We are officially done with the first day of individual events for week two of the 2026 Division I conference season, and 14 swimmers were added to the NCAA Championships tonight.
Week Two features three of the power-four conference meets, which means a number of new athletes will be added to the Division I NCAA Championships in March via the new “win-and-you’re-in” model.
Generally conference winners from power-four schools would qualify for the conference championships regardless of the new policy, but we are including them in our tracking for the numbers.
There are also a few mid-major conference meets swimming this week, and, while most don’t start individual events until tomorrow, the Mountain West Championships started with individual events tonight.
The women’s only meet had three events tonight, starting with the women’s 500 freestyle. UNLV junior Ava Olson won the women’s 500 freestyle in 4:43.08, which was a personal best time by almost two seconds. She dropped from the 4:44.88 mark she set in December to come in more than six tenths under the qualifying time of 4:43.70.
In the 50 freestyle, Washington State’s Darcy Revitt swam 21.84 to add a hundredth from her prelims swim and lifetime best of 21.83. Revitt qualified for the meet last year as well, ultimately finishing 17th in the event (21.90).
There were also two qualifiers from the American conference both from Rice’s Ava Portello won the 500 free in 4:42.67, and Liberty’s Aly Bozzuto swam 22.27 in the 50 free.
There was also one men’s qualifier tonight from the ASUN. Florida Atlantic’s Daniel Laureyssens won the 50 free in 19.43, exactly tying the NCAA standard.
Every event winner from the ACC and SEC Championships was well under the NCAA qualifying standard and the 2025 Invite Time, and seven swimmers of each gender (four from the SEC and three from the ACC) earned automatic qualifications tonight, bumping the overall totals to 16 women and 12 men.
As a reminder. We are only listing swimmers one time. There were a few athletes at the Big West Championships who earned multiple conference titles in NCAA qualifying times, but they are only listed under the first event they qualified in.
New Women’s Qualifiers
| Swimmer Name | School | Conference | Event | Time | 2025 Invite Time |
| Ava Olson | UNLV | Mountain West | 500 Free | 4:43.08 | 4:39.47 |
| Darcy Revitt | Washington State | Mountain West | 50 Free | 21.84 | 22.01 |
| Ava Portello | Rice | American | 500 Free | 4:46.73 | 4:39.47 |
| Aly Bozzuto | Liberty | American | 50 free | 22.26 | 22.01 |
| Jillian Cox | Texas | SEC | 1650 Free | 15:32.75 | 16:09.37 |
| Jillian Crooks | Tennessee | SEC | 100 Back | 50.50 | 51.68 |
| Campbell Stoll | Texas | SEC | 200 Fly | 1:50.60 | 1:55.82 |
| Anita Bottazzo | Florida | SEC | 100 Breast | 57.11 | 59.51 |
| Katie Grimes | Virginia | ACC | 500 Free | 4:33.78 | 4:39.47 |
| Torri Huske | Stanford | ACC | 200 IM | 1:51.27 | 1:56.53 |
| Sara Curtis | Virginia | ACC | 50 Free | 21.09 | 22.01 |
New Men’s Qualifiers
| Swimmer Name | School | Conference | Event | Time | 2025 Invite Time |
| Daniel Laureyssens | FAU | ASUN | 50 free | 19.43 | 19.02 |
| Ahmed Jaouadi | Florida | SEC | 1650 Free | 14:25.14 | 14:48.80 |
| Hubert Kos | Texas | SEC | 100 Back | 43.86 | 45.26 |
| Luca Urlando | Georgia | SEC | 200 Fly | 1:38.46 | 1:41.45 |
