2026 NCAA Zone Diving Championships
- Zone A
- March 9-11
- U.S. Naval Academy, Lejeune Hall in Annapolis, Maryland
- Results
- Zone B
- March 8-11
- University of Georgia, Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia
- Results
- Zone C
- March 9-11
- Eastern Michigan University, Jones Natatorium in Ypsilanti, Michigan
- Results
- Zone D
- March 9-11
- Texas A&M University, Student Recreation Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas
- Results
- Zone E
- March 9-11
- Northern Arizona University, Wall Aquatic Center in Flagstaff, Arizona
- Results
NCAA Qualification Process
While the 2026 NCAA Championship swimming qualifiers are all but locked in, the divers are competing over the next few days to secure their tickets to the meet. Unlike in swimming, divers are not able to automatically qualify for NCAA’s during the season. The nature of diving is such that the judging cannot be fully standardized across the nation, so the NCAA hosts five different “zone” meets across the nation to award Championship qualification. The locations of each of the meets cover a certain regional area and teams must attend their assigned zone location.
Each event within each zone is awarded a certain number of automatic qualifying spots. The number of spots zones received is a reflection of how well divers from that zone placed at the previous NCAA Championships. No matter how many automatic qualifying spots a zone has, athletes who place in the top 12 but are outside of the qualifying standard are basically awarded what is the equivalent to a “B” cut in swimming. Meaning that as long as they are a qualifier in one event, they may compete in others in which they placed top 12 in at zones.
2026 Qualifying Spots By Zone:
| Women | 1m | 3m | Platform | Men | 1m | 3m | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone A | 6 | 5 | 6 | Zone A | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Zone B | 11 | 9 | 7 | Zone B | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Zone C | 7 | 10 | 10 | Zone C | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Zone D | 11 | 10 | 11 | Zone D | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Zone E | 6 | 7 | 7 | Zone E | 9 | 8 | 6 |
And if the NCAA qualifying procedures for divers weren’t complicated enough as is, the zone meet is structured slightly differently than other regular season and championship meets. This postseason competition is run as a prelims-finals meet and cumulative scoring. This means each dive counts equally and consistency is key to success at this meet.
Monday’s NCAA Qualifiers:
See the results from Monday below, the first day of competition for Zones A, C, D, and E. A (*) indicates those who achieved what is essentially their “B” cut
Zone A (Annapolis, MD)
Women’s 1-meter:
- Katerina Hoffman (RUTG) – 581.60 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Charlotte Martinkus (PRIN) – 573.25 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Bailee Sturgill (RUTG) – 566.75 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Charlotte Norman (PRIN) – 566.10 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Adele Melamud (BUFF) – 549.35 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Nina Janmyr (HARV) – 547.70 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Ayla Debowsky (PITT) – 538.65 points (*)
- Peyton Guziec (VT) – 529.85 points (*)
- Maggie Squire (PRIN) – 529.70 points (*)
- Sephora Ford (RUTG) – 524.65 points (*)
- Grace Brammer (PSU) – 524.60 points (*)
- Lily Horenkamp (YALE) – 523.65 points (*)
- Rachel Dickerson (PITT) – 521.60 points
- Samantha Holtz (HARV) – 520.65 points
- Dhavgely Mendoza (STBU) – 511.45 points
- Sophie Meuwissen (BUFF) – 500.60 points
- Abigail Ekstrom (PSU) – 498.85 points
- Olivia Paquette (GW) – 498.00 points
Men’s 3-meter:
- Noah Bernard (PITT) – 754.25 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Luca Fassi (PRIN) – 729.90 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Aidan Wang (PRIN) – 726.20 points (Automatically Qualified)
- McCoy Lyman (DART) – 713.30 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Rocky Ramsland (VT) – 696.30 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Nathan Cox (VT) – 691.10 points (*)
- Jacob Fisher (VT) – 683.30 points (*)
- Alex Wodehouse (PSU) – 667.70 points (*)
- Jackson Lipscomb (YALE) – 663.75 points (*)
- Nicholas Chau (YALE) – 660.00 points (*)
- David Vargas (FORD) – 655.10 points (*)
- Levi Hellmann (WVU) – 636.65 points (*)
- Finnian Gelbach (NAVY) – 632.20 points
