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2026 Big 12 Championships
Dates: Tuesday, February 24–Saturday, February 28, 2026 Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC Defending champions: Arizona State women (1x); Arizona State men (1x) Teams: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Christian, Utah, West Virginia Men’s Championship Preview Women’s Championship Preview Championship Central Psych Sheets Live Results Live Video: ESPN + Live Recaps Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5It is time for the last session of the 2026 Big 12 Championships, and the ASU teams are holding the overall lead by a large margin coming into the final session.
Tonight’s finals session will kick off with the 200 backstroke finals where Arizona reigned supreme in the morning session, with Kayman Neal holding the top seed on the women’s side and Alex Desangles holding the top seed on the men’s side.
The 100 free will swim next and both ‘A’ finals are a state of Arizona affair, with the women’s final containing five Arizona swimmers and three ASU swimmers, while the men’s final has six ASU swimmers and two Arizona swimmers.
The fastest heat of the men’s and women’s mile will come in the middle, and ASU’s Deniz Ertan and Utah’s Nick Chirafisi are the top seeds.
The individual swimming events will wrap up with the 200 breaststrokes. Flo Peter is the top seed on the women’s side and Brayden Taivassalo is the top seed on the men’s.
The final individual event will be the women’s platform diving, and all the diving events have seen some excitement so far.
Finaly, the meet will wrap up with the 400 freestyle relay events.ASU is the top seed on both sides, but the Arizona women have been on fire, and they picked up a massive win in the 200 freestyle relay and have five of the top eight in the individual 100 free.
Women’s 200 Backstroke — Finals
NCAA Record: 1:46.09, Claire Curzan – 2026 Big 12 Record: 1:49.91, Tasija Karosas – 2017 Big 12 Championship Record: 1:50.09, Olivia Bray – 2023 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.80 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:53.31Men’s 200 Backstroke — Finals
NCAA Record: 1:34.21, Hubi Kos – 2025 Big 12 Record: 1:36.42, John Shebat – 2019 Big 12 Championship Record: 1:38.61, Ryan Harty – 2019 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:42.14 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:40.13Women’s 100 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA Record: 44.71, Gretchen Walsh – 2025 Big 12 Record: 47.32, Claire Adams – 2018 Big 12 Championship Record: 47.46, Claire Adams – 2022 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 48.60 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 48.11Men’s 100 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA Record: 39.83, Jordan Crooks – 2025 Big 12 Record: 40.83, Jonny Kulow – 2025 Big 12 Championship Record: 41.07, Jonny Kulow – 2025 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 42.55 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 41.95Women’s 1650 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA D1 Record: 15:03.31 – Katie Ledecky, 2017 Big 12 Record: 15:45.95 – Erica Sullivan, 2022 Meet Record: 15:48.65 – Evie Pfeifer, 2021 NCAA Qualifying Time: 16:25.29 NCAA Invite Time: 16:09.37Men’s 1650 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA D1 Record: 14:12.08 – Bobby Finke, 2020 Big 12 Record: 14:22.41 – Clark Smith, 2017 Meet Record: 14:31.29 – Clark Smith, 2016 NCAA Qualifying Time: 15:06.60 NCAA Invite Time: 14:48.80Women’s 200 Breaststroke — Finals
NCAA Record: 2:01.29, Kate Douglass – 2023 Big 12 Record: 2:03.26, Anna Elendt – 2023 Big 12 Championship Record: 2:03.92, Anna Elendt – 2022 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 2:11.27 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 2:09.58Men’s 200 Breaststroke — Finals
NCAA Record: 1:46.35, Leon Marchand – 2024 Big 12 Record: 1:47.91, Will Licon – 2017 Big 12 Championship Record: 1:49.89, Will Licon – 2017 2026 NCAA Qualifying Time: 1:54.95 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:52.89Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay — Finals
NCAA D1 Record: 3:05.30 – Virginia (Curzan, Moesch, Canny, Curtis), 2026 Big 12 Record: 3:09.56 – University of Texas (Adams, Cook, Ariola, Diener), 2018 Meet Record: 3:11.29 – University of Texas (K Pash, O Bray, A Longi, K Leibel), 2023 NCAA Qualifying Times (Qualifying/Provisional): 3:13.62/3:14.92Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay — Finals
NCAA D1 Record: 2:42.30 – Tennessee (Caribe, Taylor, Blackman, Crooks), 2025 Big 12 Record: 2:43.22 – Arizona State University (Kharun, Sammon, Palmer, Kulow), 2025 Meet Record: 2:44.03 – Arizona State University (I Kharun, P Sammon, T Palmer, J Kulow), 2025 NCAA Qualifying Times (Qualifying/Provisional): 2:49.36/2:50.42Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Big 12 Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap
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