NYU Women’s Swimming & Diving Wins Their First Ever National Championship

2026 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships 

• March 18-21, 2026
• Location: IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
• Defending Champs: MIT women (1x) & Denison men (1x)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Results on Meet Mobile: “NCAA DIII Championships”
• Live Video
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2| Day 3 | Day 4

The NYU women were seeded just 3rd in swimming points coming into the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. When the dust settled on Saturday at the IU Natatorium, the Violets had not only leapfrogged Kenyon and Emory, they had scored 517 points – which excluding 21 diving points was 133 better than seeded.

The performance may go down as one of the most incredible taper hits in college swimming history as the NYU women won their first-ever NCAA D3 swimming & diving team title in style.

Women’s Top 10 Team Standings:

1. NYU – 517
2. Emory – 433.5
3. Kenyon – 380
4. Denison – 304
5. Williams – 282.5
6. MIT – 225
7. Chicago – 208.5
8. Pomona-Pitzer – 173
9. Hope College – 159
10. Claremont MS – 1138

NYU won their title with a familiar formula of freestyle, freestyle, freestyle. They won six out of the eight freestyle events on offer, with Kaley McIntyre winning her ninth, tenth, and eleventh career NCAA titles.

That ties her for the most in NCAA D3 women’s swimming & diving history.

11 Title Winners, NCAA D3 Women’s Swimming & Diving

• Kaley McIntyre, NYU, 2023-2026
  • Freshman: 50 free-200 free
  • Sophomore: 50 free-100 free-200 free
  • Junior: 50 free-100 free-200 free
  • Senior:: 50 free-100 free-200 free
• Patricia Abt, Kenyon, 1984-1987
  • Freshman: 50 free-100 free-200 free
  • Sophomore: 50 free-100 free-200 free
  • Junior: 50 free-100 free
  • Senior: 50 free-100 free-200 free
• Carla Ainsworth, Kenyon, 1992-1995
  • Freshman: 100 free-200 free
  • Sophomore: 50 free-100 free-200 free
  • Junior: 50 free-100 free-200 free
  • Senior: 50 free-100 free-200 free
• Logan Todhunter, Williams, 2009-2012
  • Freshman: 100 fly-200 fly
  • Sophomore: 100 fly-200 fly-200 IM
  • Junior: 100 fly-200 fly-200 IM
  • Senior: 100 fly-200 fly-200 IM
• Caroline Wilson, Williams, 2010-2013
  • Freshman: 500 free-1650 free-400 IM
  • Sophomore: 1650 free-400 IM
  • Junior: 500 free-1650 free-400 IM
  • Senior: 500 free-200 IM-400 IM

2026 NYU Event Champions

• 50 free: Kaley McIntyre, Senior – 22.45
• 100 free: Kaley McIntyre, Senior – 48.53
• 200 free: Kaley McIntyre, Senior – 1:45.90
• 200 fly: Nicole Ranile, Senior – 1:58.51
• 100 back: Maeve O’Donnell, freshman – 54.28
• 200 free relay: Lian Jeng Engle, Maeve O’Donnell, Llew Ladomirak, Kaley McIntyre – 1:29.38 (NCAA D3 Record)
• 400 free relay: Lian Jeong Engle, Maeve O’Donnell, Llew Ladomirak, Kaley McIntyre – 3:18.66
• 800 free relay: Emery Muller, Lian Jeong Engle, Nicole Ranile, Llew Ladomirak – 7:17.27

The construction of this team leaves for a really interesting future. While they graduate four important seniors in McIntyre, Ranile, Muller, and Kasturi, their freshmen Maeve O’Donnell and Llew Ladomirak stepped up on the big stage. O’Donnell dropped a full second from her time at the conference meet to win the 100 back title, and Ladmoirak was big both individually and as part of three title-winning relays.

2026 NYU National Championship Team Roster

• Kaley McIntyre, senior – 60 points
• Maeve O’Donnell, freshman – 50 points
• Llew Ladomirak, freshman – 46 points
• Bethany Spangler, sophomore – 32 points
• Nicole Ranile, senior – 31 points
• Emery Muller, senior – 27 points
• Meera Kasturi, senior – 21 points
• Lian Jeong Engle, junior – 19 points
• Aanya Wala, junior – 15 points
• Eloise Emig, freshman – 12 points
• Sammy Wong, freshman – 9 points
• Reina Gomez, junior – 8 points
• Babette Bradley, freshman – 5 points
• Calista Lynch, junior
• Sarah Pierson, sophomore
• Isabella Reyes, senior
• Ella Romberg, junior
• Zeynep Tokuz, junior
• Lina Wordelman, freshman