By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) – Men and Women
Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28 Location: Hampton Aquaplex, Hampton, VA Defending Champions: UNC-Wilmington women (3x); UNC-Wilmington men (4x) Live Results Live Video: FloCollege Schedule of Events (PDF) Championship Central Teams: Campbell (women), Drexel, Monmouth, Northeastern (women), Stony Brook (women), Towson, UNC-Wilmington, William & MarySchedule:
Wednesday, Feb. 25
200 Medley Relay Men’s 1-meter Diving 800 Free RelayThursday, Feb. 26
500 Freestyle 200 IM 50 Freestyle Women’s 3-meter Diving 400 Medley RelayFriday, Feb. 27
100 Butterfly 400 IM 200 Freestyle 100 Breaststroke 100 Backstroke Men’s 3-meter Diving 200 Free RelaySaturday Feb. 28
1650 Freestyle 200 Backstroke 100 Freestyle 200 Breaststroke 200 Butterfly Women’s 1-meter Diving 400 Free Relay2025 Final Team Standings
Women:
UNCW- 1370.5 William & Mary- 1326.5 Delaware- 1267 Northeastern- 1048 Towson- 899 Drexel0 730 Campbell- 372 Monmouth- 320 Stony Brook- 286Men:
UNCW- 829.5 Delaware- 737 Drexel- 607.5 Towson- 485.5 William & Mary- 410 Monmouth- 158.5Last season, North Carolina-Wilmington took home both the men’s and women’s Coastal Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championship team titles. Now, just days from the 2026 championships, the path to defend those titles will not be easy, as several teams will vie for the crown, with several contenders looming on the horizon.
Swimmers to Watch:
Women:
Maeren McGonigal – Sophomore, UNCW
McGonigal burst onto the scene a season ago, earning three individual wins in her CAA Championship debut for the Seahawks, winning the 100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM as a freshman, and will be looking to add to her collegiate trophy case here in 2026. She currently sits atop the CAA in three events for the 2025-26 season, with those top times coming in the 200 back (1:56.95), 200 IM (2:00.16), and the 400 IM (4:16.79). Based on her current seed times, McGonigal is primed to repeat as a triple champion here in 2026.
At these championships a season ago, McGonigal set lifetime bests in all three of her winning efforts, and has already exceeded her 200 IM winning time from last year, where she won in 1:58.95, a more than two-second improvement this season. She sits as a two-and-a-half-second favorite in the event this season, with William & Mary’s Tess Lankford sitting 2nd in 2:02.62, the only other swimmer in the conference under 2:03. If she decides to go through with the 400 IM, an event she has only swam three times since 2020, she holds a little more than a second lead over Claire Neilly of William & Mary (2:18.00). There is the possibility that she returns to the 100 back, where she holds the 2nd fastest time in the CAA in 54.11, behind William & Mary’s Julie Addison in 53.34. She won the event last season in 53.62, so the likelihood that she forgoes the 100 back for the 400 IM could be a smart move for the Seahawks to maximize their potential points and return to the title scene.
Lindsay Juhlin – Senior, William & Mary
Juhlin, who is in her 4th season with the Tribe, has yet to win a CAA individual title. This season, she enters as the top seed in both the 100 breast (1:00.79) and 200 breast (2:13.10). She also sits 2nd in the 200 fly in 53.38. The focus will be on the breaststroke events, with a side storyline being that she has never competed in the 200 breast at these championships. She has finished runner-up in the 100 fly each of the last two seasons, but trails the current conference leader, UNCW’s Cameron Snowden (52.08), by well over a second.
The tough double of the 100 fly and 100 breast will be something to watch, but she has competed in it at these championships multiple times, finishing runner-up in both events a season ago. She holds an eight-tenths lead over UNCW’s Gil Shaw in the 100 breast, and is the only two swimmers to have dipped under 1:02. Shaw will likely be Juhlin’s biggest competition in the 200 breast as well, with only half a second separating the two. With a number of runner-up finishes on her collegiate resume, this senior season could be the first taste of CAA gold for Juhlin, with races that are sure to be tight as the deciding factors.
Brittany Corbett – Sophomore, Drexel
Corbett enters these championships as the fastest 500 freestyler in the CAA this season at 4:49.11, just 13 hundredths faster than her teammate Harper Barrowman in 4:49.24. She enters as a two-time CAA champion, having won the 500 free in 4:48.38 and the 1650 free in 16:37.19 a season ago. But will have an uphill climb to repeat as champion in 2026, only boasting the 3rd-fastest 1650 in the conference this season at 16:48.75.
As for her 3rd event, the likely option is the 200 free, where she sits 5th in the CAA in 1:50.16, and sits almost two and a half seconds slower than Towson’s Addie Scott (1:47.72), who holds the fastest time this season. Her battle in the 500 free will be something to keep an eye on, as the Dragons could pick up big points, and if Corbet can reach the wall first, she could further cement herself as one of the top mid-distance/distance freestylers in the CAA.
Men:
Jed Garner – Senior, Towson
Garner, the Tennessee transfer, has put himself in a position to win multiple CAA event titles in 2026, leading the conference in both the 100 breast (52.65) and the 200 breast (1:53.19). His 200 breaststroke seems pretty cut and dry, as he is a near five-second favorite. The 100 breast is not as much of a runaway as he sits less than a second ahead of Drexel’s Bartosz Loter in 53.54. Garner will most definitely play a key breaststroke role on each medley relay.
