Liberty Improves To 6-0 With Senior Day Win Over Campbell

LIBERTY VS CAMPBELL (WOMEN)

• January 23, 2026
• Lynchburg, Va.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: Liberty Athletics

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty wrapped up a perfect dual meet regular season, topping Campbell 151-102 on Friday at Liberty Natatorium.

The Lady Flames improve to 6-0 on the season, while Campbell falls to 1-5.

Liberty Event Winners 

• 200 medley relay – 1:42.76 (Gwyneth Frick – 25.80; Aly Bozzuto – 28.29; Kamryn Cannings – 24.75; Dakota Howard – 23.92)
• Sr. Eden Troxell – 1000 freestyle (10:27.73)
• Fr. Sadie Huenefeld – 200 freestyle (1:52.77); 100 freestyle (53.12)
• Fr. Dakota Howard – 100 backstroke (55.15)
• Jr. Emily Harstad – 200 butterfly (2:04.56)
• Jr. Kamryn Cannings – 50 freestyle (23.49); 100 butterfly (55.93)*
• Fr. Gwyneth Frick – 200 backstroke (2:00.11)
• So. Aly Bozzuto – 200 breaststroke (2:20.36)
• So. Natalie Colarossi – 500 freestyle (4:59.91)
• Fr. Riley Leach – 200 IM (2:08.56)*
• 200 freestyle relay* – 3:27.39 (Aly Bozzuto – 52.45; Natalie Colarossi – 51.53; Dakota Howard – 52.07; Kamryn Cannings – 51.34)

*-contested as exhibition

Notable

• Liberty won 13 out of 14 swimming events. George Washington brought divers to compete in tonight’s meet, winning both one-meter and three-meter diving.
• Liberty received two individual-event victories each from Kamryn Cannings (50 free, 100 fly) and Sadie Huenefeld (100 free, 200 free).
• The Lady Flames posted a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 medley relay while taking the top two spots in the 400 free relay.
• Liberty took a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 backstroke, with Gwyneth Frick (2:01.61) followed by teammates Malia Francis (2:06.33) and Sadie Stricklin (2:07.67).
• The Lady Flames went 1-2-3-4 in the 50 free, 500 free, 100 back, 200 back and 100 fly, while Liberty claimed the top three places in the 100 free and 200 free.
• With the outcome decided, Liberty competed the last three events as exhibitions.

Historically Speaking

• This is Liberty’s third season with a prefect regular-season dual meet record, going 15-0 in 2018-19 and 3-0 during the 2020-21 season.
• Liberty is 27-2 all-time against Campbell in regular-season dual meets, winning each of the last 27 meetings. The Lady Flames defeated Campbell 149-107 on Oct. 25 in Buies Creek, N.C., with Liberty winning 13 out of 14 events.
• This was Campbell’s 20^th visit to the Liberty Natatorium all-time, including eighth year in a row serving as Liberty’s opponent for its senior meet.
• Kayla Walsh’s 267.75 was a season best, putting her third on the team this season.
• Natalie Colarossi is the third Lady Flame this season to break five minutes in the 500 free.

Up Next
The Lady Flames will next compete at the 2026 American Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, held Feb. 18-21 at Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

Courtesy: Campbell Athletics

LYNCHBURG, VA. – Arabella Butera posted wins in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM, leading Campbell at the Liberty TYR Senior Celebration on Friday at the Liberty Natatorium.

The Flames (6-0) claimed the matchup 151-102 over the visiting Camels (1-5), topping 10 of the evening’s 16 events. Originally a two-day event, the meet was shortened to a single evening due to the threat of winter weather.

Butera notched her first win of the night in the 100 breaststroke, posting a time of 1:06.94, with Camels taking three of the top four finishes in the race. Sophia Grubbs took runner-up with a time of 1:07.67, while Kyndall Brown finished fourth with a 1:16.36 mark.

In the 200 IM, Butera also claimed the top spot, tallying a 2:12.92 mark. The senior also helped the Camels secure the win in the 400 medley relay to close out the night, clocking in at 3:40.74.

Brooklynn Kaster added another win for the Camels in the 100 fly, posting a time of 1:02.56.

Bailey Franci and Katarina Gagnon, meanwhile, both added runner-up finishes, with Franci posting a 2:27.01 mark in the 200 back, while Gagnon clocked in at 10:42.39 in the 1,000 free. Julia Garcia also tacked on a third place finish in the 200 fly with a time of 2:14.03.

The Camels will close out the regular season on the road at Virginia, February 5-7, at the Cavalier Invitational. The CAA Swimming & Diving Championships begin on February 25 in Hampton, Va.