Anita Bottazzo

2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Jillian Cox won the 500 free in 4:31.58 as a freshman last year, and has already been 4:30.53 this season.

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2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Claire Curzan is the top seed in the 100 fly, the first event on night two of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships.

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2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Finals Preview

Tonight’s 200 free could prove to be the race of the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships and now features the 3rd and 4th fastest performers in event history.

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2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Day 2 Prelims: expect to see fast swims in the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free and 100 breast as it’s the first time in recent years that only…

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2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Prelims Preview

The first full prelims session of 2026 NCAAs are here. How much faster may things get with only an ‘A’ final at night?

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2026 Women’s NCAAs: Day 1 200 Medley Relay Analysis – Two 22-Point Leadoffs And A 23.0

Sara Curtis blasted 22.73 on the leadoff for Virginia for the #5 performance in history as Torri Huske also broke 23 seconds as she switched from fly to back

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Gorbekno’s 25.44 50 Breast Highlights Swims You Might’ve Missed on Day 1 of 2026 W. NCAA Champs

Gorbenko’s split in the 50 breast, which helped Louisville tie for silver with Stanford, is the #3 fastest ever, behind only Indiana’s Lilly King.

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SEC Teams Shine In Day 1 Prelims (Morning Overreactions)

The #9 seed in all three events this morning dropped time, and all three of those seeds came from the SEC.

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2026 W. NCAA Previews: UVA Set to Be in Victory Formation atop the 400 Medley Podium

UVA’s Aimee Canny’s 56.38 relay split is tied as the 8th fastest of all time, and will be a key leg to helping UVA win their 5th straight 400 Medley at NCAAs

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2026 W. NCAA Previews: SOS – Is Louisville’s ACCs Upset of UVA in 2 Med a Sign of Things to Come?

Anastasia Gorbenko crashed in the NCAA like no other and could be the key to helping Louisville break UVA’s stranglehold on this event.

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2026 W. NCAA Previews: Young International Crew Faces Off Against Experience In Women’s 100 Breast

NC State’s Eneli Jefimova has plenty of international experience but how will that stack up at her first NCAAs?

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2026 W. NCAA Previews: Lucy Bell and Aimee Canny Set on Collision Course for 200 Breast Rematch

After two of the fastest performances ever in the 200 breast, Stanford’s Lucy Bell and Virginia’s Aimee Canny lead the field ahead of the NCAA Championships.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 67.1% Predict Missy Franklin’s 200 Free Will Be Next Pre-2020 NCAA Record To Fall

After Mallory Comerford was the only swimmer to join Franklin sub-1:40 for a decade, UVA’s Gretchen Walsh and Anna Moesch have done so in the last 12 months.

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WATCH: Nate Germonprez’s SEC Record & Other Race Videos On Day 4 Of 2026 SECs

Day 4 of SECs featured yet another attack on the record board, as Nate Germonprez, Jillian Cox, and Camille Spink all took down records with their swims

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2026 SEC Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

After becoming the 6th fastest performer in history in the event, Tennessee’s Camille Spink will be looking to pick up the SEC title in the 50 free tonight.

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