- Chase Sorosky (PRIN) – 624.15 points
- Brady Stanton (YALE) – 616.00 points
- Luka Martinovic (PRIN) – 611.25 points
- Joseph Nicol (CUBC) – 596.50 points
- Michael Wood (GW) – 572.35 points
Zone B (Athens, GA)
Women’s 3-meter:
- Sophie Verzyl (SCAR) – 784.70 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Chiara Pellacani (MIAF) – 769.90 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Desharne Bent-Ashmeil (TENN) – 736.10 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Camyla Monroy (FLA) – 672.35 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Lynae Shorter (TENN) – 664.45 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Juliette Landi (AUB) – 659.75 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Margo O’Meara (MIAF) – 641.40 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Frida Zuniga Guzman (ECU) – 628.35 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Sofia Knight (UNC) – 624.20 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Kayleigh Clark (FSU) – 617.60 points (*)
- Emma Rhines (TENN) – 615.90 points (*)
- Rin Drudge (BAMA) – 608.80 points (*)
- Maria Carolina Faoro (AUB) – 607.10 points
- Kyleigh Kidd (AUB) – 591.95 points
- Chloe Brothers (AUB) – 585.75 points
- Karlee Wells (GSU) – 584.00 points
- Reagan Patterson (SCAR) – 562.05 points
- Aislinn Zuechner (SCAR) – 530.25 points
Men’s 1-meter:
- Bennett Greene (TENN) – 793.00 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Matteo Santoro (MIAF) – 778.15 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Thomas Ciprick (TENN) – 768.00 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Max Fowler (GT) – 760.80 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Jesus Agundez (FLA) – 749.35 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Jake Passmore (MIAF) – 743.80 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Conor Gesing (FLA) – 734.00 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Ethan Swart (AUB) – 732.60 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Matthew Bray (UGA) – 732.50 points (*)
- Jesus Gonzalez (FLA) – 723.80 points (*)
- Charles Bayer (SCAR) – 716.40 points (*)
- Benjamin Wilson (AUB) – 706.10 points (*)
- Talan Blackmon (AUB) – 693.55 points
- Mohamed Farouk (MIAF) – 690.55 points
- Nicholas Stone (TENN) – 674.10 points
- Colten Cryer (BAMA) – 651.40 points
- Ciro Mejia (UNC) – 619.55 points
- Rodolfo Vazquez (UNC) – 601.85 points
Zone C (Ypsilanti, MI)
Women’s 1-meter:
- Ella Roselli (IND) – 612.00 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Lily Witte (IND) – 599.65 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Avery Worobel (PUR) – 594.80 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Michelle Mazzara (OSU) – 593.50 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Lena Hentschel (OSU) – 592.05 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Avery Giese (UK) – 587.65 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Mia Prusiecki (OSU) – 582.50 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Grace Courtney (ND) – 581.70 points (*)
- Caroline Brady (ND) – 578.95 points (*)
- Kiarra Milligan (MICH) – 578.70 points (*)
- Kristy Pfaff (UK) – 562.35 points (*)
- Claire Feick (ND) – 538.10 points (*)
- Sammantha Helmboldt (UL) – 533.05 points
- Maud Van Kempen (UL) – 528.30 points
- Elizabeth Noble (UAKR) – 522.25 points
- Supisara Shauntel Lim (NU) – 517.10 points
- Amelia Rinehart (PUR) – 516.45 points
- Kaylee Bishop (IND) – 498.55 points
Men’s 3-meter:
- Joshua Sollenberger (IND) – 782.05 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Daniel Knapp (ND) – 760.80 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Holden Higbie (PUR) – 746.75 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Maxwell Weinrich (IND) – 745.75 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Tyler Wills (PUR) – 745.15 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Harrison Nolan (UIC) – 719.80 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Maxwell Miller (PUR) – 714.30 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Ernest Braitenbach (OSU) – 714.20 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Aiden Sadler (IND) – 696.45 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Ryan Augustine (NU) – 692.55 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Nathaniel Grannis (PUR) – 687.40 points (*)
- Zachary Welsh (PUR) – 672.45 points (*)
- Ray Preas (UL) – 665.70 points
- Zachary Shaddy (BALL) – 665.15 points
