Swimming and Diving Hosts Olive & Blue Scrimmage This Friday

Swimming and Diving Hosts Olive & Blue Scrimmage This Friday

Sep 24, 2026 | Women's Swimming and Diving

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane swimming and diving team officially gets back in the pool as the program hosts the Olive & Blue Scrimmage on Friday, Sept. 24, starting at 2 p.m. at the Reily Center Natatorium. The event is open to the public so fans can get a sneak preview of the program in action before next week's start of the regular season.

The format has been altered this season as the squad will be divided among three teams (White, Blue, and Green) and all swimmers will compete in a pentathlon (50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 free, and 100 IM). The winning team will have the lowest average swim time overall.

The divers will be competing in three dives on each board for a total of six dives. Each round of three dives will consist of the two required dives and one optional. The divers must cover all five groups of dives. The winners will be based on the highest combined score.

There will also be a dryland competition on Saturday that will factor into the overall winning team point total.

The White team will be comprised of Nicole Fant, Marin Shimkus, Lieve Geelen, Casey Freeman, Libby Brewer, Emma Barr, Paula Gaya Bisquerra, Eliza Lennox, and Maddie Emment.

The Blue team is Charley Floyd, Gwen Shahboz, Danielle Barberie, Tamara Elekes, Tannah Proudfoot, Phoebe Johnson, Ebba Holgersson, and Kelsey Weddington.

The Green team features Layla Allen, Eva Shawver, Fiona Keilly, Samantha Schoenborn, Mary Kate Kupsky, Kaylee Daniell, Franchesca Sanchez, and Lise Coetzee.

The events of the pentathlon are:
1) 50 Fly
2) 50 Back
3) 50 Breast
4) 50 Free
5) 100 IM

Tulane's program, under the direction of Head Coach Amanda Caldwell, was picked for third in the 2026-27 American Preseason Poll with 43 points.

Next, the regular season begins on the road at the FIU TYR Fall Classic in Miami, Florida, from October 2-3. Following that, the team will travel for a meet in North Carolina from October 23-24. November features an extended road trip with meets in Texas at the University of Houston and Rice University from November 6-7, followed by the Phil Hansel Invitational in Houston from November 17-20, where qualifiers will compete against top programs. In December, the team will participate in the US Open in Austin, Texas (December 3-6) and the Open H2O Championships in Sarasota, Florida (December 12). The holiday break will be spent in Hawai'i, with the team competing on Jan. 3 against the University of Hawaii. Colorado College, and Pacific Lutheran. The diving squad will remain on the West Coast for the UCLA Diving Meet in Los Angeles from January 8-10. The team then hosts the second annual Mardi Gras Invitational from January 15-16 at the Reily Center, featuring teams from the University of New Mexico, Delta State, and Loyola of New Orleans. The final home competition is a dual meet against the University of West Florida on January 30. The team also makes a return to Texas for the Houston Last Chance Meet on February 5-6. The postseason begins with the 2027 American Championships, scheduled for February 17-20 at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Zone D Diving Championships will take place March 7-10 in Austin, Texas, followed by the National Invitational Championships (NIC) from March 11-13 in Ocala, Florida. The season concludes with the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas from March 17-20.

The program finished fifth overall at the 2026 American Conference Swimming Championships with 905.50 points. Tulane totaled an event victory and five medal winners in the competition. Lise Coetzee won the 200 free and placed second in the 500 free. Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou was the runner-up in the 200 butterfly. Eliza Lennox took third in the 100 free. The 800 relay team of Coetzee, Andrea Zeebe, Phoebe Johnson, and Rafaela Sumida placed third. Libby Brewer was named the league's Freshman Diver of the Year and also qualified and competed at NCAA Zones this season. Tulane also saw 11 qualify and compete at the 2026 CSCAA National Invitational Championships in Danielle Barberie, Coetzee, Nicole Fant, Paula Gaya Bisquerra, Petropoulou, Ebba Holgersson, Johnson, Mary Kate Kupsky, Lennox, Gwen Shahboz, and Marin Shimkus. The program saw four earn a spot on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ® Division I Swimming & Diving Team in Petropoulou, Hatipoglu, Johnson, and Zeebe and three selected as College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-Americans in Lennox, Petropoulou, and Brewer.

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