The Colby College Women's Swimming and Diving team delivered a series of remarkable performances at the 2025 NCAA Division III Championships in Indianapolis, marking a historic week for the program. The Mules opened the competition with a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter medley relay, earning First Team All-American honors. The relay team, comprised of Alexis Coates, Kellen Mottl, Aria Kapoor, and Eliza Marco, set a new school record with a time of 3:44.15, the highest relay finish for Colby at the NCAA Championships in 19 years. Coates also broke her own school record in the 100-meter backstroke during the relay.
The momentum continued into the second day, where the Mules shattered the school record in the 200-meter freestyle relay twice. Caitlin Lacey, Lucy Mackey, Eliza Marco, and Zoe Buzzelli first broke the record in the morning heats with a time of 1:33.50, only to improve it to 1:33.40 in the finals, securing a 14th-place finish and Second Team All-American honors for the squad. By the end of the day, Colby was positioned 14th in the national team standings.
On the final day of competition, the Mules added two more podium finishes. The 200-meter medley relay team of Coates, Mottl, Caitlin Lacey, and Marco placed seventh, earning First Team All-American honors. Mottl also made history by becoming the first Colby women's swimmer to earn First Team All-American status in an individual event since 2009 with her eighth-place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke. These achievements underscore a successful championship run for Colby, highlighting the team's competitive prowess on the national stage.