2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
- Dates:
- Diving: Sunday, February 15–Tuesday, February 17
- Swimming: Tuesday, February 17–Saturday, February 21
- Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending champions: UVA women (6x); Cal men (1x)
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- Teams: Boston College, Cal, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (women swimming & diving/men diving), NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Stanford sophomore Addison Sauickie briefly stopped mid-race in the 500 free prelims on Wednesday morning at the ACC Championships. She eventually finished her swim, but had to be helped out of the pool.
Sauickie’s finishing time was 5:01.12, about nine seconds off her seed time. That put her 52nd out of 57 finishers.
After coming out of high school with a best time of 4:46, Sauickie had a big breakout swim in this 500 free as a freshman mid-season last year. She swam 4:41.85 at Stanford’s mid-season invitational in November 2024. She hasn’t been below 4:49 since then.
Sauickie facing apparent distress before ultimately finishing her race (top left of the Gigantic ACC logo):
Sauickie being helped out of the pool.
The Cardinal hold the lead after day 3 (day 1 of swimming) with 261 points. That puts them 34 ahead of Pitt and 54 ahead of Cal, with the diverless defending champions from Virginia lurking in 11th with 120 points.
Sauickie has remaining entries in the 200 free (38th seed), 200 fly (14th seed), and 100 free (52nd seed).
A native of Sarasota, Florida and a member of the Sarasota Sharks, one of the country’s top distance programs for junior swimmers, Sauickie arrived at Stanford as a Junior National Team member. She won two gold medals at the 2023 World Junior Swimming Championships in the 200 free and 800 free relay, along with a silver in the 400 free relay and bronze in the 400 free.
SwimSwam has reached out to Stanford for more information on Sauickie’s distressed swim.
I think the article should have focused on her well being after the swim. In my opinion mentioning what she’s swam in the past is not relevant. Can you imagine beimg her parent and seeing this? It was scary to see as a spectator.
Wait her parents didn’t know it happened until they saw the article??
Or they didn’t know she was a World Junior Champion????
I thought Stanford people were supposed to be smart. But you lot keep leaving really questionable comments.
I think anyone with a brain can figure out what they meant but I do understand by your name that you are just trying to get a reaction from them. Also there is a good chance that some of these people don’t go to Stanford and they are just commenting what is on their mind. I hope you have a good day
At 2022 ACCs at the same pool, there was so much bromine in the air I couldn’t breathe. I ended up collapsing right after my 200 and had to be carried out on a stretcher. I’m not saying that’s for sure what happened here, but just wanted to give an anecdote.
We have lots of meets at this pool and until your comment I’ve not heard anyone report issues with air quality. It is, however, a pool with a very high side at the starting blocks. At USMS meets, most women and some men cross to the ladder to exit. It seems reasonable to me even a moderate medical episode might make a female college athlete appreciate a hand out of the pool.
Based on her splits and the video, it looks like this happened around 390 yards into the race. She was going 29s through her first 7 50s and the 8th was a 35, then she finished the last 100 in 32.9/31.8. I don’t know what any of that means for what happened to her, but surprised she managed to finish that last 100 after coming to a dead stop and having an issue.
I recall this happened at Y Nats in late 80’s. 1000’s of certified life guards in the building. Someone dove in and pulled them out
This happed once at a PA YMCA State meet….the guy, who i think was actually seeded 1st, in a 500 yd freestyle, was on his last flip turn, and couldn’t make it. This was around the time when they allowed those body suits….and they were way constricting, so this guy probably put himself in a major oxygen debt and literally couldn’t breathe….if i recall, they cut open is suit to help remove the pressure on his chest. I think he wound up ok though.
I know lifeguards sometime doze off at elite level swim meets but this is a reason to be alert.
Even elite swimmers can become distressed.
could be afib, scary but can be treated, fixed.
Praying for her recovery! Swimmers are so resilient, it must have been very bad for her to be helped out of the pool.
I think everyone here is concerned for her. I hope Stanford gets back to you with information about her status. Want to hear that she’s OK and/or getting further medical attention.