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)
- Championship Central
- Preview Index
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
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)
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- Psych Sheets
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- Live Video
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Sean Griffin contributed to this report.
The NCAA has released the diving qualifiers for the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s and Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, with the women’s meet beginning this Wednesday (March 18) and the men’s championships beginning next Wednesday (March 25).
A total of 41 women’s divers and 35 men’s divers were selected as reimbursed divers for these championships following the conclusion of the NCAA Zone Diving meets that took place from March 8-11.
From SwimSwam’s Sean Griffin:
NCAA Qualification Process
Unlike in swimming, divers are not able to automatically qualify for NCAAs during the season. The nature of diving is such that the judging cannot be fully standardized across the nation, so the NCAA hosts five different “zone” meets across the nation to award Championship qualification. The locations of each of the meets cover a certain regional area and teams must attend their assigned zone location.
Each event within each zone is awarded a certain number of automatic qualifying spots. The number of spots zones received is a reflection of how well divers from that zone placed at the previous NCAA Championships. No matter how many automatic qualifying spots a zone has, athletes who place in the top 12 but are outside of the qualifying standard are basically awarded what is the equivalent to a “B” cut in swimming. Meaning that as long as they are a qualifier in one event, they may compete in others in which they placed top 12 in at zones.
2026 Qualifying Spots By Zone:
| Women | 1m | 3m | Platform | Men | 1m | 3m | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone A | 6 | 5 | 6 | Zone A | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Zone B | 11 | 9 | 7 | Zone B | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Zone C | 7 | 10 | 10 | Zone C | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Zone D | 11 | 10 | 11 | Zone D | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Zone E | 6 | 7 | 7 | Zone E | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Women’s NCAA Division I Championships Selections:
Red Color Indicates Reimbursed Divers
| Name | Class | School | Zone | Event |
| Katerina Hoffman | SO | Rutgers | A | 3M |
| Sephora Ford | SR | Rutgers | A | PL |
| Charlotte Norman | SO | Princeton | A | 3M |
| Charlotte Martinkus | SR | Princeton | A | 1M |
| Bailee Sturgill | SO | Rutgers | A | PL |
| Grace Brammer | SO | Penn State | A | 3M |
| Mariana Osorio Mendoza | JR | Pittsburgh | A | PL |
| Jessica Vega | SR | Pittsburgh | A | PL |
| Olivia Paquette | SR | George Washington | A | 3M |
| Adele Melamud | FR | Buffalo | A | 1M |
| Shannon Icard | JR | Liberty | A | PL |
| Nina Janmyr | SR | Harvard | A | 1M |
| Cassandra Guerrera | SO | Pittsburgh | A | PL |
| Sophie Verzyl | SR | South Carolina | B | 3M |
| Chiara Pellacani | SR | Miami (FL) | B | 1M |
| Camyla Monroy | JR | Florida | B | PL |
| Sofia Knight | SO | North Carolina | B | PL |
| Desharne Bent-Ashmeil | FR | Tennessee | B | 3M |
| Kayleigh Clark | SR | Florida State | B | PL |
| Emily Hallifax | SO | Auburn | B | PL |
| Lynae Shorter | JR | Tennessee | B | 3M |
| Margo O’Meara | SR | Miami (FL) | B | 1M |
| Frida Zuniga Guzman | SR | East Carolina | B | PL |
| Juliette Landi | FR | Auburn | B | 3M |
| Chloe Brothers | SO | Auburn | B | PL |
| Alexa Fung | FR | Florida | B | 1M |
| Casey Greenberg | SR | Florida | B | PL |
| Keira Lu | SO | Duke | B | 1M |
| Lena Hentschel | SR | Ohio State | C | 3M |
| Ella Roselli | JR | Indiana | C | 1M |
| Hannah Newbrook | FR | Ohio State | C | PL |
| Lily Witte | JR | Indiana | C | 3M |
| Daryn Wright | SR | Purdue | C | 3M |
| Avery Worobel | SO | Purdue | C | 1M |
