2026 NCAA Division III Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

2026 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships 

• March 18-21, 2026
• Location: IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
• Defending Champs: MIT women (1x) & Denison men (1x)
• Psych Sheet
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• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2| Day 3

Welcome to the final night of the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, where we have a full slate of events on tap. Tonight’s session will feature finals of the 1650 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 3-meter diving, and 400 freestyle relay, making for an action-packed evening of racing.

The NYU women and Denison men enter the night holding fairly comfortable leads in the team standings, with the Violets up by 55.5 points on Emory in the women’s race and the Big Red men up by 30.5 points on NYU.

Women’s Team Standings Through Day 3:

1. NYU – 375
2. Emory – 319.5
3. Kenyon – 294
4. Denison – 239
5. Williams – 190.5
6. Chicago – 143.5
7. MIT – 140
8. Pomona-Pitzer – 125
9. Claremont MS – 121
10. Hope College – 102

Men’s Team Standings Through Day 3:

1. Denison – 313.5
2. NYU – 283
3. Chicago – 265
4. Emory – 240
5. Kenyon – 234
6. Carnegie Mellon – 168
7. Bates – 1120
8. TCNJ – 101
9. Wash U. MO – 97
10. Johns Hopkins – 95

Stay tuned for live updates.

Men’s 1650 Yard Freestyle – Timed Final

• Division III Record: 14:56.44, Arthur Conover (Kenyon), 2016
• 2025 Champion: 15:18.01, Lucas Lang (CMS)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. George Goins (DEN) – 15:04.33
2. Parker Chan (WSTL) – 15:16.55
3. Brayden Slavik (SJU) – 15:26.52
4. Ben Pritchard (EMOR) – 15:29.06
5. Evan Lyons (CONN) – 15:30.94
6. Benjamin Robins (AMHE) – 15:33.37
7. Ben Campbell (DEN) – 15:33.90
8. Nye Hanan (WILL) – 15:33.98

Denison sophomore George Goins kicked off the session with momentum for his team, dominating the men’s 1650 freestyle by over ten seconds with a winning time of 15:04.33, with Washington University in St. Louis freshman Parker Chan (15:16.55) and St. John’s University senior Brayden Slavik (15:26.52) the clear silver and bronze medalists.

Goins shattered his former best of 15:20.72 from the Denison Invite in early December, touching the wall in a time that ranks third in Division III history and is the fastest the division has seen since 2017. It’s his second title of the week after winning the 500 free to open the meet, with a fifth-place finish in the 200 free also on his resume.

Chan’s result checks in as a best time by 1.99 seconds, overtaking his former best of 15:18.54 from the Phoenix Fall Classic, a nice result to wrap up a strong freshman campaign that also included a runner-up finish in the 500 free and an eighth-place showing in the 200 fly.

Slavik capped his collegiate career on a high note, crushing his previous best of 15:32.16 by over five seconds, a mark he had set at the MIAC Conference Championships last month. It’s his first ever top-eight finish at NCAAs, with his prior best placement a 15th in this event a year ago.

Women’s 1650 Yard Freestyle – Timed Final

• Division III Record: 16:17.84, Natalie Garre (Bowdoin), 2025
• 2025 Champion: 16:17.84, Natalie Garre (Bowdoin)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Molly Haag (KEN) – 16:37.04
2. Addi Wood (SALI) – 16:46.50
3. Madeleine Dunn (TUFT) – 16:52.42
4. Quinn Brown (DEN) – 16:54.30
5. Edith Patterson (DPU) – 16:56.34
6. Lily Codd (WILL) – 16:56.54
7. Alexandra Milisavljevic (CHIC) – 16:58.59
8. Bethany Spangler (NYU) – 17:00.88

Kenyon senior Molly Haag took hold of the women’s 1650 free early, winning in 16:37.04, nearly ten seconds ahead of Salisbury sophomore Addi Wood (16:46.50), who cleared bronze medalist Tufts senior Madeline Dunn (16:52.42) by nearly six seconds.

Haag, who won bronze a year ago, clipped just over a second off her former best of 16:38.62 from that final. It’s her second title of the week after winning the 500 free on Wednesday, having also picked up a bronze in the 200 free along the way.

Wood, in her NCAA debut, obliterated her former best of 16:54.94 from last month’s New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships.

Dunn was just over five seconds shy of her lifetime-best 16:47.11 from the NESCAC Championships a few weeks back, but improved on her sixth-place finish in the event from a year ago. She concluded her collegiate career this week with three top-eight finishes, having already touched fifth in the 500 free and eighth in the 400 IM.

