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Diving Coach Rachael Araujo with divers Sam Nemivant ’20, Kathryn Murphy ’22 and Katie Kolozsvari ’21. Araujo received the NEWMAC Coach of the Year honor, a first for the MHC Swim and Dive program.
BY JULIA KLEIN ‘21
Three divers from Mount Holyoke qualified for the 2020 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Northeast Diving Regionals at Springfield College on Feb. 28 and 29.
Samantha Nemivant ’20, Kathryn Murphy ’22 and Katie Kolozsvari ’21 all placed within the top 20 on the one meter board on Friday.
As a senior, this was Nemivant’s last regional competition of her collegiate career. Nemivant was named Women’s Diver of the Week four times throughout the season by the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).
Nemivant placed 13 overall with a score of 386.5, followed by Murphy with a score of 373.8 and Kolozsvari with a score of 362.1 on the one-meter board on Friday.
When it came time for the three-meter board competition on Saturday, all three divers placed in the top 20 once again. Murphy took 10 overall with a score of 409.25, just ahead of Nemivant in 11 overall with a score of 404.20. Kolozsvari rounded out the Lyons’ team in 18, with a score of 360.25.
“[The divers] show up every day ready to work hard, take chances and get better,” Diving Coach Rachael Araujo said. “It’s taken some time to build our program to this point, but I’m hoping to take this momentum and continue to move it forward.”
Araujo won the title of New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Coach of the Year this year. This win is a first in the Mount Holyoke Swim and Dive program history.
“I was definitely surprised when I found out,” Araujo said. “The post-season awards have always been voted on by and awarded to coaches — many of whom I’ve looked up to for years — so it was quite an honor.”