2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2026
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending Champions: Virginia (5x)
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
The 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships are rapidly approaching, and to prepare yourself for the meet (and prep for the upcoming pick ’em contest), you can keep track of all of SwimSwam’s event-by-event previews and winner selections below.
Don’t miss a moment of our preview action and the concurrent comment section discussion – you can bookmark this page, which will be updated with links to each preview as we publish them.
Below are all of the events in their NCAA order, broken down by day. You can click on the event name and follow the link to our full preview and check out our picks for the entire top eight.
| DAY | EVENT | WINNER |
| Wednesday | 1650 Freestyle | Jillian Cox, Texas |
| 200 Medley Relay | University of Virginia | |
| 800 Freestyle Relay | University of Virginia | |
| Thursday | 100 Butterfly | Torri Huske, Stanford |
| 400 IM | Bella Sims, Michigan | |
| 200 Freestyle | Anna Moesch, Virginia | |
| 100 Breaststroke | Eneli Jefimova, NC State | |
| 200 Freestyle Relay | University of Virginia | |
| Friday | 100 Backstroke | Claire Curzan, Virginia |
| 200 Breaststroke | Lucy Bell, Stanford | |
| 500 Freestyle | Jillian Cox, Texas | |
| 50 Freestyle | Torri Huske, Stanford | |
| 400 Medley Relay | University of Virginia | |
| Saturday | 200 IM | Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville |
| 100 Freestyle | Torri Huske, Stanford | |
| 200 Butterfly | Hannah Bellard, Michigan | |
| 200 Backstroke | Claire Curzan, Virginia | |
| 400 Freestyle Relay | University of Virginia |
Also notable powerhouse freshman I am excited to watch:
Kennedi Dobson
Sara Curtis
Claire Weinstein
Liberty Clark
Grace Rabb
Teagan Odell
Eva Okaro
Madison Mintenko
Eneli Jefimova
Alex Shackell
Nikki Padar
Some swimmers I am excited to watch:
Anna Moesch
Torri Huske
Anita Botazzo
Camille Spink
Lucy Bell
Campbell Stoll
Bella Sims
Alex Shackell
Jillian Cox
I wasnt sure where to put this but finola whelehan (14) had a NASTY age group meet
2 fly 1:54.6
4 IM 4:08
200 IM 1:56.9
200 Free 1:44.9 Relay Leadoff
52.09 100 fly
This season has gone by so fast and has been so fun to watch. I can’t wait for the meet!