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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WOMEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINAL
- NCAA Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G Walsh, A Moesch) (2025)
- American Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G Walsh, A Moesch) (2025)
- U.S. Open Record: 3:19.58 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G Walsh, A Moesch) (2025)
- Championship Record: 3:20.20 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G Walsh, A Moesch) (2025)
- 2025 NCAA Champion: Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G Walsh, A Moesch) – 3:20.20
- 2025 8th/16th Times: 3:27.76/3:30.93
- Current Leader: Texas — 3:24.64
Top 8 Finishers
- Virginia (Curtis, Canny, Curzan, Moesch) — 3:20.66
- Tennessee (Crooks, Siroky, Hirai, Spink) — 3:23.79
- Michigan (Sims, Sim, Kendall, Balduccini) — 3:24.44
- NC State — 3:24.49
- Texas — 3:24.64
- Cal — 3:25.09
- Indiana — 3:25.17
- Louisville — 3:25.58
Today’s relay was the 400 medley, which Virginia won resoundingly. The Cavaliers are now 4-for-4 on relay wins this week, as they continue to add more to the legend of this dynastic run over the past half-decade.
Tennessee had an excellent swim for 2nd, which was capped off by a terrific back half.
Here is the full list of splits, ranked fastest to slowest by stroke:
| Backstroke | Breaststroke | Butterfly | Freestyle | ||||
| Swimmer (School) | Split | Swimmer (School) | Split | Swimmer (School) | Split | Swimmer (School) | Split |
| Sara Curtis (Virginia) | 49.47 | Anita Bozzatto (Florida) | 56.10 | Claire Curzan (Virginia) | 48.82 | Liberty Clark (Indiana) | 45.67 |
| Mary-Ambre Moluh (Cal) | 49.76 | Lucy Bell (Stanford) | 56.47 | Alex Shackell (Indiana) | 49.68 | Anna Moesch (Virginia) | 45.74 |
| Bella Sims (Michigan) | 49.79 | Anastasia Gorbenko (Louisville) | 56.63 | Annie Jia (Cal) | 49.76 | Camille Spink (Tennessee) | 45.78 |
| Miranda Grana (Indiana) | 50.20 | Aimee Canny (Virginia) | 56.63 | Campbell Stoll (Texas) | 50.03 | Eva Okaro (Texas) | 46.00 |
| Maggie Wanezek (Wisconsin) | 50.27 | Eneli Jefimova (NC State) | 56.69 | Mizuki Hirai (Tennessee) | 50.10 | Olivia Nel (NC State) | 46.65 |
| Leah Shackley (NC State) | 50.47 | McKenzie Siroky (Tennessee) | 56.97 | Brady Kendall (Michigan) | 50.23 | Annam Olasewere (Stanford) | 46.78 |
| Emily Jones (Alabama) | 50.94 | Piper Enge (Texas) | 57.24 | Tessa Giele (Alabama) | 50.33 | Cadence Vincent (Alabama) | 46.80 |
| Jillian Crooks (Tennessee) | 50.94 | Letitia Sim (Michigan) | 57.58 | Gigi Johnson (Stanford) | 50.37 | Julia Dennis (Louisville) | 46.80 |
| Minna Abraham (USC) | 51.02 | Kaelyn Gridley (Duke) | 57.82 | Ella Welch (Louisville) | 50.39 | Stephanie Balduccini (Michigan) | 46.84 |
| Kaitlyn Owens (Texas A&M) | 51.23 | Eleni Gewalt (Arizona) | 58.52 | Erika Pelaez (NC State) | 50.68 | Teagan O’Dell (Cal) | 47.05 |
| Emma Kern (Texas) | 51.37 | Elle Scott (Cal) | 58.52 | Sydney Gring (Pitt) | 50.82 | Julia Wozniak (Arizona) | 47.40 |
| Claire Jansen (Pitt) | 51.52 | Maria Ramos (Ohio State) | 58.81 | Ava Whitaker (Texas A&M) | 51.63 | Nicole Maier (USC) | 47.44 |
| Sophia Frei (UNC) | 51.55 | Brooke Corrgian (Wisconsin) | 58.85 | Tatum Wall (Duke) | 51.67 | Ella McQuinn (Texas A&M) | 47.58 |
| Camille Murray (Louisville) | 51.76 | Samantha Armand (UNC) | 58.89 | Mary Macaulay (UNC) | 51.85 | Michaela De Villiers (LSU) | 47.62 |
| Levenia Sim (Stanford) | 51.97 | Sarah Bennetts (UCLA) | 59.00 | Beatriz Bezerra (Florida) | 51.85 | Kamryn Meskill (UNC) | 47.88 |
| Catie Choate (Florida) | 52.04 | Charlotte Rosendale (Alabama) | 59.15 | Sofia Sartori (LSU) | 52.04 | Heather White (Duke) | 47.93 |
| Miriam Sheehan (ASU) | 52.09 | Jonette Laegreid (Indiana) | 59.62 | Lucie Delmas (Wisconsin) | 52.13 | Abby Wanezek (Wisconsin) | 48.20 |
| Ali Pfaff (Duke) | 52.17 | Martina Bukvic (LSU) | 1:00.19 | Justina Kozan (USC) | 52.14 | Lainy Kruger (Florida) | 48.29 |
| Claudia Yovanovich (UCLA) | 52.19 | Ginger McMahon (ASU) | 1:00.29 | Julia Ullman (ASU) | 52.20 | Albane Cachot (ASU) | 48.35 |
| Zoe Carlos-Broc (LSU) | 52.47 | Bella Brito (USC) | 1:00.40 | Jada Duncan (UCLA) | 52.26 | Avery Kudlac (Pitt) | 48.38 |
| Lila Lillie (Arizona) | 52.62 | Angelina Messina (Pitt) | 1:00.72 | Carrie Furbee | 52.38 | Sienna Angove (Ohio State) | 48.39 |
| KK LeBlanc (Ohio State) | 52.67 | Claire Gass (Texas A&M) | 1:00.77 | Maryam S. (Arizona) | 52.54 | Anna Wetteland (UCLA) | 48.70 |
Starting with the champs, perhaps the most noteworthy part of the Virginia relay was that their slowest split (compared to the rest of the field) was Aimee Canny’s breaststroke leg of 56.63, which was still the 4th-fastest breast split in the field tonight. Sara Curtis and Claire Curzan led the field in back and fly respectively, while Anna Moesch was 2nd in free.
Florida’s Anita Bottazzo was the top breaststroker in the field tonight, doing a lot to help Florida to their 11th place finish with her 56.10 split. Indiana’s Liberty Clark, just a freshman, was the top freestyler int he field tonight, splitting 45.67.
This is, of course, completely subjective, but breaststroke looks like the overall fastest leg of the relays tonight. There were 6 women who split under 57 seconds, which compares very favorably to the 1 swimmer who did so at last year’s NCAAs.
Leading into the team battle, that Tennessee 2nd place finish was huge for momentum. The Vols had a great back half of the session, starting with Ella Jansen taking 4th in the 500 free, which was followed by Camille Spink finishing 3rd in the 50 free, and then freshman diver Desharne Bent-Ashmeil came in 2nd in 3-meter. The night was capped off with a 2nd place finish in the relay, marking a huge influx of points for Tennessee. The Vols are now sitting in 4th with a 10.5-point lead over 5th place Michigan heading into the final day of the meet.
The Michigan 3rd place finish was also huge for their momentum. Michigan had a big day 3 climbing, into the top 5.
These splits make Alex Walsh’s 49.15 in the butterfly in 2024 all the more impressive
Is there a Weinstein 500 free win article.