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YMCA Nationals qualifier Daisy Pitches has announced her commitment to swim for Marist University beginning in the fall of 2026. She confirmed the news in an email to SwimSwam, writing:
I am super excited to announce my verbal commitment to Marist University! Thank you to my coaches, family, and friends for supporting me throughout the process. Also, thank you to Coach Randall for giving me this opportunity, I am so grateful. Go Red Foxes!
A native of New York, Pitches is currently wrapping up her senior year at East Hampton High School. She does not swim for her high school team, instead training year-round with the YMCA East Hampton Hurricanes, where she specializes in sprint and middle-distance freestyle, backstroke, and IM.
At the New York State YMCA Swimming Championships last month, Pitches had her breakout meet of the season, lowering several year-old personal bests while winning five of her six individual events. She captured the 50 free (24.34), 100 free (51.98), 200 free (1:55.53), 200 back (2:07.97), and 200 IM (2:09.71), while also earning silver in the 100 back (58.78). She saw her biggest drop in the 200 IM, improving more than two seconds from her previous best, while also shaving nearly half a second off her 200 back and about a tenth in both the 100 free and 100 back. Beyond her individual events, she anchored the Hurricanes to two relay titles, leading off the 200 medley relay in 24.14 and the 400 free relay in 52.18, which brought her career state title total to 35.
A month later, Pitches headed to the YMCA National Championships for the fifth straight year, where she had her best performance at the meet to date. She placed 40th in the 100 free (52.74), 53rd in the 200 free (1:55.44), 55th in the 50 free (24.45), and 64th in the 200 back (2:08.22), and helped her team place a trio of relays in the top 30: 200 free relay (25th – 23.84 free split), 200 medley relay (29th – 23.52 free split), and 400 free relay (27th – 53.78 free split).
Pitches also boasts lifetime best times of 24.24 in the 50 free, 1:54.23 in the 200 free, and 5:12.50 in the 500 free, all from the 2024-25 season.
Top SCY Times:
50 Freestyle: 24.24 100 Freestyle: 51.98 200 Freestyle: 1:54.23 500 Freestyle: 5:12.50 100 Backstroke: 58.78 200 Backstroke: 2:07.97 200 IM: 2:09.71A Division I Mid-Major program, Marist competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, where the women’s team finished second out of 15 teams at this past season’s conference championships, just 10 points behind champions Fairfield. Pitches’ personal best times would have qualified her for the ‘A’ final in the 100 free, ‘B’ final in the 50 free and 200 free, and ‘C’ final in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, and 500 free, setting her up to be a key contributor right from the start.
On the team’s projected 2026-27 depth chart, with graduations and other recruits factored in, Pitches is slated to rank third in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free, fourth in the 100 back and 200 back, fifth in the 500 free, and seventh in the 200 IM. Her versatility makes her a versatile weapon for dual meets and a likely mainstay on the team’s relays for years to come.
Currently set to join Pitches in Poughkeepsie will be Kayla Kulier, who owns similar bests of 53.1/1:53.3/5:05.3 in free and 1:00.3/2:07.9 in back; Maeve Przekota, who has PBs of 53.0/1:55.5/5:12.5 in free, 56.8/2:08.3 in back, and 2:05.9 in the 200 IM; and Hope Dorsi, a fly specialist.
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