Ithaca College junior Kathleen Papiernik represented the Bombers at the 2026 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, turning in a strong showing across three events. In the 200-yard individual medley, the junior clocked a time of 2:06.82 to place 36th overall in a field of more than 60 competitors. She narrowly missed the evening finals in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing 17th in the preliminaries with a time of 55.54, and capped off her meet with a 35th-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:22.91.