Men’s 100 Freestyle – Final

• Division III Record: 42.87, Jack Hill (Denison), 2026
• 2025 Champion: 42.88, Max Cory (Bates)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Jack Hill (DEN) – 42.67 *NCAA DIVISION III RECORD*
2. Djordje Dragojlovic (KEN) – 42.72
3. John Butler (CHIC) – 43.06
4. Max Cory (BATE) – 43.24
5. Nick Hensel (DEN) – 43.50
6. Charles Platt (CALV) – 43.90
7. Jacob Dzurica (SVC) – 44.01
8. Sam Brozek (WILL) – 44.31

Denison junior Jack Hill continued his record-setting meet; he reset his own NCAA Division III record from this morning’s prelim session to win the men’s 100 free in 42.67, with Kenyon senior Djordje Dragojlovic (42.72) also going under the former mark of 42.87 to take silver.

Dragojlovic led the field through the first 50, splitting 20.10 to Hill’s 20.50, with defending champion Max Cory of Bates second at 20.49. Hill roared back on the final 50, closing in 22.17 to secure the win, with UChicago sophomore John Butler closing strong to snag bronze in 43.06. Cory finished fourth in 43.24.

Hill improved on a fifth-place finish from a year ago en route to claiming his third title of the meet, having already won the 200 free in a Division III record 1:33.94 and securing 200 IM silver earlier in the session.

Dragojlovic, the 50 free champion from Wednesday, upgraded from bronze and undercut his former best of 43.11 from prelims, which itself bettered his 43.13 from the Total Performance Invitational in November.

Butler collected his third top-three finish of the week after already earning 200 free silver and 50 free bronze, clipping his previous best of 43.16 from last month’s UAA Championships in a massive rise from his 20th-place debut a year ago.

Women’s 100 Freestyle – Final

• Division III Record: 48.13 Kaley McIntyre (NYU), 2025
• 2025 Champion: 48.53, Kaley McIntyre (NYU)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Kayley McIntyre (NYU) – 48.53
2. Genine Collins (SWAT) – 49.76
3. Maeve O’Donnell (NYU) – 49.91
4. Nina Aballea (PP) – 50.04
5. Greta Gidley (HOPE) – 50.05
6. Llew Ladomirak (NYU) – 50.41
7. Sophie Phelps (WILL) – 50.68
8. Caitlin Crysel (EMOR) – 50.86

NYU senior Kayley McIntyre picked up her third individual title of the meet and third straight win in the women’s 100 free, touching in 48.53, just 0.40 shy of her own NCAA record of 48.13 set earlier this season.

Swarthmore junior Genine Collins broke 50 seconds for the first time in her career, clocking 49.76 for the silver medal in a massive rise from 47th a year ago. Collins entered the day with a best time of 50.40, which she had lowered to 50.24 in prelims.

McIntyre’s NYU teammate  Maeve O’Donnell broke 50 for the second time of the day and of her career, clocking 49.91 to slice 0.05 off her best from prelims, when she dropped over half a second.

Men’s 200 Backstroke – Final

• Division III Record: 1:41.17, Tanner Filion (Whitman), 2023
• 2025 Champion: 1:44.15, Kyle Wolford (WashU)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Teddy Cross (NYU) – 1:42.27
2. Teddy McQuaid (NYU) – 1:43.55
3. Avery Clapp (JHU) – 1:44.53
4. David Gutin (CHIC) – 1:45.05
5. Timothy Johnson (BATE) – 1:45.22
6. Evan Graham (GETT) – 1:45.48
7. Bryce Lloyd (JHU) – 1:46.46
8. Ryan West (WAB) – 1:46.97

NYU fifth-year Teddy Cross touched in 1:42.27 to take the men’s 200 back, beating fellow Teddy and sophomore teammate Teddy McQuaid (1:43.55) to produce a 1-2 punch for the Violets.

Cross, a former Virginia Cavalier, undercut his former best time of 1:42.74 from the UAA Championships. McQuaid broke 1:44 for the first time, having entered the meet with a best of 1:44.47 from the Phoenix Fall Classic and made a massive rise from 23rd a year ago.

Cross’ time checks in as the second-fastest in Division III history, trailing only Tanner Fillion’s record of 1:41.17, while McQuaid’s 1:43.55 ranks seventh all-time.

Johns Hopkins senior Avery Clapp touched in the only other sub-1:45 outing of the session, logging 1:44.53 for the bronze medal, just shy of the 1:44.18 he threw down in last year’s final when he touched second.