| Nate Germonprez | Texas | SEC | 100 Breast | 49.92 | 51.58 |
| Max Carlsen | NC State | ACC | 500 Free | 4:09.44 | 4:14.13 |
| Arsenio Bustos | NC State | ACC | 200 IM | 1:40.39 | 1:42.65 |
| Quintin McCarty | NC State | ACC | 50 free | 18.63 | 19.02 |
All Women’s Qualifiers As of 2/18
| Swimmer Name | School | Conference | Event Number | Event | Time | 2025 Invite Time | ||
| 1 | Sara Curtis | Virginia | ACC | 1 | 50 Free | 21.09 | 22.01 | |
| 2 | Darcy Revitt | Washington State | Mountain West | MM | 1 | 50 Free | 21.84 | 22.01 |
| 3 | Aly Bozzuto | Liberty | American | MM | 1 | 50 free | 22.26 | 22.01 |
| 4 | Holly Nelson | Hawaii | Big West | MM | 1 | 50 Free | 22.28 | 22.01 |
| 5 | Asia Kozan | UC San Diego | Big West | MM | 3 | 200 Free | 1:45.52 | 1:44.74 |
| 6 | Katie Grimes | Virginia | ACC | 4 | 500 Free | 4:33.78 | 4:39.47 | |
| 7 | Ava Olson | UNLV | Mountain West | MM | 4 | 500 Free | 4:43.08 | 4:39.47 |
| 8 | Ava Portello | Rice | American | MM | 4 | 500 Free | 4:46.73 | 4:39.47 |
| 9 | Jillian Cox | Texas | SEC | 5 | 1650 Free | 15:32.75 | 16:09.37 | |
| 10 | Jillian Crooks | Tennessee | SEC | 6 | 100 Back | 50.50 | 51.68 | |
| 11 | Anita Bottazzo | Florida | SEC | 8 | 100 Breast | 57.11 | 59.51 | |
| 12 | Chloe Braun | UC San Diego | Big West | MM | 8 | 100 Breast | 58.95 | 59.51 |
| 13 | Campbell Stoll | Texas | SEC | 11 | 200 Fly | 1:50.60 | 1:55.82 | |
| 14 | Samantha Banos | UCSB | Big West | MM | 11 | 200 Fly | 1:56.44 | 1:55.82 |
| 15 | Torri Huske | Stanford | ACC | 12 | 200 IM | 1:51.27 | 1:56.53 | |
| 16 | Eva Boehlke | UC San Diego | Big West | MM | 12 | 200 IM | 1:57.43 | 1:56.69 |
All Men’s Qualifiers As of 2/18
| Swimmer Name | School | Conference | Event | Time | 2025 Invite Time | |
| 1 | Quintin McCarty | NC State | ACC | 50 free | 18.63 | 19.02 |
| 2 | Karol Ostrowski | Hawaii | Big West | 50 Free | 19.13 | 19.02 |
| 3 | Daniel Laureyssens | FAU | ASUN | 50 free | 19.43 | 19.02 |
| 4 | Max Carlsen | NC State | ACC | 500 Free | 4:09.44 | 4:14.13 |
| 5 | Ahmed Jaouadi | Florida | SEC | 1650 Free | 14:25.14 | 14:48.80 |
| 6 | Hubert Kos | Texas | SEC | 100 Back | 43.86 | 45.26 |
| 7 | Nate Germonprez | Texas | SEC | 100 Breast | 49.92 | 51.58 |
| 8 | Carter Dooling | Grand Canyon | Big West | 200 Breast | 1:54.56 | 1:52.89 |
| 9 | Vili Sivec | CSUB | Big West | 100 Fly | 45.91 | 45.12 |
| 10 | Luca Urlando | Georgia | SEC | 200 Fly | 1:38.46 | 1:41.45 |
| 11 | Arsenio Bustos | NC State | ACC | 200 IM | 1:40.39 | 1:42.65 |
| 12 | Tom Thalau | Hawaii | Big West | 200 IM | 1:43.93 | 1:42.65 |
I think it is important to make a distinction btwn event champions who are underneath the 2025 invite line. Without a discussion re those facts the viewpoint is somewhat skewed.
Pretty sure there were a few more qualifiers:
Daniel Laureyssens, 19.43 50 Free (Florida Atlantic, ASUN)
Ava Portello, 4:42.67 500 Free (Rice, American Conf)
Aly Bozzuto, 22.27 50 Free (Liberty, American Conf)
Ava Portello (Rice) from the AAC in the won the 500 Free in 4:42.67
and Aly Bozzuto from Liberty won the 50 Free in 22.27
Miss the A cuts
can qualified swimmers still swim events that they have the NCAA cut for even if they weren’t selected in it? Like they used to with the B standard
Pretty cool to see Huske and Kos defy the odds and punch their tickets to the NCAAs.