Kenyon Captures NCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Crown

GRANVILLE, OH - The Kenyon women captured their league-leading 29th overall crown, as competition wrapped up on Saturday night at the 2025 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University.
 
The Owls tallied 2,040 points after recording 26 All-NCAC finishes and collecting eight NCAC titles to win the conference crown. Denison finished second in the team standings with 1,929 points after winning 13 events and logging 32 All-NCAC finishes, while DePauw finished third with 1,281 points, followed by Wooster (1,159), Oberlin (923.5), Wittenberg (720.5), Ohio Wesleyan (577), Hiram (260).
 
Kenyon senior Jennah Fadely (Siler City, NC/Jordan Matthews) was named the NCAC Women's Swimmer of the Year for the third-consecutive season after winning three individual event titles and two relays, along with one runner-up relay finish. Fadley and her teammates collected gold in the 400 free relay in an NCAA “B” cut time of 3:21.39, along with earning the 400 medley relay title in an NCAC record, and NCAA “B” cut time (3:39.88). The 200 medley quartet finished  second in an NCAA “B” cut time of 1:40.77. Fadely captured her fourth-straight 100 IM (56.09) and 100 breast (1:00.57) titles and her third-consecutive 200 IM crown (2:01.50), all in NCAA “B” standard times.
 
In the diving well, Denison senior Kerstyn Johnson claimed the NCAC Women's Diver of the Year for the third-time in her career after winning the one-meter event at the 2025 NCAC Championships with a regional-qualifying score of 429.20 and posting a second-place finish in the three-meter competition with another regional-qualifying score with 444.80 points.
 
In addition, Kenyon’s Jael Cohn (Santa Margerita, CA/San Luis Obispo Classical Acad.) earned 2025 NCAC Women's Newcomer of the Year honors after placing in the top ten in both diving events. Cohn placed eighth on the one-meter board (315.30) and 10th in the three-meter competition (264.80), earning the Owls 47 overall team points.
 
Finally, DePauw and Denison collected the NCAC Women’s Swimming Coaching Staff of the Year and Women’s Diving Coaching Staff of the Year honors, respectively. The DePauw coaching staff, including head coach Tracy Menzel, earned the Women's Swimming Coaching Staff of the Year honor. for second straight year; Assistant coach Alan Senn, is in his first year with the program. The Tigers were led to a third-place finish after accumulating 1,281 points at the 2025 NCAC championship. Over the four-days of conference competition, the Tigers logged seven top-five finishes and five all-conference certificates. Big Red head coach Russ Bertram claimed his third-consecutive and seventh overall Women's Diving Coaching Staff of the Year award in 2025 as Denison swept places 1-3 in the one- and three-meter competition, with all three divers posting regional qualifying scores. Bertram also earned his fifth men's diving coach honor at this year’s meet.
 
In other action Saturday night, Kenyon sophomore Bengisu Caymaz (Istanbul, Turkey/Eyuboglu) started the night off winning the 1650 freestyle, for the second-consecutive season, in an NCAA “B” cut time 16:36.97. Denison first-year Caroline Ramirez (Cincinnati, OH/Country Day) brought the NCAC title in the 200 backstroke back to Granville for the first time since 2017, touching the wall in an NCAA “B” cut time of 2:00.94. Denison senior Grace Kadlecik (Lansing, NY/Lansing) paced the field in the 100 free to earn gold in an NCAA “B” cut time of 50.80. Kenyon senior Gabby Wei (Hong Kong/Hong Kong International) broke the NCAC record in the 200 breast during prelims (2:14.09) and then reset the conference record in the “A” finals to capture her fourth-straight title in an NCAA “B” cut time of 2:12.41. Denison junior Emily Harris (Castalian Springs, TN/Ensworth) earned her second-consecutive 200 butterfly title in an NCAA “B” cut time of 2:00.71.

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