Women’s 200 Backstroke – Final

• Division III Record: 1:55.67, Crile Hart (Kenyon), 2018
• 2025 Champion: 1:55.85, Kate Augustyn (MIT)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Emma Lunn (EMOR) – 1:58.83
2. Savannah Xu (CMU) – 1:59.19
3. Ken Lee (JHU) – 1:59.40
4. Madison Hagberg (TUFT) – 1:59.79
5. Alden White (WILL) – 2:00.49
6. Mia Morreale (GETT) – 2:00.86
7. Eloise Emig (NYU) – 2:01.50
8. Alexia Coates (CLBY) – 2:01.88

Emory junior Emma Lunn won the women’s 200 backstroke in 1:58.83, edging Carnegie Mellon senior Savannah Xu (1:59.19) and Johns Hopkins sophomore Ken Lee (1:59.40) for the national title.

Lunn, who previously represented Miami, dipped under her former best time of 1:58.99 from the Denison Invitational earlier this season.

Xu, who was eighth a year ago, clocked her second-fastest time ever; her 1:58.38 from prelims is her only time dipping under 1:59, and it improved upon her former PB of 1:59.27 from the 2024 NCAAs.

Lee was a bit shy of her 1:59.02 career best from the 2025 Cavalier Invite, but elevated herself from seventh last year to a bronze this season.

Men’s 200 Breaststroke — Final

• Division III Record: 1:50.80, Andrew Wilson (Emory), 2017
• 2025 Champion: 1:55.64, Liyang Sun (Emory)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Carrick Shea (CONN) – 1:54.45
2. Ethan Taylor (CHIC) – 1:56.80
3. Tiernan Moore (CEN) – 1:57.11
4. Julian Carlson (CONN) – 1:58.54
5. Conner Dean (NYU) – 1:58.74
6. Preston Nygaard (UWL) – 1:58.79
7. Victor Derani (NYU) – 1:58.82
8. Bartolomej Kubis (JCU) – 1:59.40

Connecticut College sophomore Carrick Shea dominated the men’s 200 breaststroke final, touching the wall in 1:54.45 to become the fourth-fastest swimmer in Division III history. UChicago freshman Ethan Taylor (1:56.80) and Centre College sophomore Tiernan Moore (1:57.11) were the only others in the field to crack 1:58, taking silver and bronze respectively.

Shea entered the meet with a Division III-leading 1:55.12 from the NESCAC Championships last month and proceeded to shatter it. He is on a rapid trajectory, having only swum the 100 breast at NCAAs last season where he took 20th in 54.88, but opened in 54.09 tonight, nearly a full second faster than that individual 100 time. He took bronze in the individual 100 earlier in the meet in 53.29, just off his best of 53.04 PB from NESCACs.

Taylor undercut his previous best of 1:57.25 from UAAs, while Moore was about a second shy of his lifetime-best 1:56.26 from the SAA Conference Championships.

Moore made a massive rise from 18th a year ago, dropping 3.74 seconds over the course of the season.

Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Final

• Division III Record: 2:10.06, Jordyn Wentzel (St. Kate’s), 2022
• 2025 Champion: 2:11.22, Jennah Fadely (Kenyon)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Kelsey Van Eldik (KEN) – 2:11.70
2. Katie Cohen (EMOR) – 2:11.80
3. Drue Thielking (DEN) – 2:12.84
4. Sarah Bernard (MIT) – 2:14.43
5. Carter Roebuck (WILL) – 2:16.44
6. Sarah Palmer (BATE) – 2:17.50
7. Anna Doherty (WILL) -2:17.74
8. Gwendolyn Bakker (DEN) – 2:18.69

Kenyon sophomore Kelsey Van Eldik and Emory junior Katie Cohen went stroke for stroke in the women’s 200 breast, with just a tenth of a second separating the two at the finish.

Van Eldik, who won the 100 earlier in the meet, took the early lead, opening in 29.63 and reaching the 100 in 1:03.06, with Cohen lurking just behind at 29.79 and 1:03.48.

Things stayed much the same through the third 50, with Van Eldik outsplitting Cohen by just five hundredths, 34.19 to 34.24.

Cohen did all she could on the final 50, but Van Eldik matched her to the hundredth, both splitting 34.45, to complete her sweep of the breaststroke events in 2:11.70 to Cohen’s 2:11.80.

Denison senior Drue Thielking took bronze in 2:12.84, with her best time remaining the 2:12.42 she put up for fourth at this meet last year.

Van Eldik smashed the 2:13.78 she swam in prelims, which itself improved on the 2:14.19 she swam to edge out Thielking at NCACs, upgrading from sixth a year ago.

Cohen was in big-time personal best form as well, breaking 2:15 for the first time after entering the meet with a best of 2:15.03 from the Denison Invitational earlier in the season, improving on her eighth-place finish from 2025.

