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 800 Free Relay – Final Heat
- NCAA Record: 6:44.13 – Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Canny, Curzan), 2025
- American Record: 6:45.91 – Stanford (Manuel, Neal, Eastin, Ledecky), 2017
- U.S. Open Record: 6:44.13 – Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Canny, Curzan), 2025
Championship Record: 6:45.91 – Stanford (Manuel, Neal, Eastin, Ledecky), 2017- 2025 Champion: Stanford (Bricker, Roghair, Nordmann, Wilson) – 6:46.98
- 2025 8th/16th Place Times: 6:55.14/7:01.17
- Current Leader: Tennessee (Jansen, Armen, Mason Brown) — 6:53.78
Top 8 Teams
- Virginia (Canny, Mintenko, Hartman, Moesch) — 6:45.21
- Texas (Padar, Nesty, Chase, Gemmell) — 6:46.91
- Cal (West, Weinstein, O’Dell, Cosgrove) — 6:47.68
- Michigan — 6:48.05
- Indiana – 6:48.85
- Stanford — 6:50.12
- USC — 6:51.17
- Tennessee — 6:53.78
Virginia’s Anna Moesch posted the fastest relay split of all-time with a 1:39.03 on the anchor leg for Virginia’s 800 free relay. The previous all-time split was a 1:39.14 from Louisville’s Mallory Comerford back at 2018 NCAAs. Also swimming a top-10 split all-time tonight was USC’s Minna Abraham who swam a 1:40.25 on the team’s anchor leg.
All-Time Top Relay Splits, 200 Free Flying Start
- 1:39.03, Anna Moesch (2026 NCAAs)
- 1:39.14, Mallory Comerford (2018 NCAAs)
- 1:39.19, Mallory Comerford (2019 NCAAs)
- 1:39.55, Bella Sims (2025 SECs)
- 1:39.83, Taylor Ruck (2019 NCAAs)
- 1:39.87, Katie Ledecky (2018 NCAAs)
- 1:40.05, Missy Franklin (2015 NCAAs)
- 1:40.21, Mallory Comerford (2017 NCAAs)
- 1:40.25, Minna Abraham (2026 NCAAs)
- 1:40.28, Katie Ledecky (2017 PAC-12s)
Split Comparison
| Moesch | Comerford |
| 22.92 | 22.95 |
| 25.65 | 25.45 |
| 25.42 | 25.33 |
| 25.04 | 25.41 |
| 1:39.03 | 1:39.14 |
Moesch’s split was huge for Virginia as they were 5th heading into the final exchange. Michigan led with a 5:04.64 at the final exchange while Virginia touched in a 5:06.18 and a 200 to go. Moesch’s final 50 split of a 25.04 was huge as no one else in the field was under 26 seconds.
Moesch will look to make history later this week as she is the top seed in the individual 200 free as she swam a 1:39.72 at last month’s ACC Championships. That stood as the #3 performance all-time until tonight when Liberty Clark of Indiana led the Hoosiers off in a 1:39.70. The two will look to face off in the event tomorrow night.
Do we think she breaks the NCAA record tomorrow? I think yes, but if not she gets very close
I think she will get it – 1:38.8
We will get to see who is the best racer. I think both go under 1:39
There are two possibilities; yes and no. I have a weird feeling the Clark may take 200 with the way she keeps improving. It should be a close race between Moesch and Clark.