ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – St. Mary's College of Maryland women's swimming captured the program's third Atlantic East Conference championship crown, and first since 2022, Sunday (Feb. 16) with a dominant 276-point victory. Along with St. Mary's College winning the title, sophomore Kelsie Miller (Potomac, Md./Churchill) earned her second straight Atlantic East Swimmer of the Year award.
 
The Seahawks tallied 841 points, the most points collected by SMCM since joining the Atlantic in 2020-21, for the 2025 title. St. Mary's College won its first two league titles in 2021 (720.5 points) and 2022 (660 points).
 
Marymount (Va.) University, a two-time champion, finished second with 565 points. Rounding out the top-six were Marywood University (451), Immaculata University (420), Cedar Crest College (238), and Gallaudet University (203).
 
Miller, first-year Mandy Cartwright (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone), junior captain Venus Kai Judge (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard), and sophomore Emerson Young (Bel Air, Md./Harford Technical) clocked a conference championship meet record and conference record of 3:37.53 to win the 400-freestyle relay.
 
Miller is now the two-time defending champion in the 200-butterfly after touching the wall first in 2:09.80 while Judge finished third in 2:19.95 and first-year Jesse Slingluff (Crownsville, Md./Old Mill) came in sixth in 2:34.97.
 
Young captured the 100-freestyle in 54.19 while first-year Addison Willey (Lexington Park, Md./Great Mills) earned a bronze medal in 54.30. Cartwright reached the podium as well with a fifth-place finish in 57.72.
 
First-year Lauren Goulet (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) collected a silver medal in the 1650-freestyle in 19:30.32 while first-year Elly Bauer (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson) landed seventh in 22:19.38.
 
Sophomore Kaitlyn Soldon (Warrenton, Va./Kettle Run) picked up a bronze medal in the 200-backstroke in 2:21.39 while senior captain Emelina Grimm (Rockville, Md./Magruder) reached the podium in sixth place in 2:30.07. First-year Isa Bianco (Catonsville, Md./Catonsville) took seventh in 2:34.94 while Bauer finished 2:43.10.
 
Five Seahawks scored points in the 200-breaststroke with first-year Ella Malzahn (Durham, N.C./Jordan) leading the way with her fifth-place finish in 2:41.32. First-year Natalie Canham (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) went sixth in 2:46.67 while junior Bella Ramirez (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) claimed eighth in 2:49.76.
 
Junior Kate Pass (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) won the 200-breaststroke consolation final in 2:48.14 while first-year Abby Chappell (Waynesboro, Pa./St. Maria Goretti Catholic) finished third in 3:27.08 for ninth and 11th, respectively.
 
Up Next for the Seahawks

• Mar. 19-22 – NCAA Division III Swimming Championships – Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Aquatic Center)

 
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