By Claire Wong on SwimSwam
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) Live Results Live Video: ESPN+ ($) Schedule of Events (PDF) Championship Central Pre-Scratch Psych Sheet 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 Day 3 Finals Live RecapAfter the first day of swimming at ACCs, Stanford has taken the lead for both the men and women. In somewhat of an upset, the Louisville women beat out Virginia, the defending NCAA Champions, to take home the conference title in the 200 medley relay. That hiccup didn’t stop the Cavalier women from dominating the next event however, as they won their 19th straight conference title in the 800 free relay with the 2nd fastest swim in history.
Meanwhile, the men saw a flurry of DQs in the final heat of the 200 medley relay, as UNC, NC State, and UVA all had swimmers leave early. That allowed Florida State to take the win in the event, while the Cal Bears secured 2nd. The 800 free relay featured arguably the most exciting race of the night thanks to a tight finish between Stanford and NC State; though the Wolfpack was in the lead for a majority of the race, Henry McFadden dropped a monster 1:29.84 to out-touch Daniel Diehl for the win.
The race videos for all four swimming events are linked below.
Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Timed Finals
NCAA Record: 1:31.10- University of Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, Moesch), 2025 ACC Record: 1:31.10- University of Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, Moesch), 2025 ACC Championship Record: 1:31.73- University of Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Cuomo, Douglass), 2023 Pool Record: 1:32.16- Virginia (G. Walsh, Wegner, Cuomo, Douglass), 2022 2026 NCAA Championships Qualifying Time: 1:36.09 2026 NCAA Championships Provisional Time: 1:36.57Top 8:
Louisville – 1:32.26 Virginia – 1:32.46 Stanford – 1:32.94 Cal – 1:33.29 NC State – 1:33.56 Duke – 1:35.67 UNC – 1:35.99 Florida State – 1:36.73We couldn’t watch the race, and live results aren’t working, but piecing it together from Meet Mobile indicates that while UVA got great splits from Sara Curtis on leadoff (22.91) and Claire Curzan on fly (21.75), that wasn’t enough to overcome Louisville’s overall depth.
Louisville got a 23.73 leadoff from Julie Mishler, putting them nearly a second behind UVA, but Anastasia Gorbenko delivered a 25.49 breast split to close the gap against Emma Weber (26.36). Gorbenko’s split appears to be tied for the 3rd-fastest split ever. UVA regained the lead with Curzan’s 21.75 (6th-fastest all-time) split against Caroline Larsen‘s 22.41. Julia Dennis anchored Louisville with a 20.63 to run down Bryn Greenwaldt (21.44) and secure an upset victory for the Cardinals, 1:32.26 to 1:32.46.
Louisville demolished their school record, as the Cardinals took over a second off the previous record of 1:33.41 from last year.
Stanford was in the hole early on after a 24.16 leadoff from Alana Berlin. The Cardinal proceeded to get strong splits from Lucy Thomas (26.09), Torri Huske (21.78), and Annam Olasewere (20.91), but that wasn’t enough to overcome the top two seeds, and Stanford finished 3rd in 1:32.94.
Cal finished 4th in 1:33.29, setting a new program record with a lineup consisting entirely of underclassmen. NC State got a 25.79 breast split from freshman Eneli Jefimova en route to place 5th with a 1:33.56. Duke (1:35.67) and UNC (1:35.99) were also under the NCAA ‘A’ cut.
Men’s 200 Medley Relay – Timed Finals
NCAA Record: 1:20.15- Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff), 2024 ACC Record: 1:20.67- NC State (Stokowski, Hunter, Korstanje, Curtiss), 2023 ACC Championship Record: 1:21.54- California (Seeliger, Okadome, Rose, Alexy), 2025 Pool Record: 1:21.13- Florida (Chaney, Hillis, Friese, Davis), 2022 2026 NCAA Championships Qualifying Time: 1:23.61 2026 NCAA Championships Provisional Qualifying Time (Relay): 1:23.85Top 8 (per Meet Mobile):
Florida State – 1:22.38 Cal – 1:22.39 Louisville – 1:22.40 Pitt – 1:22.57 Stanford – 1:22.73 Notre Dame – 1:23.44 Virginia Tech – 1:23.75 Georgia Tech – 1:24.29Meet Mobile currently shows DQs for UNC, UVA, and NC State, and that seems to have been confirmed from the livestream audio.
