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2025-26 Swimming Roster

Tess Lankford

  • Position IM/Free/Breast
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Baltimore, Md.
  • High School Notre Dame Prep

Biography

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Honors & Awards
3x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall '24, Spring '25, Fall ‘25)

CAA Champion
2026:
800 FR
2025: 200 Free

2025-26 (Sophomore)
Competed in seven meets… Made her season debut at UNCW and placed third in the 200 free (11/1/25)... Had a first-place finish in the 200 free against George Mason, clocking in at 1:50.72 (11/8/25)... Posted a top-three finish in the 200 free at the WVU Invitational (11/22/25)... Part of two dual-meet records at the Tribe Quad Meet with a time of 49.88 in the 200 free and 3:23.17 in the 400 free relay (1/9/26)... Won the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.62 in a win at Davidson (1/17/26)... At the CAA Championships, anchored the gold-medal 800 free relay team that clocked in at 7:14.30 (2/28/26)... Also placed second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.95.

2024-25 (Freshman)
Competed in seven meets... Made her collegiate debut finishing second in the 200 free and fourth in the 200 IM at the W&M Quad Meet (10/5/24)... Scored a pair of second-place finishes in the 200 fly and 500 free in a win vs. Johns Hopkins (10/26/24)... Finished third in the 200 IM at the WVU Invitational with a career-best time of 2:01.56 (11/20/24)... Set a pool record in the 200 free with her time of 1:50.28 in a dual meet win vs. Davidson (1/18/25)... Improved her 200 free time with a mark of 1:50.16 to place first at Georgetown (1/25/25)... Participated in three finals events at the CAA Championships, winning gold in the 200 free with a personal-best time of 1:48.42 (2/26/25)... Placed fourth in the 200 IM clocking in at 1:59.97... Took sixth in the 200 breast with a career-best time of 2:15.44.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    IM/Free/Breast
    5'9"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    IM/Free/Breast
    5'9"