2026 Atlantic-10 Swimming & Diving Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
- Location: Hampton Aquaplex, Hampton, VA
- Defending Champions: George Washington women (4x); George Washington men (5x)
- Teams: Davidson, Duquesne (women), Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Rhode Island (women), Richmond (women), St. Louis, St. Bonaventure
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- Recaps: Day 1
La Salle senior Felix Jedbratt punched his ticket to NCAAs on day 2 of the A-10 Championships in Hampton, Virginia on Thursday.
He swam 19.18 to win the title and break his own Conference and Meet Records of 19.20 set last year.
The NCAA automatic qualifying standard for conference champions is 19.43.
He will also seek to defend titles in both the 100 fly and 100 free; his 100 fly time of 44.97 last year earned him an NCAA invite without needing the automatic qualification.
He led a deep men’s 50 free final that saw the top five finishers all break 20 seconds, an increase from just three last year. That included Thomas Holden from George Washington (19.50) and La Salle teammate Carter Perkins (19.67).
Jedbratt also split 19.33 on the leadoff leg of the session-ending 200 free relay for La Salle. He was followed by Austin Wakefield (19.99), Tarik Gusic (19.86), and Perkins anchoring in 19.11.
Perkins hit the water 3rd and ran past the anchors from both George Washington and George Mason for a tight touch at the final wall. La Salle was .06 ahead of GWU and .22 ahead of George Mason at the final touch.
That is La Salle’s first A-10 title in this event, their 5th all-time A-10 relay title, and breaks a four-year GWU winning streak in the 200 free relay.
Other Men’s Winners on Thursday
- Dylan Felt, a senior from Davidson, finished his career a perfect 4-for-4 in the 500 free at the A-10 Championships, winning in 4:19.28. He is the first swimmer in A-10 history to win 4 consecutive conference titles in this event. His conference record of 4:16.58 from his sophomore championship still stands. He will chase a 4th-straight title in the 1650 free later in the meet as well.
- George Mason senior Tate Anderson won the men’s 200 IM in 1:44.78. He was the runner-up each of the last two years to GWU’s now-graduated Connor Rodgers
Men’s Standings After Day 2
- George Washington – 270
- George Mason – 199
- St. Bonaventure – 186
- La Salle – 175
- Davidson – 161
- Fordham – 139
- Saint Louis University – 108
The Richmond women used their depth to extend their lead on day 2 of the A-10 Championships. They didn’t get their first win until the session-closing 200 free relay, where a 1:30.40 snapped GWU’s 2024 Conference Record of 1:30.48.
That relay included Presley Baber (22.92), Julia Krichev (22.54), Caitlyn Hughes (22.39), and Hannah Wieczorek (22.55) and defended their title in spite of star sprinter Melissa Nwakalor transferring to Virginia. The other three legs returned and split faster than they did at last year’s meet, with a notably big drop by Hughes.
Beyond that, Richmond did their work in the morning, including three swimmers in the A-Final of the 200 IM and three swimmers in the A-Final of the 50 free.
The La Salle women, meanwhile, took two wins on the day – but a lack of depth kept them mid-pack in the team standings.
In the 200 IM, senior Gabriela Herbreder won in 1:58.75 in come-from-behind fashion.
She was in 4th place at the halfway mark, including 1.8 seconds ahead of Richmond sophomore Lena Amare. A 34.00 breaststroke split, though, pulled Herbreder into the lead, and her 27.78 freestyle leg was fastest in the field to bring home the win.
Her fellow La Salle Senior Victoria Fenn won the 50 free in 22.64, which was her first time under 23 seconds in what could be her last college meet (bar a last chance or NIC appearance). Her previous best time of 23.06 placed her 6th at last year’s A-10 Championships.
Other Women’s Winners on Thursday
- Duquesne sophomore Sierra Snow won an absolute nailbiter of a race in the women’s 500 free. She traded leads with GWU’s Ava Topolewski throughout the race, but Snow ultimately had just enough to get her fingertip on the wall to win in 4:45.77. Topelowski, who won the title in 2025 and 2023, finished 2nd in 4:45.78, .01 seconds behind.
- St. Bonaventure sophomore Dhavgely Mendoza won the women’s 3-meter diving event with a score of 315.60. This was a spot where the field made up a lot of gap on Richmond – who only had one diver score, finishing 14th.
Women’s Standings After Day 2
- Richmond – 242
- George Washington – 214
- Duquesne – 189
- La Salle – 174
- Fordham – 168
- St. Bonaventure – 129
- Davidson – 87
- George Mason – 84
- Rhode Island – 83
- Saint Louis – 54
This year Felix is entered in the 200 Fly with a 1.42.22 and with a NT in the 100 Free and I do not know which he will swim
Most of these guys are getting well under it but with the actual qualification taking 18.9 or faster this year for sure, 19.4 is wayyy to slow.
He went 19.18 and last year it took 19.02 to make the meet.
He went 45.02 in the 100 Fly final (just of his meet record of 44.97 from last year) he was 17th or 18th at last year’s NCAA in the 100 Fly prelims. Last year the invite was 45.12 in the 100 Fly so it is a good chance he would have made the meet even without the automatic qualifying.