNamara in second at 5:22.01 and first-year Alessandra Peitz Diaz in third at 5:23.97.

* First-year Megan Lee won the 400-yard individual medley in 4:38.34, her second win in as many collegiate starts in the event. Junior Sophia Kubik was second with a season-best time of 4:53.74.

* Walker (24.81) out-touched Eng (24.82) by one-hundredth of a second to win the 50-yard freestyle, her third win in five starts at this distance.

* Tarantola won her second straight 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:12.97, just ahead of first-year Jennifer Adams, whose personal-best time of 2:13.81 was good for second in her first collegiate race in the event.

* Hoffman led an Amherst sweep of the 100-yard butterfly, touching in 59.66 for her first collegiate win in the butterfly. Walker was second in 1:00.92 and sophomore Emma Lee was third with a collegiate-best 1:03.13.