Just keep swimming

Bob Handelman

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Bob Handelman

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“The stadium surrounding—with the six-lane pool in the middle . . . when the stands are full, the energy is unmatched,” says Caroline Riggs ’27, left, seen here practicing alongside Noah Millard ’26 in the exhibition pool at Payne Whitney this past spring. Riggs, incoming captain of the Yale women’s swim team and the daughter of two swim coaches, compares it to the feeling she had swimming in Olympic trials in Indianapolis. 

Now, having spent the summer in New Haven, practicing and working, Riggs says she’s looking forward to leading the team: “I’m excited to see where the swim program goes, not only in the Ivy League but also on the national stage.