University of Richmond Athletics
University of Richmond
Fordham
10/23/2026 | Women's Swimming & Diving
BRONX, N.Y. — Richmond swimming & diving won 12 of 16 events, swept the top three places in three individual events and captured both relays in a 198-102 victory over Atlantic 10 opponent Fordham Friday evening.
The Spiders recorded first- and second-place finishes in eight individual events, including 1-2-3 sweeps of the 1,000-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley. Six different Richmond swimmers won individual events.
Lena Amare led Richmond with three individual victories, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.94), 100-yard freestyle (52.16) and 200-yard individual medley (2:04.73). She also swam the butterfly leg of Richmond's winning 200-yard medley relay, joining Julia Cort, Gabbie Primiano and Presley Baber for a time of 1:43.99. The Spiders' second relay of Hannah Wieczorek, Molly Blanchard, Maris Marchione and Melia Eckman finished third (1:45.85).
Baber added victories in the 50-yard freestyle (23.89) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.46). Cort finished third in the 50 free (24.44), while Primiano followed Baber in the 100 breaststroke with a second-place time of 1:04.58.
Freshman Maris Marchione swept the butterfly events, winning the 200-yard butterfly in 2:06.69 and the 100-yard butterfly in 57.61. MaryAgnes Smith finished second in the 200 fly (2:07.77), while Katie Chignell took second in the 100 fly (57.63), finishing just two hundredths of a second behind Marchione.
Richmond swept the first three places in both distance freestyle events. Kaitlyn Bauer won the 1,000 free in 10:27.03, edging freshman Ellie McNamara by one hundredth of a second (10:27.04), with Erin Budde placing third (10:39.17).
McNamara later won the 500 free in 5:04.92, followed by freshman Ansley Neff in second (5:05.16) and Bauer in third (5:06.05). Neff also finished third in the 200 free (1:53.49), while freshman Melia Eckman took second behind Amare in the 100 free (52.73).
Primiano captured the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:17.52, followed by Trinity Schulze in second (2:22.62). Primiano added a third-place finish in the 200 IM (2:07.28), behind Amare and runner-up Blanchard (2:05.82), completing another Richmond sweep of the top three places.
The Spiders earned additional top-three finishes in both backstroke events. Wieczorek placed third in the 100 backstroke (57.79), while Blanchard finished second in the 200 backstroke (2:03.05) and Chignell took third (2:06.52).
On the diving boards, Rachel Vandersea placed third in the 1-meter event with 226.25 points, while freshman Gianna DiMaggio finished third in the 3-meter competition with 230.25 points.
Richmond closed the meet with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay as Budde, Cort, Neff and Baber combined for a time of 3:30.41, finishing ahead of Fordham's top relay (3:31.25). The Spiders' second relay of Chignell, Marchione, Lydia Sturgeon and Bauer finished third (3:32.79).
The Spiders return to competition Nov. 7 at the ECU Quad Meet in Greenville, N.C.