Women’s 3-meter Diving – Final

• Division III Record: 530.95, Kailee Payne (Ithaca), 2025
• 2025 Champion: 522.80, Kailee Payne (Ithaca)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Fiora Beratahani (MIT) – 485.30
2. Nina Schwab (CARL) – 484.35
3. Logan Yee (MIT) – 482.75
4. Brooke Ronon (AMHE) – 477.15
5. Lilia Atanda (CHIC) – 471.55
6. Veronica Fong (CHIC) – 455.30
7. Shanze Karimi (WSTL) – 453.70
8. Donna Zhang (AMHE) – 446.25

MIT junior Fiora Beratahani edged out Carleton sophomore Nina Schwab (484.35) and MIT freshman Logan Yee (482.75) to win the women’s 3-meter diving title with 485.30 points, in one of the closest races of the meet.

Schwab, who won the 1-meter earlier in the week, upgraded from fourth a year ago, while both Beratahani and Yee made their first-ever top-eight appearances on the 3m.

Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay – Final

• Division III Record: 2:53.59, Kenyon (D. Somers, Z. Turk, C. Ramsey, I. Richardson), 2012
• 2025 Champion: 2:54.80, Chicago (Costello, Brooks, Butler, Vernhes)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Chicago – 2:53.33 *NCAA DIVISION III RECORD*
2. Denison – 2:54.76
3. Kenyon – 2:55.36
4. Bates – 2:57.90
5. Williams – 2:58.10
6. MIT – 2:58.38
7. UC Santa Cruz – 2:59.33
8. NYU – 2:59.61

The UChicago foursome of Cooper Costello (42.71), Alex Schwartz (44.48), Ryan Lobo (44.10), and John Butler (42.04) took down Kenyon’s longstanding NCAA record in the men’s 400 freestyle relay, slicing 0.26 off the 2:53.59 mark that had stood since 2012 to touch in 2:53.33, with Denison (2:54.76) and Kenyon (2:55.36) rounding out the podium.

Costello’s lead-off of 42.71 would have been a new NCAA record in the individual 100 free before today, and now ranks second in Division III history. His time would have placed second in the 100 final earlier in the evening, where two swimmers broke the record that had already been reset in prelims.

More than any other event, the men’s 100 free has almost certainly taken a major leap forward over the past 12 months.

Denison’s runner-up squad of individual 100 free champion Jack Hill (42.96), Cam Blevins-Mohr (44.28), Harry Parsons (44.26), and Nick Hensel (43.26) touched 0.19 shy of their season best.

Kenyon’s quartet of Teo Jaworski (44.30), Neil Abrahamson (44.60), Roman Savage (44.37), and Djordje Dragojlovic (42.09) chopped 1.70 seconds off their entry time.

Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay – Final

• Division III Record: 3:18.46, Emory (F. Muir, C. Cheng, M. Ong, M. Taylor), 2018
• 2025 Champion: 3:19.03, MIT (Turvey, Smith, Augustyn, Roberson)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. NYU – 3:18.66
2. Hope College – 3:20.17
3. Pomona-Pitzer (PP) – 3:21.16
4. Kenyon – 3:21.81
5. MIT – 3:23.01
6. Williams – 3:23.75
7. Emory – 3:23.91
8. Swarthmore – 3:23.99

As expected, the NYU women dominated the 400 freestyle relay, with Lian Jeong Engle (50.83), Maeve O’Donnell (49.80), Llew Ladomirak (49.97), and Kayley McIntyre (48.06) stopping the clock in 3:18.66, coming within two tenths of Emory’s 2018 NCAA record of 3:18.46.

Hope College had a massive swim for silver, rising from the ninth seed entering the meet to third in prelims to runner-up tonight. Bella Turner (50.86), Claudia Busse (50.82), Laurel Wasiniak (49.45), and Greta Gidley (49.05) combined for a 3:20.17.

Pomona-Pitzer’s quartet of Ellie Burkhardt (50.13), Chesna Pelka (50.48), Francesca Coppo (50.66), and Nina Aballea (49.89) rounded out the podium at 3:21.16.

Final Team Scores:

Women’s Top 10:

1. NYU – 517
2. Emory – 433.5
3. Kenyon – 380
4. Denison – 304
5. Williams – 282.5
6. MIT – 225
7. Chicago – 208.5
8. Pomona-Pitzer – 173
9. Hope College – 159
10. Claremont MS – 1138

Men’s Top 10:

1. Denison – 437
2. NYU – 388.5
3. Chicago – 353
4. Kenyon – 299
5. Emory – 275
6. Bates – 185
7. Carnegie Mellon – 168
8. Williams – 144
9. Johns Hopkins – 1123
10. Wash U. MO – 122