| Kiarra Milligan | SR | Michigan | C | 3M |
| Michelle Mazzara | JR | Ohio State | C | 1M |
| Mia Prusiecki | SO | Ohio State | C | PL |
| Brooklyn Petit | FR | Ohio State | C | PL |
| Grace Courtney | SR | Notre Dame | C | 3M |
| Avery Giese | SO | Kentucky | C | 1M |
| Mary Kate Cavanaugh | SO | Indiana | C | PL |
| Kaylee Bishop | FR | Indiana | C | PL |
| Sammantha Helmboldt | JR | Louisville | C | PL |
| Kristy Pfaff | JR | Kentucky | C | 3M |
| Samantha Keith | FR | Louisville | C | PL |
| Isabella Chen | SO | Northwestern | C | PL |
| Elna Widerstrom | JR | Minnesota | D | 3M |
| Bayleigh Cranford | JR | Texas | D | PL |
| Shiyun Lai | JR | Kansas | D | 3M |
| Viviana Del Angel | SR | Minnesota | D | PL |
| Maria Sanchez – Moreno | SO | Arkansas | D | PL |
| Joslyn Oakley | SR | Texas A&M | D | 1M |
| Jazzelle Eikermann | FR | Missouri | D | PL |
| Lotti Hubert | FR | Arkansas | D | 1M |
| Michelle McLeod | JR | Houston | D | PL |
| Abigail Baxter | JR | Nebraska | D | 3M |
| Gabrielle Filzen | SO | Texas A&M | D | PL |
| Megan Jolly | SO | Missouri | D | 3M |
| Kelsey Clairmont | SR | Nebraska | D | PL |
| Kamryn Wong | SR | North Texas | D | 3M |
| Caroline Kupka | JR | Texas | D | 1M |
| Sarah Carruthers | SR | Texas | D | PL |
| Maisy Woloszyn | FR | Houston | D | 3M |
| Olivia Liddle | SR | Missouri | D | PL |
| Adeline Albrecht | SR | Minnesota | D | 1M |
| Mia Henninger | SO | Missouri | D | PL |
| Annalei Dow | SO | Minnesota | D | PL |
| Molly Gray | FR | Stanford | E | 3M |
| Callie Eaglestone | SO | Utah | E | 1M |
| Ellie Cole | FR | Stanford | E | PL |
| Zara Joy Ayazi | SR | Arizona | E | 3M |
| Eden Cheng | SR | UCLA | E | PL |
| Lovisa Gustavsson | SO | Hawaii | E | 3M |
| Molly Brascia | JR | UCLA | E | 1M |
| Kate Miller | SO | USC | E | PL |
| Grace Wesche | SR | Northern Arizona | E | 3M |
| Kathryn Grant | SR | Utah | E | 1M |
| Emilie Moore | SR | Stanford | E | 3M |
| Jenna Jagielski | SR | USC | E | 1M |
| Alicia Gonzalez Saenz De | SR | Wyoming | E | 3M |
| Grace Ally | SR | Fresno State | E | PL |
Men’s NCAA Division I Championships Selections:
Red Color Indicates Reimbursed Divers
| Name | Class | School | Zone | Event |
| Noah Bernard | SO | Pittsburgh | A | 3M |
| McCoy Lyman | SO | Dartmouth | A | 1M |
| Nathan Cox | SO | Virginia Tech | A | PL |
| Luca Fassi | JR | Princeton | A | 3M |
| Chase Sorosky | FR | Princeton | A | 1M |
| Chase Marafioto | JR | Pittsburgh | A | PL |
| Aidan Wang | JR | Princeton | A | 3M |
| Jacob Fisher | SR | Virginia Tech | A | 1M |
| Levi Hellmann | SO | West Virginia | A | PL |
| Rocky Ramsland | JR | Virginia Tech | A | 3M |
| Matteo Santoro | FR | Miami (FL) | B | 3M |
| Bennett Greene | SO | Tennessee | B | 1M |
| Jesus Gonzalez | SO | Florida | B | PL |
| Mohamed Farouk | SR | Miami (FL) | B | PL |
| Thomas Ciprick | SO | Tennessee | B | 3M |
| Owen Redfearn | SR | Tennessee | B | PL |
| Jesus Agundez | FR | Florida | B | 3M |
| Max Fowler | JR | Georgia Tech | B | 1M |
| Carlos Vargas | SO | Florida State | B | PL |
| Frazer Tavener | FR | Tennessee | B | 3M |
| Ciro Mejia | FR | North Carolina | B | PL |
| Conor Gesing | JR | Florida | B | 3M |
| Jake Passmore | SO | Miami (FL) | B | 1M |
| Tsvetomir Ereminov | FR | Auburn | B | PL |
| Ethan Swart | SO | Auburn | B | 1M |
| Joshua Sollenberger | SO | Indiana | C | 3M |
| Nathaniel Grannis | FR | Purdue | C | 1M |
| Tyler Wills | SO | Purdue | C | PL |
| Daniel Knapp | SR | Notre Dame | C | 3M |
| Maxwell Weinrich | SR | Indiana | C | PL |
| Holden Higbie | JR | Purdue | C | 3M |
| Zachary Welsh | SO | Purdue | C | 1M |
| Kyle Ly | SO | Northwestern | C | PL |
| Ernest Braitenbach | FR | Ohio State | C | 1M |
| Tyler Read | JR | Ohio State | C | 1M |
| Kaden Springfield | SO | Purdue | C | PL |
| Harrison Nolan | SR | UIC | C | 3M |
| Sebastian Otero | SR | IU Indianapolis | C | 1M |
| Benedict Nguyen | SR | Notre Dame | C | PL |
| Maxwell Miller | JR | Purdue | C | 3M |
| Ryan Augustine | JR | Northwestern | C | 1M |
| Raymond Winn IV | JR | Louisville | C | 1M |
| Adam Cohen | JR | Northwestern | C | PL |
| Aiden Sadler | FR | Indiana | C | 3M |