His 3rd event will more than likely be the 200 IM, where he sits just behind UNCW’s William Carrico’s 1:44.69 in 1:45.76. That battle will be big, as they are the only two swimmers under 1:48 in the CAA this season. That 200 IM time stands as his best this season, but his 100 breast and 200 breast still sit off his fastest-ever times. He boasts a 100 breast lifetime best of 52.40 from last season’s NCAA championships, and a 200 breast best of 1:52.30 from the Tennessee Last Chance Invite from March of last season. If he can exceed those times, he will almost certainly lock in the win in both races.
William Carrico – Junior, UNCW
As previously mentioned, Carrico is the early favorite in the 200 IM, but he also sits atop the 400 IM in 3:46.90, nearly seven seconds better than the field. While Carrico, on paper, should top both IMs, he sits as the 2nd fastest 200 backstroke performer this season in 1:43.51, only trailing Towson’s Sean Colson’s 1:42.30. With these championships looking to be a tight race at the top, Carrico will be looked on to deliver and be a key scorer for the Seahawks.
In 2025, Carrico came away with three CAA individual titles, winning the 200 breast (1:55.65), 400 IM (3:44.81), and 500 free (4:19.83), a lineup quite different from his potential 2026 event list. He competed in the same event lineup in 2024 as a freshman, making 2026 an unusual lineup for the junior. Carrico has only competed in the 200 back three times this season, and prior to this season, he had not raced the event since November of 2024. Carrico’s skillset will be on full display here, with two-thirds of his events being contested at these championships for the first time in his career.
Sebastian Smith – Senior, Drexel
Smith enters these championships as Drexel’s sprint specialist in 2026, having finished 2nd in the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly. As a sophomore, he won two CAA titles, taking the 50 free and 100 free. As a senior in 2026, Smith will be looking to reach the top of the CAA once again. He boasts the fastest time in the conference in the 100 fly in 46.48, the only swimmer under 47 seconds this season. He still sits nearly a second off of his career best of 45,60 from these championships last season. If he can replicate that swim, he should regain his status as a CAA champion.
He sits behind William & Mary’s Aiden Bond in both the 50 and 100 freestyles this season. Neither of which are by insurmountable margins, he sits seven hundredths behind Bond in the 50 in 19.80, and just four hundredths in the 100 in 43.59. If Smith is able to get his hands on the wall, he could be looking at his first 3-win CAA Championships of his career, after not winning an event title since his sophomore season.
Showdowns:
Women’s 50 Free – This race will be close for obvious reasons; it’s two lengths of the pool. But on the other hand, it is a wave of tight times that adds that level of intrigue; the top 16 performers in this event this season are separated by less than nine-tenths of a second, with the top eight within about six-tenths of each other alone. Camron Snowden leads the way for UNCW in 22.64m while William & Mary’s Caroline Burgeson sits five hundredths back in 22.69. If this meet comes down to the consolation final scoring and depth over top-heavy performances, it could be a team like William & Mary making a major move, as five of the top 16 performers this season represent the Tribe, while UNCW’s only two representatives are Snowden and 3rd seed Alex Tysinger (22.88). This is not to say that all 16 of those women will race this event, but in a tight field and a potential tight race for the crown, sheer numbers of finalists could be the difference.
Women’s 100 Back – William & Mary and Northeastern swimmers are well-positioned in the women’s 100 back, with the Tribe holding four of the top nine performers this season, while Northeastern boasts four of its own in the top nine. UNCW’s Maeren McGonigal is the odd one out in 2nd in 54.11, but the question of whether she swims this race or not is not confirmed. The Tribe is sitting pretty, with top seed Julie Addison (1st, 53.34), Burgeson (3rd, 54.78), and Grace McCardle (T4th, 54.93) all sitting within the top four on the season. Northeastern brings some potential finals depth in the forms of Anna Verlander (T4th, 54.93), Delaney Alonso (6th, 55.03), Alex Fuller (7th, 55.34), and Sophie Bromley (9th, 55.49), all in the mix as well. A key story to this race will be if UNCW fails to get anyone into the Championship final. This could be a swing event that leverages one of these teams in the hunt ahead of the Seahawks.
Men’s 100 Back – Sean Colson leads the way for Towson in 47.23, but UNCW’s Jack VanHowe (47.40) and Theo Andreopoulos of Drexel (47.43) sit just off of that top seed. Throughout this meet, there are a number of teams that could capture an event title; this one feels like a coin flip. Dexel also holds the only other swimmer under 48 seconds in 47.94. This race could be a battle for the top three, and another grudge match to fill the top 8, with the other five swimmers all under 49 seconds.
Men’s 500 Free – Towson’s Stephen McDonald holds the top time this season in 4:25.33, a second ahead of his teammate Christian Davidson in 4:26.33. The Tigers also sit 5th with Zachary Rothman in 4:28.27. In between those swimmers are a pair of Dragons with the Drexel Duo of Roko Krpina (4:27.21) and Matas Cinga (4:28.07), each looking to play spoilers to the top of the 500 free. Based on the Swimulator projections, events like this will heavily impact the scoring of this meet, especially if Towson can get multiple men atop individual event podiums.
SwimSwam Picks (Top 3):
Women:
William & Mary UNCW TowsonThe Swimulator likes the Tribe to overtake the Seahawks and reclaim the CAA crown by more than 300 points. Despite UNCW holding the advantages in relays, it is hard to count out the Tribe’s individual scoring, as Juhlin, Burgeson, Sophia Heilen, and Lauren Tucker all are projected to be big-time scorers for William & Mary here.
Men:
Towson UNCW DrexelJust less than 200 points separated the top three men’s teams in the Swimulator, with Towson earning the win in 2026. It’s the mix of relay scoring and numerous high finishers that can get Towson over the finish line in 2026, earning their first men’s title since 2021.
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