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Bucknell Invitational
Women's Swimming & Diving Finishes in Second at Bucknell Invitational; Novinskiy and Ragazzoni Set Program Records
11/23/2025 9:29:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
LEWISBURG, Pa. – University of Delaware women's swimming & diving finished in second place with a score of 1390.00 points at the Bucknell Invitational.
The Fightin' Blue Hens broke two program records and two freshman records on the final day of the three-day midseason event.
Victoria Novinskiy set the program and pool record in the 200-fly, marking her third program record of the weekend. She finished at 1:54.65, almost five seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Ragazzoni dominated the 200-back finals, setting a program record at 1:56.90, breaking the record she set back in March at the 2025 Coastal Athletic Association Championships. This was the second backstroke event that she won the A Final in of the weekend after winning the 100-back on Saturday.
RESULTS
Ragazzoni started off the final day for the Hens, placing third in the 200-back prelims at 1:59.31, earning a trip to the nightcap.
Marisa Schenkenberger and Piper Price received A Final spots by finishing sixth and seventh in the 200-breast preliminary at 2:18.92 and 2:19.48.
Victoria Novinskiy dominated the 200-fly preliminary, finishing 4.69 seconds ahead of the rest of the 31-competitor field at 1:56.05.
Elisa Spera set the freshman record at 16:37.91 in the 1650-free finals, breaking a record set by Cortney Barry in 2008.
The fifth-fastest time in that event went to the champion of the B Final, Aleksandra Dimitrova, who broke her second freshman record of the weekend at 1:59.75.
In the 100-free, Olivia Willemsen placed sixth at 50.85, while Naia Legarda took third in the B Final at 50.94.
Schenkenberger and Price moved up a spot each in the 200-breast finals, placing fifth and sixth at 2:17.59 and 2:18.20.
Erin Richards won the B Final and placed fifth overall with a 2:02.79 finish in the 200-fly.
In the final race of the night, Ragazzoni, Legarda, Willemsen, and Judy Liu placed third in the 400-free relay at 3:22.61.
UP NEXT
The Fightin' Blue Hens travel down to Florida on December 31 to compete in a tri-meet against conference foe FGCU and SMU.
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