2026 NAIA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving National Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, March 4–Saturday, March 7
- Times: Prelims 9AM Eastern, Finals 5PM Eastern
- Location: Elkhart Aquatic Center, Elkhart, IN
- Defending Champions: Keiser women (4x); Keiser men (1x)
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Day 3
For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims, swimmers qualify for one of two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time of any heat in the final.
With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers and divers in the A final, “Down” to B finalists.
Women’s Meet
Women’s Top 10 After Day 2
- Keiser, 238
- SCAD Savannah, 188
- (tie) Cumberlands / St Thomas (FL), 167
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- Masters, 142
- Bethel (IN), 115
- Lindsey Wilson, 98
- Milligan, 70
- Olivet Nazarene, 49
- (tie) William Carey / Arizona Christian, 48
Keiser had another dominant morning and appears to be running away with the title again this year. The Seahawks earned 9 ‘A’ and 3 ‘B’ final spots for tonight, pulling further ahead of 2nd-place SCAD.
The Bees had a strong performance of their own, garnering 6 ‘A’ and 5 ‘B’ final swims. It was a big morning for SCAD, who only led Cumberlands and St. Thomas by 21 points after last night’s session. They are expected to be clear of 3rd place by some 60+ points tonight.
William Carey outperformed their seedings by 24 points this morning. Milligan (+13.5) and St. Ambrose (+12) were also up by double digits.
Day 3 Ups/Downs – Women
| Team | All | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back |
| Keiser | 9/3 | 2/0 | 3/0 | 1/1 | 2/0 | 1/2 |
| SCAD Savannah | 6/5 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/0 | 2/2 |
| Cumberlands | 4/5 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 |
| Bethel (IN) | 4/2 | 2/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| St Thomas | 3/5 | 0/1 | 2/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| The Masters | 3/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| William Carey | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 |
| Milligan | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 |
| St Ambrose | 1/3 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Lindsey Wilson | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Olivet Nazarene | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Brenau | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Indiana Wesleyan | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Arizona Christian | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Campbellsville | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| New College of Florida | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Shawnee State | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Thomas | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Scoring Day 3 Prelims (plus 400 Medley Relay as seeded)
| Team | All | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 400 Medley Relay |
| Keiser | 203 | 37 | 39 | 19.5 | 31 | 36 | 40 |
| SCAD Savannah | 151 | 22.5 | 0 | 26 | 35 | 33 | 34 |
| Cumberlands | 109 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 26 |
| St Thomas | 96.5 | 3 | 37 | 19.5 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
| The Masters | 92 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 28 |
| Bethel (IN) | 88 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| William Carey | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 14 |
| Lindsey Wilson | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 32 |
| Olivet Nazarene | 45 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Milligan | 44.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| St Ambrose | 35 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Indiana Wesleyan | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Brenau | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Arizona Christian | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Campbellsville | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| New College of Florida | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aquinas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Life | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| St Mary’s KS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shawnee State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projected Day 3 Scores – Women
| Team | Day 2 Actual | Day 3 Scored Prelims | Day 3 Projected Rank |
| Keiser | 238 | 203 | 441 |
| SCAD Savannah | 188 | 151 | 339 |
| Cumberlands | 167 | 109 | 276 |
| St Thomas | 167 | 96.5 | 264 |
| The Masters | 142 | 92 | 234 |
| Bethel (IN) | 115 | 88 | 203 |
| Lindsey Wilson | 98 | 52 | 150 |
| Milligan | 70 | 44.5 | 115 |
| William Carey | 48 | 56 | 104 |
| Olivet Nazarene | 49 | 45 | 94 |
| Indiana Wesleyan | 47 | 32 | 79 |
| St Ambrose | 39 | 35 | 74 |
| Arizona Christian | 48 | 17 | 65 |
| Aquinas | 33 | 8 | 41 |
| Brenau | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| Life | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| St Mary’s KS | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| Campbellsville | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| New College of Florida | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Shawnee State | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Thomas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Men’s Meet
Men’s Top 10 After Day 2
- Keiser, 263
- SCAD Savannah, 140
- Milligan, 139
- William Carey, 120
- Cumberlands, 114
- St Thomas (FL), 111
- St Ambrose, 110
- Masters, 95
- Life, 76
- (tie) Aquinas / Lindsey Wilson, 60
Keiser continued to dominate in the pool and on the boards. The Seahawks will have 8 swimmers and 3 divers in ‘A’ finals tonight, and 3 swimmers in ‘B’ finals.
The battle is on for second place, and the next 4 teams are only separated by 11 points. With 5 up and 4 down, Milligan outscored their psych sheet seedings by 50 points this morning. They are expected to pass SCAD and land in 2nd place at the end of Day 3 finals. Cumberland (5/3) and St. Thomas (5/7) also moved past the Bees in prelims, but any one of these teams could come out on top tonight.
Day 3 Ups/Downs – Men
| Team | All | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 1M Diving |
| Keiser | 11/3 | 2/2 | 1/0 | 2/1 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 3/0 |
| St Thomas | 5/7 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| Milligan | 5/4 | 2/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Cumberlands | 5/3 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/0 | 0/0 |
| William Carey | 4/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| SCAD Savannah | 3/4 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Aquinas | 3/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 3/0 |
| The Masters | 3/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| St Ambrose | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Life | 2/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Lindsey Wilson | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Ave Maria | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| College of Idaho | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Bethel (IN) | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Midland | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Arizona Christian | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Loyola New Orleans | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Morningside | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Ottawa Arizona | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| St Mary’s KS | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Thomas | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Scoring Day 3 Prelims (plus 400 Medley Relay as seeded)
| Team | All | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 1M Diving | 400 Medley Relay |
| Keiser | 230 | 47 | 16 | 35 | 20 | 29 | 43 | 40 |
| St Thomas | 132 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 28 |
| Cumberlands | 131 | 19 | 14 | 23.5 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 30 |
| Milligan | 113 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| SCAD Savannah | 101 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 32 |
| William Carey | 87 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| The Masters | 78.5 | 0 | 20 | 30.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| St Ambrose | 65 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| Aquinas | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 6 |
| Life | 46 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ave Maria | 39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Lindsey Wilson | 32 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Midland | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| College of Idaho | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bethel (IN) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Morningside | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ottawa Arizona | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyola New Orleans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| St Mary’s KS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona Christian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projected Day 3 Scores – Men
| Team | Day 2 Actual | Day 3 Scored Prelims | Day 3 Projected Rank |
| Keiser | 263 | 230 | 493 |
| Milligan | 139 | 113 | 252 |
| Cumberlands | 114 | 131 | 245 |
| St Thomas | 111 | 132 | 243 |
| SCAD Savannah | 140 | 101 | 241 |
| William Carey | 120 | 87 | 207 |
| St Ambrose | 110 | 65 | 175 |
| Masters | 95 | 78.5 | 174 |
| Life | 76 | 46 | 122 |
| Aquinas | 60 | 55 | 115 |
| Ave Maria | 54 | 39 | 93 |
| Lindsey Wilson | 60 | 32 | 92 |
| Midland | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| Morningside | 28 | 11 | 39 |
| College of Idaho | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| Loyola New Orleans | 26 | 5 | 31 |
| Bethel (IN) | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| Olivet Nazarene | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Ottawa Arizona | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Thomas | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| St Mary’s KS | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Arizona Christian | 0 | 3 | 3 |
