University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
Boston University
October 31, 2026 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
The Minutemen won 159-138, while the Minutewomen dropped their dual meet, 191-108, to the Terriers.
BOSTON, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts men's swimming and diving team defeated Boston University, 159-138, on Saturday afternoon at FitRec Competition Pool, while the women's swimming and diving team fell 191-108 to the Terriers.
Both the Minutewomen and Minutemen combined for 39 top-three finishes on the day, including nine gold medals.
Women's Swimming & Diving
The Minutewomen totaled 12 top-three finishes on the day while collecting two gold medals.
Senior Ece Yildirim opened the individual events with a third-place finish in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:47.27.
In the 200 freestyle, the Minutewomen took two spots on the podium, as senior Beren Cakiroglu swam a time of 1:55.23 to place second, while freshman Amanda Schroeder earned third with a time of 1:59.95.
Maria Grishaeva swam into second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.07.
The Minutewomen secured first and second place finishes in the 100 breaststroke. Sophomore Kate Baranova earned the gold with a time of 1:06.98 and freshman Kate Shannon grabbed the silver with a personal-best time of 1:07.23.
Freshman Mackenzie Gibbons recorded a time of 2:12.89 to take second in the 200 butterfly. Junior Courtney Tedesco finished in third place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.08.
Senior Lindsay Burbage sat atop the podium in the 200 breaststroke after swimming a 2:23.59 time. In the last individual event, Elizabeth Lahmann rounded out the podium with a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.03.
In the relays, the 200 medley relay team of Gibbons, Burbage, freshman Gabby Bulatewicz, and senior Diya Ackerman-Vallala, combined for a time of 1:49.37 to swim into second.
The quad also posted a second-place finish in the 400 relay with a combined time of 3:38.62. Lahmann, Bulatewicz, Hannah Schoenauer, and Schroeder took the bronze medal with a 3:43.02 time.
Men's Swimming & Diving
The Minutemen tallied 22 top-three finishes, adding seven gold medals on the day.
Senior Jude Boukarroum and sophomore Miles Smyczek kicked off the individual events, competing in the 1,000 freestyle. Boukarroum placed second with a time of 9:47.61, while Smyczek took third with a time of 9:52.95.
Junior Liam Rayson claimed the silver medal in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:43.55. Fellow classmate Zach Szabo swam into second with a time of 51.50 in the 100 backstroke.
The Minutemen claimed the top-two spots on the podium in the 100 breaststroke, as sophomores Hudson Bawduniak took first (55.97) and Eli Panachyda was second (57.37).
Senior Aydin Erkan finished the 200 butterfly in second with a time of 1:53.39, followed by junior Chase Keeler in third with a time of 1:56.59. Sophomore Liam Hickey touched the wall first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.06.
In the 100 freestyle, senior Alonso Montori collected the silver medal with a time of 47.10, while junior Liam Rayson picked up the bronze with a time of 47.35.
Hickey (1:51.05) and Keeler (1:52.55) claimed first and second, respectively, in the 200 backstroke. Panachyda swam a time of 2:04.73 to finish first in the 200 breaststroke.
Boukarroum took second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:43.37, as Smyczek was third in the event with a time of 4:46.33. Bawduniak swam a time of 49.59 in the 100 butterfly to secure the gold, while Erkan grabbed the bronze medal with a time of 51.47.
Keeler and junior Nate Derby closed out the individual events competing in the 200 individual medley. Keeler earned the gold medal with a time of 1:54.17 with Derby finishing third with a time of 1:55.81.
During the relay events, the team of Zach Szabo, sophomore Chase Dai, Bawduniak and sophomore Liam Hickey combined for a time of 1:32.10 in the 200 medley relay for a second-place finish.
In the 400 freestyle relay, Hickey, Rayson, junior Daniel Strumidlo and Montori swam a time of 3:05.56 to sit atop the podium.
On The Boards
In the three-meter dive, junior Khrystyna Yaremyn secured the gold with a six-dive total of 321.30. Fellow classmate, Danielle Guerin garnered the bronze with a score of 286.28.
The one-meter dive saw two Minutewomen on the podium. Yaremyn took silver with a total of 279.45, while Guerin earned her second bronze of the day with a score of 267.38.
For the Minutemen, junior Alex Kreidler grabbed the gold medal in the one-meter dive with a six-dive total of 365.55, which marked the second-best score in program history. Sophomore Carson Harrington finished the event with a total of 331.73 to take second, the sixth-best score in program history.
In the three-meter, Harrington claimed first with a score of 377.45, with Kreidler taking second with a total of 324.90
Up Next
Both the men's and women's swim team will travel back to Boston, Massachusetts for the Terrier Invitational, hosted by Boston University, on Friday, Nov. 20 through Sunday, Nov. 22, in Boston Mass.
Preliminaries for all three days will begin at 10 a.m., while the finals of every event will start at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 5 p.m. on Sunday.
