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Liberty Set to Compete at Tulane
10/9/2025 1:36:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
The Liberty swimming & diving team will head to New Orleans, La., for the first time, competing at fellow American Conference foe Tulane, Friday and Saturday at Reily Student Recreation Center Natatorium.
This weekend's meet will be a two-day contest, beginning at 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT) on Friday. The two teams will begin day two at noon ET (11 a.m. CT), Saturday.
How to Follow the Lady Flames
Live results will be available through the MeetMobile App. Additionally, fans can watch a live video stream on YouTube.
Liberty has the Top Time in the American Conference in the Following Events
100 backstroke – Gwyneth Frick – 53.91 (14th nationally)
200 IM – Gwyneth Frick – 2:05.21
200 medley relay – 1:42.05
400 medley relay – 3:46.94
Team Notes
The Lady Flames will take a week off from competition before heading to Buies Creek, N.C., to take on Campbell in the longest-running series in program history. Liberty and Campbell will face off on Oct. 25 at noon.
This weekend's meet will be a two-day contest, beginning at 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT) on Friday. The two teams will begin day two at noon ET (11 a.m. CT), Saturday.
How to Follow the Lady Flames
Live results will be available through the MeetMobile App. Additionally, fans can watch a live video stream on YouTube.
Liberty has the Top Time in the American Conference in the Following Events
100 backstroke – Gwyneth Frick – 53.91 (14th nationally)
200 IM – Gwyneth Frick – 2:05.21
200 medley relay – 1:42.05
400 medley relay – 3:46.94
Team Notes
- Liberty, James Madison and Marshall joined the American Conference as affiliate members in women's swimming & diving beginning on July 1, 2025.
- In the 2025 American Conference Preseason Poll, Rice was voted first, followed by Liberty in second. Tulane was picked to finish fourth in the preseason poll.
- The Lady Flames are 1-0 against American Conference opponents this season, topping East Carolina 194-155 this past weekend at Liberty Natatorium. Liberty won three out of four relays and 12 out of 13 individual swimming events. East Carolina won both diving events.
- Liberty's Aly Bozzuto won three events last weekend against ECU (50 free, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke), while the Lady Flames got two victories from Emma Herrera (500 free, 1000 free), Kamryn Cannings (100 free, 200 free) and Gwyneth Frick (100 back, 200 IM).
- Liberty won its seventh straight conference championship, claiming the 2025 Atlantic Sun Swimming & Diving Championships. The team posted 10 top-eight finishes on Saturday night, winning all five events while earning eight medals. For the meet, Liberty earned 40 A Finals, 26 podiums and 13 event wins. The Lady Flames set eight program records, five meet records and five conference records, while earning 10 NCAA B cuts and four NCAA Zone Qualifying scores.
- Head Coach Jake Shellenberger was voted ASUN Women's Swimming Coach of the Year. It was his seventh Coach of the Year honor and fourth in a row. Samantha Pickens was voted ASUN Women's Diving Coach of the Year.
- Kamryn Cannings was named Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet, winning the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly.
- Shannon Icard earned Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet honors, as she won one-meter, three-meter and platform at the ASUN Championships.
- Aly Bozzuto won the conference title in the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke, while finishing second in the 50 freestyle. She was named Most Outstanding Freshman of the Meet.
- Bozzuto and Cannings both represented the Lady Flames in the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships.
- The Lady Flames were represented by Maddie Freece, Shannon Icard and Chloe LaCount at the NCAA Zone Championships, with Icard making two finals appearances.
- 16th-year Head Coach Jake Shellenberger has led the Lady Flames from the program's inception. He has posted a 137-41 dual-meet record, being named CCSA/ASUN Women's Swimming Coach of the Year seven times (2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025).
- A program-record seven Lady Flames received CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America second team honors last season, in Aly Bozzuto, Kamryn Cannings, Malia Francis, Maddie Freece, Shannon Icard, Chloe LaCount and Sydney Stricklin.
- A total of six current Lady Flames have posted conference podium finishes in their career, led by six medals from Kamryn Cannings. Aly Bozzuto (3), Shannon Icard (3), Eden Troxell (3), Malia Francis (2), and Emily Harstad (1) have all podiumed as well.
- Liberty is 2-0 all-time against Tulane in swimming & diving, most recently defeating the Green Wave 205.5-147.5, Oct. 18-19, 2024 at Liberty Natatorium. The Lady Flames had previously beaten Tulane 131-93 at a meet hosted by FGCU, Jan. 4, 2020.
- The Green Wave opens its 2025-26 season this weekend. Tulane, led by 2025 American Conference Coaching Staff of the Year, finished third at the 2025 American Conference Championships.
The Lady Flames will take a week off from competition before heading to Buies Creek, N.C., to take on Campbell in the longest-running series in program history. Liberty and Campbell will face off on Oct. 25 at noon.
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