| Ray Preas | SO | Louisville | C | PL |
| Luke Sitz | SO | SMU | D | 3M |
| Andrew Bennett | SR | Minnesota | D | PL |
| Collier Dyer | SR | Missouri | D | 3M |
| Nicholas Harris | SR | Texas | D | 1M |
| Jaxon Bowshire | SO | Texas A&M | D | PL |
| Carson Paul | SR | LSU | D | 3M |
| Emilio Trevino | FR | Texas A&M | D | PL |
| Grant Cates | FR | SMU | D | PL |
| Luke Forester | SO | Texas | D | 1M |
| Tanner Braunton | JR | Missouri | D | PL |
| Tommaso Zannella | JR | Missouri | D | PL |
| Jacob Jones | SO | Texas | D | 3M |
| Derek Colbert | SO | Missouri | D | PL |
| Matthew Aigner | SR | Texas A&M | D | PL |
| Moritz Wesemann | SR | USC | E | 3M |
| Mario Del Valle Jr | JR | California Baptist | E | PL |
| Gael Jimenez | SR | California Baptist | E | 3M |
| Elias Petersen | SR | Utah | E | 1M |
| Misha Andriyuk | SO | Stanford | E | PL |
| Luke Hernandez | FR | Arizona | E | 3M |
| Gunnar Grubbs | FR | Stanford | E | PL |
| Joshua Thai | SR | California | E | 3M |
| Juan Ramirez Tamayo | SO | Hawaii | E | 1M |
| Geoffrey Vavitsas | JR | California | E | PL |
| Gage Dubois | SR | Arizona | E | 1M |
| Robert Gref | SR | USC | E | PL |
| Laurent Gosselin-paradis | SR | USC | E | PL |
| Bo Bridges | SO | Arizona | E | 3M |
In other news Dax on NightSwim Podcast had Cal men finishing 2nd at NCAA’s, furthering the point they have negative swimming ball knowledge
Forgive my ignorance, totally unaware of how Diving works, but am I reading correctly that the athletes find out they are competing at NCAAs somewhere between 5-12 days before the competition starts??
Tennessee’s 2 new diving coaches are doing amazing things. Not sure we had any dive points last year.
They’ve had some good divers in the past but the recruiting capabilities their new coaches will bring should solidify them as one of the top diving programs soon.
They are arguably the TOP DIVING program as of now.
1 new coach, 1 old. Mike was at Tennessee before South Carolina
“The nature of diving is such that the judging cannot be fully standardized across the nation, so the NCAA hosts five different “zone” meets across the nation to award Championship qualification. “
Does anyone think that in a few years, diving could be judged by AI? A few cameras would be all that’s needed to “be fully standardized”. AI would be impartial, not become tired or bored.
No, different technique “schools”, anatomies, and approaches yield different types of diving. AI would judge on objective benchmarks which would skew the field to the metrics used. That is like saying AI can judge music and determine whether hard rock or classical is better.
Oooooh that’s not actually a bad idea.
I also want to do an analysis of ‘ranking’ Zones scores like we would with times and seeing how close that comes to the final result at NCAAs. My hypothesis is that it’s about as close as the average swimming psych sheet seed these days. Maybe it wasn’t in the 1980s, but I bet today, with the internet and stuff, the scores at that level are way more consistent than we’d like to believe.
Is Purdue now the #1 diving program? 6 men and 2 women.
Indiana, Ohio State, Missouri 7.
Florida, Texas and Tennessee 6.
Auburn 5.
Princeton 5
UF has 4 male and 4 female divers and qualified 3 of each to NCs, and they dive in one of the toughest zones in the country. That’s 75% of the team qualified.
Princeton five
Really comes down to how they score these next couple weeks. Injuries are also more prevalent than swimming so you have schools like Texas this year with almost half their team out, I’m sure many other programs are in the same boat.
Rutgers doesn’t have a men’s program, but they had 3 women qualify and all 3 earned NCAA paid spots.
Why aren’t there any AQ’s in diving?
Everyone in diving is an AQ lol.
Can we see them tallied by school for men’s and women’s?
The beginning of the end of the University of Texas women’s swimming & diving program.
Don’t forget about the Texas two-step (peak in Nov, crater in Mar).
BUT the Vol Diving Machine is looking strong as oak
Generational Texas hater. How’s UVA’s diving team doing this year?