University of Delaware Athletics
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Atlantic Sun Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving's Novinskiy Becomes the First Female Athlete in Program History to Punch Ticket to NCAA Championships
2/20/2026 12:04:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
ORLANDO, Fla. – Victoria Novinskiy took first place in the 100-Yard Butterfly to become the first woman in program history to qualify for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships as the University of Delaware women's swimming & diving team is in first place after the second day of the 2026 Atlantic Sun Swimming & Diving Championships.
After day two, the Fightin' Blue Hens have scored 900 points.
RESULTS
- The 200-free relay quartet of Angi Ragazzoni, Judy Liu, Olivia Willemsen, and Elishka Hajek finished in third place with a time of 1:32.27 to start night two.
- Alex Pastris became the first Blue Hen to capture a championship in the ASUN era as she won the 1-meter dive at 281.60.
- In Novinskiy's historic win in the 100-fly, she also broke her own program record at 51.92.
- Piper Price won the 400-IM with a time of 4:15.97, capturing the program record. In addition, she shattered the freshman record by just under five seconds, finishing 5:69 under her preliminary time of 4:21.66.
- Another freshman, Elisa Spera, finished the 400-IM with a podium finish. The Italy native took third at 4:19.12.
- Ragazzoni finished the 200-free at 1:48.41, taking first place.
- Ragazzoni, Bri Cottingham, Novinskiy, and Liu broke the record they set at the 2025 CAA Championships by finishing the 400-medley relay, taking first place at 3:36.28.
MEDAL COUNT
GOLD (FIVE)
- 1-Meter Diving (Pastris)
- 100-Fly (Novinskiy)
- 200-Free (Ragazzoni)
- 400-IM (Price)
- 400-Medley Relay (Ragazzoni, Cottingham, Novinskiy, Liu)
BRONZE (FIVE)
- 200-free relay (Ragazzoni, Liu, Willemsen, Hajek)
- 200-medley relay (Dimitrova, Cottingham, Novinskiy, Hajek)
- 3-meter Diving (Pastris)
- 500-freestyle (Spera)
- 200-IM (Price)
- 400-IM (Spera)
DAY TWO STANDINGS
Delaware: 900
FGCU: 881
Queens (N.C.): 558
UNC Asheville: 455
Georgia Southern: 425
North Florida: 344
Old Dominion: 275
Gardner-Webb: 248
Bellarmine: 120
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