We’re still trying to figure out exactly what happened, as the livestream’s graphics seemed to be inaccurate. But it appeared that NC State and Florida State dueled it out for most of the race. The Wolfpack touched first, going 1:21.9, but were ultimately DQ’d, and Florida State won in 1:22.38.
Quintin McCarty put the Wolfpack in the lead early with a 20-low split, but we don’t have any of their splits beyond that.
Up now we do. McCarty led off for NC State with a 20.32, putting the Wolfpack solidly in the lead. Florida State pulled ahead on breast, as Arsen Kozhakhmetov split 23.62. Aiden Hayes split 19.50 on fly, but he drew the DQ with a -0.09s reaction time. Drew Salls anchored in 18.49 to run down Bork and touch first.
The Seminoles’ Max Wilson went 20.64 to leadoff, Tommasso Baravelli went 23.21 on breast, Michel Arkhangleskiy split a strong 19.41 on fly, and Sam Bork anchored in 19.02, good for 1:22.38. That’s actually about 0.15s slower than their midseason time, perhaps providing optimism for Seminoles fans that they’re leaving some in the tank for NCAAs.
Cal (1:22.39) and Louisville (1:22.40) finished close behind Florida State. The Bears’ relay featured a 22.69 breaststroke split from Yamato Okadome and an 18.28 anchor from Lucca Battalingi. Louisville’s back half dominated, with Aiden Musso splitting 19.42 on fly and freshman Nikita Sheremet anchoring in 18.45.
Pitt’s Julian Koch was even faster on fly, splitting a 19.23 that should put him in the conversation to win the 100 fly later on this week.
UVA initially appeared to finish 7th in 1:23.1, but was DQ’d for an early takeoff on the breaststroke leg. Thomas Heilman split 19.61. Maximus Williamson did not appear, meaning we’re likely to see him momentarily in the 800 free relay.
UNC initially touched 11th with a 1:24.4. Martin Kartavi anchored in a strong 18.55, but left early by 0.05s.
Women’s 800 Free Relay – Timed Finals
NCAA Record: 6:44.13- Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Canny, Curzan), 2025 ACC Record: 6:44.13- Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Canny, Curzan), 2025 ACC Championship Record: 6:44.13- Virginia (G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Canny, Curzan), 2025 Pool Record: 6:48.30- Stanford (Huske, Ruck, Smith, Forde), 2022 2026 NCAA Championships Qualifying Time: 7:00.86 2026 NCAA Championships Provisional Qualifying Time: 7:05.18Top 8:
Virginia – 6:45.34 Cal – 6:50.15 Stanford – 6:54.09 Louisville – 6:54.75 NC State – 6:57.54 Pitt – 7:00.42 Virginia Tech – 7:03.27 Notre Dame – 7:03.70The UVA women crushed the pool record and swam to the 2nd-fastest performance of all-time, with a 6:45.34. Aimee Canny led off in 1:41.81, setting a new personal by 0.04s. Madi Mintenko split 1:41.25, right in line with her best flat start time of 1:41.70. Cavan Gormsen kept things rolling with a 1:41.86 split, and then Anna Moesch anchored in 1:40.42. Moesch currently has the best flat start time in the nation this season with a 1:40.25 from November.
Cal took 2nd in 6:50.15, highlighted by a 1:40.95 split from Mia West, whose lifetime best is a 1:41.74 from last month. Stanford finished 3rd in 6:54.09, thanks to a trio of 1:43 splits from Caroline Bricker, Gigi Johnson, and Lucy Bell. Louisville kept within range of Stanford, thanks largely to a 1:41.61 split from Anastasia Gorbenko, as the Cardinals took 4th in 6:54.74. NC State (6:57.54) and Pitt (7:00.42) were also under the NCAA ‘A’ cut.
