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Swimming & Diving Has Strong Showing at CSCAA College Open Water National Championships
Dec 13, 2025 | Women's Swimming and Diving
SARASOTA, FL – The Tulane swimming and diving team, led by Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou, had three swimmers finish in the top 40 overall at the 2025 CSCAA College Open Water National Championships in Sarasota, Fla. at Nathan Benderson Park on Saturday
"It was a perfect day at the CSCAA Open Water Championships," explained Assistant Coach Canaan Campbell. "This group did a great job of executing their own race and turning on the jets the last lap. Varvara, Lise, and Sydney did a great job of setting the tone getting out there in those front groups. Mary and Layla had very consistent performances and everyone as a team showcased our depth! On to Vegas!"
Individually, Petropoulou had the highest finish among the Tulane group of five swimmers in taking 17th overall (16th in Division I) with a 59:39.5. Lise Coetzee took 20th overall (18th in Division I) with a 59:46.5, Sydney Mullin earned 36th overall (28th in Division I) with a 1:00.47.9, Mary Kate Kupsky finished 61st overall (45th in Division I) with a 1:02.45.9 while Layla Allen was 64th overall (48th in Division I) with a 1:03.16.2. There was a total of 80 competitors in the Division I portion of the race.
The next team competition for the program is at the UNLV Winter Invitational from Dec. 15-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada starting with swim preliminaries daily at 11:30 a.m. CT.
The program finished the 2024-25 season with 54 top 10 school marks including 10 school records. The team also won six events, had 28 overall all conference marks, a placing of third overall at the league championship meet plus saw Head Coach Amanda Caldwell along with her staff being named the American's Coaching Staff of the Year. The program also had 10 qualify to participate in the National Championship Invitational this season, three divers that earned bids to the Zone D Diving Championship, had four swimmers named to the Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators and six that were CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. Additionally the program had nine NCAA 'B' cuts, placed fifth at the CSCAA Open Water Championships and rack up 10 American Conference Weekly honors (five swimmers of the week, two freshman swimmers of the week, two freshman divers of the week and one conference diver of the week).
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Tickets for the men's and women's basketball seasons can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
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"It was a perfect day at the CSCAA Open Water Championships," explained Assistant Coach Canaan Campbell. "This group did a great job of executing their own race and turning on the jets the last lap. Varvara, Lise, and Sydney did a great job of setting the tone getting out there in those front groups. Mary and Layla had very consistent performances and everyone as a team showcased our depth! On to Vegas!"
Individually, Petropoulou had the highest finish among the Tulane group of five swimmers in taking 17th overall (16th in Division I) with a 59:39.5. Lise Coetzee took 20th overall (18th in Division I) with a 59:46.5, Sydney Mullin earned 36th overall (28th in Division I) with a 1:00.47.9, Mary Kate Kupsky finished 61st overall (45th in Division I) with a 1:02.45.9 while Layla Allen was 64th overall (48th in Division I) with a 1:03.16.2. There was a total of 80 competitors in the Division I portion of the race.
The next team competition for the program is at the UNLV Winter Invitational from Dec. 15-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada starting with swim preliminaries daily at 11:30 a.m. CT.
The program finished the 2024-25 season with 54 top 10 school marks including 10 school records. The team also won six events, had 28 overall all conference marks, a placing of third overall at the league championship meet plus saw Head Coach Amanda Caldwell along with her staff being named the American's Coaching Staff of the Year. The program also had 10 qualify to participate in the National Championship Invitational this season, three divers that earned bids to the Zone D Diving Championship, had four swimmers named to the Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators and six that were CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. Additionally the program had nine NCAA 'B' cuts, placed fifth at the CSCAA Open Water Championships and rack up 10 American Conference Weekly honors (five swimmers of the week, two freshman swimmers of the week, two freshman divers of the week and one conference diver of the week).
TICKETS
Tickets for the men's and women's basketball seasons can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow Tulane Swimming and Diving on social media @GreenWaveSwim on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Follow Tulane Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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