Swimming and Diving Opened 2026-27 Season with Weekend Olive & Blue Scrimmage

Friday, September 25

2 p.m.

Tulane University

Olive / Blue Scrimmage

Swim/Dive Results

Swimming and Diving Opened 2026-27 Season with Weekend Olive & Blue Scrimmage

Sep 28, 2026 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Swimming / Diving Results

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane swimming and diving opened the 2026-27 season Friday and Saturday at the Reily Center Natatorium with its annual Olive & Blue Scrimmage.

This year's scrimmage featured a new format, dividing the squad into three teams—White, Blue and Green—for a two-day competition that combined swimming, diving and dryland events.

Swimmers competed in a pentathlon consisting of the 50-yard butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle, along with the 100-yard individual medley. Team standings were determined by average swim time. The five divers each performed six dives—three from the 1-meter board and three from the 3-meter board—with the highest combined score earning the individual title.
Saturday's dryland competition included a 10-yard sprint, broad jump, medicine-ball overhead throw and prowler push. Teams could also earn points for spirit and communication.

The White team claimed the overall victory, winning both the swimming competition with an average time of 3:00.22 and the dryland events with 36 points. Blue finished second in both categories, recording a 3:01.24 average swim time and 34 dryland points. Green placed third with a 3:04.36 average and 32 points.

Diving highlights
Friday's competition began with the 1-meter and 3-meter events. White team diver Libby Brewer led the combined standings with 223.40 points. Blue team's Tannah Proudfoot finished second with 219.60, followed by Green team's Fiona Keilly with 218.75.

Swimming highlights
White team's Eliza Lennox won the 50 butterfly in 25.16 and the 50 freestyle in 23.36. She also finished second in the 50 breaststroke (31.23) and fourth in the 50 backstroke (28.16).

Nicole Fant, also representing White, won the 50 backstroke in 27.42 and placed third in the 50 butterfly (27.15). Paula Gaya Bisquerra added a White team victory in the 50 breaststroke, touching in 30.95.

Blue team's Gwen Shahboz won the 100 individual medley in 1:01.49. She also placed third in the 50 backstroke (28.13) and fifth in both the 50 butterfly (27.38) and 50 breaststroke (32.15).

Teammate Ebba Holgersson finished second in the 100 IM (1:01.87) and third in the 50 breaststroke (31.42).

Green team's Lise Coetzee took second in the 50 butterfly (26.91) and third in the 50 freestyle (24.61). Kaylee Daniell placed fourth in both the 50 butterfly (27.37) and 50 freestyle (25.56).

Other top finishes included:
Maddie Emment (White): Second in the 50 backstroke (28.11) and 50 freestyle (24.51); third in the 100 IM (1:01.90).
Danielle Barberie (Blue): Fourth in the 50 breaststroke (32.09) and 100 IM (1:02.36).
Lise Coetzee (Green): Fifth in the 50 backstroke (28.26).
Emma Barr (White): Fifth in the 50 freestyle (25.89).
Mary Kate Kupsky (Green): Fifth in the 100 IM (1:03.27).

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. The team's next home meet is 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 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 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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