East Carolina has added two transfers for the upcoming 2026-2027 season. Orla Macinnes will arrive from Youngstown State and Sophie Hay will arrive from Washington State.
Each are worldwide college students as Macinnes is initially from Scotland and Hay is from New Zealand.
Macinnes arrives after spending her freshman season at Youngstown State. She had a powerful displaying on the 2026 Horizon League Championships as she was 2nd in each the butterfly occasions. She swam to a 55.53 within the 100 fly in addition to a 2:03.08 within the 200 fly. Her 200 fly time was a lifetime greatest. She additionally helped Youngstown State’s 200 medley relay to a win as she cut up a 24.69 on the butterfly leg.
Macinnes’ Finest SCY Occasions Are:
100 fly: 54.44
200 fly: 2:03.08
Primarily based on her greatest instances, Macinnes would have been 2nd on the roster within the 100 fly solely behind Tanith Mueller who led the workforce with a 54.09 from midseason. Macinnes’ greatest time within the 100 fly would have been on the border of the 2026 American Convention Championships ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals whereas her 200 fly would have made the ‘B’ last.
Hay arrives after spending her freshman season at Washington State. She was an exhibition swimmer on the 2026 Mountain West Championships however swam an enormous private greatest 4:55.87 in a time trial within the 500 free, a time that might have been on the border of the ‘B’ and ‘C’ last.
Hay’s Finest SCY Occasions Are:
200 free: 1:53.69
500 free: 4:55.87
1650 free: 17:10.72
Hay’s greatest time within the 500 free would have made the 2026 American Convention Championships ‘B’ last whereas her 1650 free time would have been fifteenth. Emilee Hamblin was the workforce’s quickest 500 freestyler this previous season with a 4:55.91 so Hay is a powerful addition to the gap group.
The East Carolina ladies completed third out of 9 groups on the 2026 American Convention Championships with 1009.5 factors. The workforce despatched one diver, Frida Zuniga Guzman, to the 2026 NCAA Championships.
