Ohio State Champion Bella Teply Sends Verbal Commitment to Northwestern For Class of 2026

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Bella Teply, a two-time Ohio Excessive College State Champion, has despatched her verbal dedication to Northwestern College for the autumn of 2026

I’m past excited and honored to announce my verbal dedication to additional my tutorial and athletic profession at Northwestern College. I want to thank my household and buddies for all of their limitless help. Together with my workforce and coaches at Mason and the Mason Manta Rays for serving to me by this journey. I’d additionally prefer to thank the whole NU teaching employees and workforce for giving me this superb alternative! GO ‘CATS

Teply is a senior at Mason Excessive College and swims membership for the Mason Manta Rays in Ohio. Finally yr’s OHSAA Division I State Championships, she gained the 100 and 200 freestyle occasions for the Mason workforce.

Within the 100 free finals, she swam 50.80, which was a bit of greater than a three-tenth add from the 50.45 she swam within the prelims. Her lifetime greatest within the occasion is 49.74 which she swam the week earlier than the State Championships.

Within the 200 free, she was 1:48.75 within the ultimate, coming in almost a second forward of the remainder of the sphere. This was a slight add from her private greatest on the time which was 1:47.82 from the weekend earlier than. She has since lowered that point as properly to swim 1:47.25 on the 2025 East Winter Junior Championships.

She additionally was a member of two of Mason’s relays, anchoring the 200 free relay in 23.14 to a third place end, about half a second off the 22.66 she swam in prelims, and anchoring the 400 free relay to a different third place end in 49.83.

On the 2025 East Winter Juniors Championships, she certified for finals within the 200 free, ending eleventh in 1:47.25, and within the 500 free, ending 18th in 4:48.14.

For the primary three years of her highschool profession, Teply swam whereas she ran cross nation, incomes First Staff All-Convention honors in cross-country all three years she competed.

Teply’s Greatest Occasions SCY

100 free — 49.74
200 free — 1:47.25
500 free — 4:48.14
200 IM — 2:02.73

The Northwestern ladies compete within the Large Ten Convention, the place final yr they completed ninth on the Large Ten Championships, scoring 409 factors to come back in simply over 100 factors behind Purdue’s 529. They got here in additional than 50 factors forward of Nebraska, who scored 344.

Teply can be an automated impression swimmer for the Wildcats. Her 100 freestyle would presently rank fifth on the Northwestern workforce with all 4 of the swimmers forward of her being seniors this yr.

Her 200 free time can be 4th proper now, her 500 free time can be tied for 2nd, and her 200 IM time can be third which means she’s going to doubtless stroll onto relays as a freshman.

She sits simply outdoors of scoring place within the 100 free (49.60), 200 free (1:47.11), and the five hundred free (4:46.00) on the Large Ten Championships, however with one other yr of coaching, she might simply find yourself a finalist in all three of her particular person occasions.

Teply will be part of Iris Kim, Ava Ferguson, Flawia Kazmol, Sophia Oka-fedder, and Xintong Wang on campus within the fall.

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