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Adele Hellstrom
Rochester Athletics
Hellstrom was one of two triple-winners for Rochester

URochester Earns 199-100 Dual-Meet Win over Cortland

10/24/2026 6:50:00 PM

The University of Rochester women's swimming and diving team notched its first win of the year, defeating the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons, 199-100, on Saturday afternoon inside the Speegle-Wilbraham Aquatics Center.
 
Led by a pair of triple-winners and five double-winners, the Yellowjackets piled up 13 wins and 28 total top-three results in the victory.
 
Both Adele Hellstrom and Sarah Leevan topped the podium three times for Rochester, while Rebekah Jung, Ally Mackey, Addison Powers, Julia Sides and Apple Wojtowicz each won two events for the Yellowjackets.
 
Hellstrom was a member of the Yellowjackets first-place 200 medley and 200-freestyle relays, topping the podium with Jung, Wojtowicz and Mackey to open the meet with a time of 1:52.26 in the 200-medley relay, before clocking in at 1:40.91 alongside Powers, Leevan and Julianne Weaver in the 200-freestyle relay.
 
Olivia Dewar, Gina Rubiano, Sophia Dmytruk and Lina Minkara tied for third in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:55.53, while Jung, Amelia Hardiman, Marin Ievers and Minkara took third in the 200-freestyle relay with a time of 1:43.88.
 
Hellstrom also won the 200 freestyle, touching the wall in 1:01.69, while Leevan earned individual wins in the 50 freestyle (25.21) and 100 freestyle (55.77).
 
Weaver finished behind Hellstrom in the 200 freestyle (2nd, 2:04.49) and Leevan in the 100 freestyle (3rd, 56.70), while Ievers took third in the 50 freestyle with a time of 26.06 seconds.
 
Julia Sides topped both diving events, winning the one-meter with a 249.90-point score, while the senior's 290.03-point score on the three-meter not only took home first place, but also was a regional qualifier.
 
In addition to their win in the 200-medley relay, Mackey won the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.76 seconds, while Wojtowicz finished first in the 200 IM, clocking in at 2:16.64. Mackey was one of three Yellowjackets in the top three of the 100 butterfly, with Amelia Hardiman taking second with a time of 1:00.02, while Dewar took third, touching the wall in 1:02.78.
 
While in the 200 IM, Ava Kaufman finished right behind Wojtowicz in second place with a time of 2:18.77, one of eight second-place results on the day for UR.
 
Powers' first win of the day came in the 200 backstroke, where the sophomore topped the field with a time of 2:14.26, with Dmytruk in second (2:15.26) and Minkara in third (2:19.72).
 
Wojtowicz also led Rochester in the 200 breaststroke, taking second place (2:27.62), with Jung right behind her in third with a time of 2:33.85.
 
Pheobe Hamblett earned URochester's first individual win of the day in the 1,000 freestyle, touching the wall in 11:22.88, with Paige Kropp behind her in third place at 10:30.10.
 
Hardiman won the 100 backstroke, clocking in with a time of 1:01.69, while Dewar and Dmytruk tied for second place, each touching the wall in 1:01.89.
 
Kaufman led URochester in the 200 butterfly, taking first with a time of 2:18.71, ahead of Rachele Bachmann, who placed second at 2:21.20.
 
In the 100 breaststroke, Mackey was the 'Jackets' top finisher with a time of 1:09.63, good for second, while Katelyn Packer earned a second-place finish to lead UR in the 500 freestyle, clocking in at 5:35.52.
 
The Yellowjackets next head to Alfred, NY, for a tri-meet against Fredonia and Alfred University on Saturday, Nov. 7, beginning at 11:00 a.m.