HAMILTON – Colgate University Mark S. Randall Head Swimming and Diving Coach Ed Pretre recently announced the Class of 2028, featuring seven women and four men joining the squad in the fall.

The incoming class includes student-athletes from seven different states and will look to build off of Colgate's strong 2023-24 season that saw the Raiders improve in times and results across the board. 

"Once again our coaching staff has done an outstanding  job with recruiting exceptional student-athletes to Colgate that hold the high values of high character and a strong work ethic," said Pretre. "This incoming class will continue to help both programs in and out of the pool. For the women, this class provides a more well rounded versatile depth and for the men, we have more firepower in the sprint and breaststroke events."

The 11 incoming student-athletes are listed below in alphabetical order. 

Women's Swimming & Diving Class of 2028

Megan Dera
Robbinsville, N.J. | Robbinsville HS
South Jersey Aquatic Club

Coach Pretre on Megan: "Megan, like the others, brings us such a wealth of versatility and we feel like we can put her anywhere to help us. Megan has a positive personality where others will feed off of her positivity and work ethic."

• 100 Fly | 56.5
• 200 Fly | 204.5
• 100 Back | 58.8
• 200 Back | 204.7  
• 200 IM | 208.5
• 400 IM | 4:31.60

Scarlett Kaplan
Pelham, N.Y. | Hackley School
New York Dive Club

Coach Pretre on Scarlett: "Scarlett is going to add some much needed depth to our ever growing diving program. It is still a very young program but we are building it slowly and the right way. By bringing in athletes like Scarlett. She has a lot of experience on both 1 meter and 3 meter. There is a lot of untapped potential that we are looking forward to unlocking and seeing how much growth she is truly capable of."

• 1 meter 
• 3 meter 

Lydia McMullen
Hershey, Pa. | Hershey High School
Hershey Aquatic Club

Coach Pretre on Lydia: "Lydia didn't really start taking club swimming seriously until her junior year in High School. She will give us some firepower in the sprint Backstroke events and medley relays, once we develop her underwaters, she is going to take her swimming to another level"

• 50 Back | 26.3
• 100 Back | 56.1
• 200 Back | 208.4
• 50 Free | 24.6

Heather O'Day
Marlton, N.J. | Cherokee High School
South Jersey Aquatic Club

Coach Pretre on Heather: "Heather is another extremely versatile student athlete that will help us in the sprint, stroke and IM events for the next four years. There is no doubt that she will be used on various relays as well in meets and at Patriots."

• 50 Free | 23.8
• 100 Free | 51.42
• 100 Back | 57.5
• 200 Back | 204.8
• 200 IM | 2:06.4
• 100 Fly | 57.69

Julia Quernemoen 
Akron, Ohio | Firestone Senior High School
Firestone Akron Swim Team

Coach Pretre on Julia: "Julia was our first commit in this class and we are extremely excited to have her! Her versatility will bring more depth for us in the mid-distance free and IM events."

• 200 Free | 1:53.05
• 500 Free | 5:01.65
• 200 IM | 2:07.51
• 400 IM | 4:33.88
• 200 Breast | 2:26.47
• 100 Fly | 59.3
• 100 Back | 58.5

Ellie Schundler
Charlottesville, Va. | Battlefield
Area Star Swimmers

Coach Pretre on Ellie: "The team absolutely loved Ellie on her recruiting trip. Ellie is an extremely hard working individual and will give us much needed depth in the breastroke events."

• 50 Free | 24.8
• 100 Breast | 107
• 200 Breast | 228
• 100 Fly | 58.9

Olivia Waugh
Fairfax, Va. | Robinson Secondary School
Machine Aquatics

Coach Pretre on Olivia: "Olivia is going to give us needed depth in the distance events and 200 Fly. Adding her to the 1000 Free in dual meets at times will free up our other distance swimmers to compete in different events."

• 200 Free | 156.0
• 500 Free | 506
• 1650 Free | 17:28.31 
• 200 Fly | 205.7

Men's Swimming & Diving Class of 2028

Michael Granin
Ridgewood, N.J. | Ridgewood High School
Wyckoff Family YMCA

Coach Pretre on Michael: "Michael is another versatile swimmer that is going to continue to add depth in our distance freestyle events as well as our breaststroke events. He is already coming into the team with the school record in the 200 breaststroke and we're excited for him to make an impact on our team!"

• 1000 Free | 9:31.08
• 200 Breast | 2:04.18
• 200 Free | 1:41.96
• 500 Free | 4:39.28

Will Hill
Brattleboro, Vt. | Deerfield Academy

Coach Pretre on Will: "Will is a talented sprinter. We feel he has amazing potential here at Colgate to not only break some individual records, but also help us greatly in our sprint relays. We're super excited for him to help our men's team continue to grow." 

• 50 Free | 20.47
• 100 Free | 45.69
  

Deacon Mascarinas
New Canaan, Conn. | New Canaan High School
Stamford Sailfish Aquatic Club

Coach Pretre on Deacon: "Deacon is one of the breaststrokers that we're bringing in that is going to impact the program in a great way. He is coming in with the 100 breaststroke record already, and is going to play a major part in our medley relays as well as add to our depth in the breaststroke and 200 IM." 

• 100 Breast | 55.47
• 100 Free | 46.00
• 200 Free | 1:42.31
• 50 Free | 21.23
• 200 IM | 1:55.93
   

Henry Newhall
Wayne, Pa. | The Haverford School
Radnor Aquatic Club

Coach Pretre on Henry: "Henry is a versatile swimmer that is going to help us out in the free, breast, and fly. We're excited to see him really take off when we get him here training with us. Plus, he's the kind of teammate that is going to continue to help our culture thrive." 

• 100 Breast | 57.25
• 50 Free | 21.80
• 200 Breast | 2:08.89
• 100 Fly | 52.85
• 100 Free | 48.31