Men’s 800 Free Relay – Timed Finals
NCAA Record: 5:59.75- California (Alexy, Jett, Lasco, Henveaux), 2024 ACC Record: 5:59.75- California (Seeliger, Okadome, Rose, Alexy), 2025 ACC Championship Record: 6:06.66- California (Alexy, Jett, Lasco, Henveaux), 2025 Pool Record: 6:03.89- Texas (Kibler, Carozza, Hobson, Foster), 2022 2026 NCAA Championships Qualifying Time: 6:14.67 2026 NCAA Championships Provisional Qualifying Time: 6:16.69Don’t be confused by the inaccurate graphics if you’re watching the livestream; Cal won heat 1 with a 6:09.53, as both Keaton Jones and Ryan Erishman split 1:31s. Virginia Tech’s Brendan Whitfield went 1:31.62 to lead off, as the Hokies took 2nd in the heat with a 6:13.32.
Top 8:
Stanford – 6:07.40 NC State – 6:07.42 Cal – 6:09.53 Virginia – 6:10.17 SMU – 6:11.47 Florida State – 5:11.74 Louisville – 6:12.70 Virginia Tech – 6:13.32After Cal rolled to a 6:09.53 in the first heat, it seemed like there was at least some chance that time could hold up to win. But, that wasn’t to be, as both Stanford and NC State swam 6:07s to take the top two spots from the final heat.
Kaii Winkler continued his torrid sophomore campaign with yet another PR, clocking a 1:30.92 to post the fastest time in the country while putting the Wolfpack in the lead on the first leg. From there, consistency was the name of the game for NC State, as Jerry Fox (1:32.38), Hudson Williams (1:32.02), and Daniel Diehl (1:32.10) all split 1:32-low.
Stanford got a 1:32.85 leadoff from Andres Dupont-Cabrera, then a 1:31.91 from freshman Ethan Ekk. Jason Zhao split 1:32.80 on the third leg, and then Henry McFadden anchored in a sizzling 1:29.84 to run down Diehl and take the win, 6:07.40 to 6:07.42.
The Virginia Cavaliers got a pair of 1:31s to start the race, as freshman Maximus Williamson led off in 1:31.46 and David King split 1:31.45 on the second leg. Thomas Heilman (1:33.09) and Hayden Bellotti (1:34.17) lost ground to Stanford, but finished 3rd in the heat and 4th overall with a 6:10.17, to set a new Cavalier record.
SMU took 5th in 6:11.47, setting a new school record by nearly three seconds and finishing ahead of the top-seeded Seminoles (6:11.74), as well as Louisville (6:12.70) and Virginia Tech (6:13.32). Pitt (6:14.43) also finished under the NCAA qualifying time, with the Panthers setting a program record by over two seconds.
Scores Through Day 3
With all diving events complete, the Stanford men and women each hold the lead. Over the next few days, watch for a lot of movement, as diving-foward teams begin to slip in the standings, while teams without diving programs, and/or who drew relay DQs today, work to claw their way up.
Women:
Stanford — 261 Pittsburgh — 227 California — 207 Miami — 204 Louisville — 174 Notre Dame — 171 Florida State — 167 North Carolina — 165 Georgia Tech — 149 Virginia Tech — 124 Virginia — 120 NC State — 116 Duke — 112 SMU — 97 Boston College — 24Men:
1. Stanford — 2442. California — 2183. Louisville — 2054. Florida State — 2025. SMU — 1866. Georgia Tech — 1777. Virginia Tech — 1638. Miami — 1629. Notre Dame — 14710. North Carolina — 13711. Pittsburgh — 13512. Duke — 6813. Boston College — 5814. NC State — 5615. Virginia — 52
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