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)
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The final night of the 2026 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships are here. Virginia is set to be crowned team champion for the 6th year in a row.
The 200 IM will kick off the night as Cal’s Mia West is the top seed with a 1:52.40, only 0.1 off her entry time. West has made huge strides this season as she was a relay only swimmer last year. Campbell Chase of Texas shaved 0.42 off her entry time this morning and is the #2 seed for the 200 IM tonight with a 1:53.06. Cal freshman Teagan O’Dell will begin her night with the 200 IM as the #3 seed, one of two ‘A’ finals for her as she also os the #4 seed in the 200 back.
Anna Moesch of Virginia posted the top time this morning of the 100 free with a 45.81, only 0.10 off her seed time. Moesch has already won the 200 free this week in the #2 performance all-time. Teammate Sara Curtis has been shining in her first NCAAs and is the #2 seed in the 100 free with a 46.00. She could become the 7th swimmer to break 46-seconds in history with her swim tonight. Last year’s runner up Torri Huske of Stanford is the #4 seed tonight and is one to watch for after her win in the 100 fly and 50 free already this week.
Indiana freshman Alex Shackell is the top seed of the 200 fly tonight after swimming a 1:51.68 in prelims. Shackell has a lifetime best 1:50.15 in the event which she swam before arriving with the Hoosiers. The top seed coming into the meet Hannah Bellard of Michigan is the #2 seed after a 1:52.12 this morning. Bellard is the Big Ten record holder and already went head to head with Shackell twice this season, winning both times.
NCAA record holder in the event Claire Curzan has the chance to lower her record in the 200 back tonight after a 1:48.18 in prelims. She swam a 1:46.09 last month at ACCs and won in a 1:46.82 a year ago. She is the clear favorite in the event. Wisconsin’s Maggie Wanezek was 2nd in the 100 back this week and enters the final of the 200 back as the #2 seed after a 1:48.85 this morning.
The Virginia women broke their own NCAA record in the 400 free relay at ACCs last month and could do so again tonight. They have already won all four relays this week and could go five for five with the win, and are the top seed by over two seconds. Stanford is the #2 seed and are separated by less than half a second ahead of Indiana and Michigan.
I commented this on the day 4 prelims page but thought some of the hardcores would like to know. I sleuthed for any swimmer who was not in circle seeded heats that ended up top 16 and here they are:
1650: Grace Cummings ISU 36th to 15th
100 fly: Sydney Gring Pittsburg 28th to 16th, Lilou Ressencourt Cal 31st to 14th, Felicia Klintemar Akron 26th to 9th
400IM: Reece Tiltman Indiana 30th to 16th, Mary Macauley UNC 33rd to 15th
100 Back: Sydney Gring Pittsburg 33rd to 11th (also notable Tess Howley 23rd to 10th)
200br: Leah Hayes UVA 25th to 12th, Zoe Skirboll UVA 34th to 11th
200IM: none but notable is Reese… Read more »
I think it’s a total rip off that these swimmers, who completely put their seed places to shame, do not get to go on and swim in finals.
Those scoring jumps are very impressive. That’s what we love to see.
Nice work & thanks.
Wow