Women’s Swimming and Diving Captures Golden Grizzly Classic Title

Wednesday, December 3

Rochester, Mich.

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Golden Grizzly Classic

Women's Swimming and Diving Golden Grizzy Champions

Women’s Swimming and Diving Captures Golden Grizzly Classic Title

12/8/2025 2:54:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Complete Meet Results (PDF)

By: Justin Lafleur

OAKLAND, Mich. — The Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team impressed at the Golden Grizzly Classic this past week and weekend, hosted by Oakland University, as the Big Green took first place with 1,940 points. Program records, top 10 all-time finishes, NCAA Zone Cuts and more were abundant in a historic performance for the Big Green.

Dartmouth finished ahead of Grand Canyon (1,776 points), Oakland (1,767), Eastern Michigan (1,471) and Wayne State (695).

"It was very exciting to see our women step up to compete with some very strong teams this week and to ultimately walk away with victory," said head coach Milana Socha. "This was our strongest mid-season invite performance as a team yet, which bodes really well for what is still to come this season from these women. It took a full team effort to walk away victorious — divers and swimmers, top point scorers to those who touched out competitors to make the C-final, relentless energy on deck to being fierce in the pool. The way forward is clear and I'm excited to see the women keep building from here!"

For a closer day-by-day look, please see below.

Wednesday
The first event of the four-day meet saw Dartmouth's 800 freestyle relay team of Sydney Rawie, Izzy Mundee, Carinn Bethea and Samantha Li capture first with a time of 7:20.41.

The Big Green's 200 medley relay team of Sena Bozkurt, Erika Ilkiu, Lane Murray and Samantha Li finished second with a time of 1:41.74.

All-time top 10 program performances:

#3 in the 800 freestyle relay — Sydney Rawie, Izzy Mundee, Carinn Bethea, Samantha Li (7:20.41)
#3 (tie) in the 200 medley relay — Sena Bozkurt, Erika Ilkiu, Lane Murray, Samantha Li (1:41.74)
#5 in the 200 medley relay — Maria Uranga, Kathy Jia, Lindsey Drumm, Catherine Ritter (1:42.03)

Lifetime Bests:

200 freestyle — Sydney Rawie (1:50.26)
200 freestyle relay split — Nil Helvacioglu, Catherine Ritter, Ekin Okudur, Sena Bozkurt
50 backstroke — Sena Bozkurt (25.76), Ekin Okudur (26.89), Maria Uranga (26.05)
50 breaststroke relay split — Erika Ilkiu
50 freestyle relay split — McLane Gmelich, Carinn Bethea

Thursday
Izzy Mundee set a new team record in the 500 freestyle, to highlight a strong Thursday for the Big Green. Her time was 4:47.56, breaking the previous Dartmouth record set in 2016.

Dartmouth finished near the top of a number of events as well. Following Mundee in the 500 freestyle was Carinn Bethea in second with a time of 4:52.92.

The Big Green's 200 freestyle relay team of Bethea, Samantha Li, Catherine Ritter and Lane Murray tied for second with a time of 1:32.37. Kathy Jia came in third in the 200 IM (2:02.82).

Maggie Lambdin (277.65) was second in 1-meter diving with Klara Johnsson Stjernström
(273.80) right behind in third. Both also qualified for NCAA Diving Zones.

All-time top 10 program performances:

#5 in the 200 freestyle relay — Carinn Bethea, Samantha Li, Catherine Ritter, Lane Murray (1:32.37)
#7 in the 50 freestyle — Carinn Bethea (23.19)

Lifetime Bests:

500 freestyle — Nil Helvacioglu (5:07.66), Ekin Okudur (5:02.69), Izzy Mundee (4:47.56)
50 freestyle — Sena Bozkurt (23.82), Carinn Bethea (23.19)
50 freestyle relay split — Ekin Okudur (23.75), Izzy Mundee (23.33)

Friday
The Big Green featured three event champions on Friday. Sena Bozkurt won the 100 butterfly (53.95), Carinn Bethea captured the 200 freestyle (1:48.57) and Maggie Lambdin won 3-meter diving (322.30).

Behind Lambdin was Klara Johnsson Stjernström in second with a score of 290.25, both good enough to qualify for NCAA Diving Zones.

Another top finish on Saturday was the team of Maria Uranga, Erika Ilkiu, Sena Bozkurt and Carinn Bethea finishing second in the 400 medley relay (3:44.14). Sydney Rawie came in third in the 400 IM (4:26.59) with Bozkurt also third in the 100 backstroke (54.93).

All-time top 10 program performances:

#5 in the 200 freestyle relay — Carinn Bethea, Sam Li, Catherine Ritter, Lane Murray (1:32.37)
#7 in the 50 freestyle relay — Carinn Bethea (23.19)
#2 in the 100 butterfly — Sena Bozkurt (53.95)
#3 in the 100 breaststroke — Erika Ilkiu (1:02.64)
#3 in the 100 backstroke — Sena Bozkurt (54.93)
#6 in the 400 medley relay — Maria Uranga, Erika Ilkiu, Sena Bozkurt, Carinn Bethea (3:44.14)

Lifetime Bests:

100 butterfly — Sena Bozkurt (53.95)
200 freestyle — Catherine Ritter (1:54.53)
100 backstroke — Lane Murray (57.32), Ekin Okudur (56.86)
100 freestyle relay split — Izzy Mundee (51.27)

Saturday
The Big Green closed out the meet with another strong day. Carinn Bethea broke the 100 freestyle school record in preliminaries and reset it again in the finals. After a time of 50.04 in prelims, she went 49.86 in the finals to win the event and become the first woman from Dartmouth to ever finish sub-50 seconds in the 100 freestyle.

In addition, Izzy Mundee set an Oakland University pool record in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:48.36.

Along with Bethea's win in the 100 freestyle, she was part of a trio of Mundee, Bethea and Sydney Rawie to finish first through third in the 1650 freestyle. Mundee had a time of 16:48.36, followed by Bethea (16:50.02) and Rawie (16:54.95).

Jamieson Legh impressed in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:03.18, Erika Ilkius came in third in the 200 breaststroke (2:15.49), as did Sena Bozkurt in the 200 backstroke (1:59.51). The Big Green's 400 freestyle relay team of Bethea, Samantha Li, Catherine Ritter and Lane Murray also came in third with a time of 3:24.68.

Maggie Lambdin's score of 234.35 was good for third in platform diving, and qualified for NCAA Diving Zones.

All-time top 10 program performances:

#4 in the 200 breaststroke — Erika Ilkiu (2:15.49)
#5 in the 200 backstroke — Sena Bozkurt (1:59.51)
#6 in the 1650 freestyle — Izzy Mundee (16:48.36)
#8 in the 1650 freestyle — Carinn Bethea (16:50.02)

Lifetime Bests:

200 backstroke — Sena Bozkurt (1:59.51)
100 freestyle — Carinn Bethea (49.86), Addy Domian (53.42)
200 breaststroke — Erika Ilkiu (2:15.49)
200 butterfly — Lane Murray (2:06.41)
100 freestyle relay split — Sydney Rawie (51.78), Erika Ilkiu (54.75), Xzana Duranovich (56.53), Ekin Okudur (52.24)