Auburn Invitational
- February 6-7, 2026
- James E. Martin Aquatics Center, Auburn, AL
- SCY (25 yards)
- “2026 Auburn Invitational” on Meet Mobile
The James E. Martin Aquatics Center hosted the 2026 Auburn Invitational, where several Tigers posted personal and season-best times ahead of the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships.
Sophomore Uros Zivanovic became the 5th-fastest performer in program history in the 100 breaststroke, notching a season-best time of 51.98. The time ranks as the 2nd-fastest of his career, only behind his performance from last season’s ACC Championships, when he swam at Georgia Tech in 51.53. That time slots him as the 29th fastest performer in the event in Division I this season.
Freshman Daniel Krichevsky notched his fastest ever 100 butterfly of his career, stopping the clock in 46.06, more than three tenths faster than his previous best time from January where he touched in 46.38 in a dual meet with Florida.
Freshman Tiger Luke Bedsole finished the meet with a pair of his fastest ever swims of his career in both the 50 and 200 freestyles. Bedsole lowered his lifetime best in the 50 free by four hundredths to pick up the event win in 19.63. In the 200 free, he chopped as second and a half from his previous best time to finish runner-up to his teammate Danny Schmidt (1:34.29) in 1:34.52.
On the women’s side, junior Zoey Zeller jumped into the program’s top ten performers list in the 200 breast, clocking a lifetime best of 2:09.85, a four tenth of a second improvement over her previous top time of 2:10.25 from the Wolfpack Elite Invitational in November. She is now the 10th fastest Auburn Tiger in history, and the 38th fastest in the country this season.
In the sprint breaststroke, Annika Finzen dipped under the 1:00 barrier for the first time in her career, stopping the clock in 59.98, a more than a second and a half margin of victory in the event, and a near quarter of a second time drop from her previous best time of 1:00.21, which she had gone twice in her career.
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Serious question here… There didn’t appear to be any other women’s teams at this meet. Do the times count? I thought you had to have at least one other team present (even if only one athlete) for it to be a bona fide competition and have the times count.
Time standards, consideration standards and optional-entry standards for
swimming (individual and relay) events and diving events must be achieved in
bona fide competition.
Art. 1. Bona fide competition is defined as an event that conforms to all NCAA
rules relevant to swimming and diving performances. They include the following:
a. All NCAA competitors must be eligible by NCAA standards;
b. Competition is between two or more teams of the same gender at the same
time and site, from different collegiate institutions;
c. Meet officials must be qualified and/or certified;
d. Meets must be in institutions’ approved competition schedule;
e. Meets must have published results; and
f. Meet is open to the public (spectators).
With that, they had diving events. GA Tech divers participated, making it a bona fide competition.
I don’t see any either. They wouldn’t count as bona fide competition from the NCAA’s perspective, meaning they shouldn’t be in the NCAA’s rankings or count toward NCAA qualifying. They could still be valid times for USA Swimming, and there are no rules about what times schools can include as school records or school top 10s.
USA Swimming data pages are down right now, so ca’t check to see if they were accepted.
Hmmm – Nice swims in mostly smooth water, many partial filled heats and time trials.
Reminiscent of the last chance meets with questionable relay takeoffs, triple underwater dolphin kicks on breastroke, starting gun not attached to the electronic timer (The homer clock operator starts the system manually as the gun reports) and smoother water than in full competition bespeaks the desperate need on the part of these “sportspeople” to stymie real competition.
Oh well what happens in Aubrunt stays in Auburnt.