2026 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, March 25–Saturday, March 28
- Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending Champions: Texas (1x)
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With the final day of the Men’s 2026 NCAA Championships behind us, here are some swims you may have missed from today.
Gregg Enoch was the slowest swimmer entered in the 200 IM in 1:44.11, but dropped nearly two seconds to end up placing 16th in 1:42.39. That was a new best by over a second, besting the 1:43.56 he swam in November 2024. Lorne Wigginton also had a big drop, going from 1:43.77 to 1:42.13 for 13th to give Michigan four crucial points in their battle for 7th with Cal.
Garrett Gould, who only qualified for the meet as the second alternate after Luca Urlando and Lance Norris scratched, dropped four tenths of a second in the 100 free to place 14th in 41.47. Mikkel Lee also dropped time to score, lowering his 41.92 from Big Tens to 41.56 for 16th. Tomas Lukminas set an Arizona school record of 41.11 for 7th, and finished in the same place with the same time in the final this evening.
Just outside the points, Guy Brooks lowered his best by 0.20 seconds for Louisville to go 41.67 for 20th in his final individual NCAA swim, while Tolu Young continued a standout sophomore season with a new best of 41.90 for 25th, slicing 0.42 seconds off his previous PB
Jan Zubik set a new Missouri record in the 200 fly to record their only points in the pool this week. He dipped under 1:40 for the first time with a 1:39.92 to place joint-10th, shaving half a second off his previous best of 1:40.57 from the Mizzou Qualifier last chance meet.
Kyle Peck and Abdalla Youssef both joined him under 1:40 for the first time, with Peck going 1:39.94 in prelims for 13th and Youssef going 1:39.59 for 7th, before placing 8th in the final. That was a new best by over a second for Egyptian freshman Youssef.
Nick Simons was far from a consensus pick to make the top eight in the 200 back having only broken 1:40 for the first time at SECs, but lowered his best by another 0.86 seconds to place 8th this morning in 1:38.21 and earn a second swim. He added time in the final to go 1:40.07, but scored 12 valuable points for the Volunteers as they placed 5th overall.
Sam Lorenz set yet another UW-Milwaukee school record, lowering his best in the 200 back from 1:41.60 to 1:40.38, while Joe Hayburn of Loyola cracked 1:40 for the first time here, swimming 1:39.62 to lower his previous best of 1:40.29 which he swam at the Patriot League Championships a month ago. Those are Hayburn’s only two swims under 1:42.
Patrick Dinu swam 40.67 on the second leg of Princeton’s Ivy League record-setting 400 free relay. This was his second exceptional relay split of the week after he split 1:30.95 for another record-setting relay in the 800 free on day 1. Freshman Jake Tarara split 42.59 on the same 400 free relay, while fellow first year Preston Kessler led off in 42.98 for Navy.
Thomas Heilman led off Virginia’s 400 free relay in a personal best 41.74, lowering the time he set at ACCs by 0.22 seconds. Cal had a pair of backstrokers throw down rapid swims on their relay, with Evan Petty splitting 41.23 and Keaton Jones, far more of a 200 swimmer, splitting 41.69.
Julian Koch set a pair of Pitt school records in the 100 free, going 40.52 in prelims and 40.43 in the final, bringing his tally for the week to five – the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, and 100 fly. He sits just 0.15 seconds outside Leon Marchand for #5 all-time in the event.
Jack Wilkening followed up his 100 back Michigan record of 43.98 last night with a PB of 1:40.50 in the 200 back this morning, but saved his best for the 400 free relay tonight. He was 40.79 on the second leg for the Wolverines, as they set a new program record of 2:45.85
Yessir, that’s Nick Simons, All American!