Dakota Tucker

Dakota Tucker won the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 breaststroke at the 2025 Ivy League Championships. She is a South African swimmer who has competed internationally since her teens, representing South Africa at the 2019 African Junior Championships and the 2022 FINA World Short Course Championships in Melbourne. Born in Johannesburg, she began swimming with the Waterborn Swim Club before joining the Princeton Tigers in 2023. At Princeton, she became a CSCAA All-American and, in the 2024-25 season, earned NCAA Division I Second Team All-American honors and placed 30th in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships. She is now a key member of the Princeton Women's Swimming and Diving team. As of 2026, she is also a Princeton University engineering student, expected to graduate in 2027.