Montclair, NJ- The Montclair State Women's Swimming & Diving team enters Day Two of the NJAC Championships on Friday.
MEET INFO
The meet will be back in the Hampden Aquaplex and will start with the trial meet at 9:30 am and return for the finals meet at 5:30 pm. Live coverage of the event can be found at montclairathletics.com
LAST TIME OUT
Montclair sits in fifth place after the first day of the NJAC Championships with 98 points. The 2026 NJAC Championships kicked off with the 200 medley relay. Representing the Red Hawks were ABBY PANZARELLA, MARIANNE TASSINARI, MADELINE ROGERS, and ROURKE PERALTA. They placed fifth in the event with a time of 1:47.50. The 800 free relay finished off the day, where the quartet CATTY GEYER, AMELIA FANNING, DEVYN FORD, and Leticia Laynez combined for a team time of 7:58.63. That time was good for a sixth-place finish.
EVENTS PREVIEW
400 MEDLEY RELAY
How Montclair did last season at the NJAC Championships: Fifth place among 10 teams; 3:55.80 (SOPHIA SHOPOVICK, ABBY BROCK, MADELINE ROGERS, & ROURKE PERALTA)
Winner of the event last championship: Mary Washington's Phoebe Root, Bridget Zagrobelny, Bridget Wilson, & Spera Moy-Jacobs (3:48.38)
Top time for Montclair this season: TESSA DEVONE, MARIANNE TASSINARI, MADELINE ROGERS, & ROURKE PERALTA; 4:00.77 at the Gettysburg Invite on December 5-6
Top time in the NJAC this season: Kean's Braelyn Wilson, Victoria Zjawan, Olivia Chow, & Emma Bellars; 3:49.84 at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on November 2025.
500 FREE
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: JULIE TIEDEMANN, sixth-place finish of 5:10.45.
Winner of the event last championship: Salisbury's Sadie Herbert (4:59.65)
Top time for Montclair this season: AMELIA FANNING; 5:22.50 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Salisbury's Rowan O'Donoghue; 5:00.23 at the Arena Yellow Jacket Invitational on November 21-23.
200 IM
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: Marianne Tassanari, fourth-place finish of 2:08.27.
Winner of the event last championship: Salisbury's Sydney McCallie (2:04.33)
Top time for Montclair this season: Marianne Tassanari; 2:09.79 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Rowan's Ella Pennington; 2:03.14 at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on November 21-23.
50 FREE
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: ROURKE PERALTA; placed second with a time of 23.18
Winner of the event last championship: Kean's Braelyn Wilson (23.16)
Top time for Montclair this season: ROURKE PERALTA; 23.70 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Kean's Braelyn Wilson; 23.21 at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on November 21-23.
1-METER DIVE
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: AUDREY HITCHENS; placed third with a score of 267.60
Winner of the event last championship: TCNJ's Beth Evaldi (394.65)
Top score for Montclair this season: AUDREY HITCHENS; 187.05 against Coast Guard and Roger Williams on January 31.
Top score in the NJAC this season: TCNJ's Beth Evaldi; 264.60 at the NYU Invitational on November 6-7
NEXT TIME OUT
Day three of the NJAC Championships will replicate day two, with the trial meet starting at 9:30 am. The finals meet, later in the evening, will begin at 5:30 pm.
