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2026-27 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Ella Romberg

  • Position Backstroke/Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Global Public Health & Applied Psychology (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)
  • Hometown Appleton, WI
  • High School Appleton North

Biography

Career Results (SwimCloud)
2025-26
  • Set a personal best in the 400 IM (4:30.69), while also qualifying for the 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, and 400 IM at the NCAA Championships (3/18-21)
  • Placed third in the 200 IM (personal-best, 2:04.25), and set personal bests in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.83), 200 IM (2:04.25), and 200 breaststroke (2:20.07) at the UAA Championships (2/11-14)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team 
  • UAA Winter All-Academic

2024-25
  • Personal bests in the 200 backstroke (2:03.00), 50 breaststroke (30.81), and 100 breaststroke (1:05.21) at the UAA Championships (2/12-15)
  • Placed second in the 200 backstroke at the Phoenix Fall Classic (11/22-24)
  • CSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American
  • UAA Winter All-Academic
2023-24
  • Swam season-bests of 27.36 in the 50 backstroke, 2:03.39 in the 200 backstroke, 2:07.06 in the 200 IM, and 4:32.58 in the 400 IM at the UAA Championships (2/14-17)
  • Recorded season-bests of 33.32 in the 50 breaststroke and 1:10.86 in the 100 breaststroke vs. Stevens (1/12-13)
Personal
  • Four-year team member in high school
  • Enjoys playing the piano, waterskiing, traveling, and maritime archaeology
  • Aspires to work in the medical field, focusing on research
Romberg on NYU
  • Chose NYU because of the “strong academics, large city opportunities, diverse culture, and a competitive swim program.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Backstroke/Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'7"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Backstroke/Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'7"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Backstroke/Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'7"
  • 2026-27Senior

    Backstroke/Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'7"