- Blake Vander Jeugdt (INDI) – 664.55 points
- Mack Molloy (UL) – 657.80 points
- Kyle Ly (NU) – 649.40 points
- Benedict Nguyen (ND) – 642.65 points
Zone D (College Station, TX)
Women’s 1-meter:
- Elna Widerstrom (UMIN) – 652.95 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Shiyun Lai (KANS) – 647.15 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Viviana Del Angel (UMIN) – 590.45 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Joslyn Oakley (TAM) – 589.55 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Lotti Hubert (UARK) – 589.10 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Abigail Baxter (UNL) – 585.05 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Bayleigh Cranford (TEX) – 584.40 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Caroline Kupka (TEX) – 580.90 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Maria Sanchez-Moreno (UARK) – 577.55 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Adeline Albrecht (UMIN) – 568.85 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Michelle McLeod (HU) – 554.70 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Kamryn Wong (UNT) – 554.50 points (*)
- Lize Lukas van Leeuwen (KANS) – 551.25 points
- Malea Martinez (UARK) – 551.15 points
- Zita Bernatsky (IA) – 549.60 points
- Kelsey Clairmont (UNL) – 546.00 points
- Bridget Foster (TAM) – 536.15 points
- Julie Moons (TAM) – 514.05 points
Men’s 3-meter:
- Luke Sitz (SMU) – 847.70 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Collier Dyer (MIZ) – 839.75 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Carson Paul (LSU) – 822.95 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Nicholas Harris (TEX) – 752.20 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Emilio Trevino (TAM) – 735.25 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Andrew Bennett (UMIN) – 719.20 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Jacob Jones (TEX) – 715.10 points (Automatically Qualified)
- David Ekdahl (TCU) – 711.80 points (*)
- Tanner Braunton (MIZ) – 710.90 points (*)
- Luke Forester (TEX) – 704.15 points (*)
- Grant Cates (SMU) – 702.65 points (*)
- Braylon Goodno (UMIN) – 694.90 points (*)
- Nathan Stone (TAM) – 692.30 points
- Elliott Dillon (TCU) – 685.20 points
- Charles Reuter (TAM) – 680.25 points
- Robert Snyder (SMU) – 621.30 points
- Nathan Frette (OMAH) – 574.05 points
- Maddox Mork (USD) – 563.05 points
Zone E (Flagstaff, AZ)
Women’s 1-meter:
- Callie Eaglestone (UTAH) – 574.45 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Molly Gray (STAN) – 570.40 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Molly Brascia (UCLA) – 557.70 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Kathryn Grant (UTAH) – 555.55 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Kate Miller (USC) – 549.85 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Jenna Jagielski (USC) – 536.85 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Zara Joy Ayazi (ARIZ) – 534.25 points (*)
- Emilie Moore (STAN) – 528.35 points (*)
- Grace Wesche (NAZU) – 527.65 points (*)
- Keira Chandler (HAWA) – 519.55 points (*)
- Alicia Gonzalez Saenz De Jubera (WYO) – 517.50 points (*)
- Alexandria Sando (ARIZ) – 513.75 points (*)
- Isabella Gomez (SDSU) – 513.55 points
- Lovisa Gustavsson (HAWA) – 511.50 points
- Ariana Drake (CAL) – 509.20 points
- Violet Williamson (CAL) – 504.55 points
- Macie Wheeler (HAWA) – 495.05 points
- Brooklyn Goeckeritz (BYU) – 489.85 points
Men’s 3-meter:
- Moritz Wesemann (USC) – 879.85 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Gael Jimenez (CBU) – 733.35 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Luke Hernandez (ARIZ) – 720.30 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Joshua Thai (CAL) – 712.00 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Elias Petersen (UTAH) – 708.10 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Misha Andriyuk (STAN) – 706.00 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Bo Bridges (ARIZ) – 705.10 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Laurent Gosselin-Paradis (USC) – 703.85 points (Automatically Qualified)
- Gunnar Grubbs (STAN) – 688.60 points (*)
- Mario Del Valle Jr (CBU) – 682.45 points (*)
- Luc Goertzen (USC) – 678.40 points (*)
- Juan Ramirez Tamayo (HAWA) – 669.80 points (*)
- Lucas Gerten (AFA) – 662.15 points
- Omar El Sayed (GCU) – 660.35 points
- Gage Dubois (ARIZ) – 625.50 points
- Grant Schneider (STAN) – 620.05 points
- Marti Lop Riera (BYU) – 613.20 points
- Geoffrey Vavitsas (CAL) – 562.10 points
