By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
2026 NAIA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Dates: Wednesday, March 4–Saturday, March 7 Times: Prelims 9AM Eastern, Finals 5PM Eastern Location: Elkhart Aquatic Center, Elkhart, IN Defending Champions: Keiser women (4x); Keiser men (1x) Championship Program Psych Sheet Qualifiers per School: Men | Women Live Results on Meet Mobile Live Stream Championship CentralThe 2026 NAIA National Championships kick off today in Elkhart, Indiana. 176 swimmers and divers from 26 schools will compete in individual in the 69th annual men’s championship and 188 athletes from 28 schools will compete in the 45 annual women’s championship.
Day 1
Women’s 200 Yard Medley Relay
Meet Record: 1:41.40 – Fresno Pacific (2012) 2025 Champion: Keiser (Zselyke Papp, Nikoline Biltoft-Jensen, Luiza Bersi, Ines Laurent) – 1:41.86Podium:
Keiser, 1:40.52 SCAD, 1:41.13 Masters, 1:43.89 St Thomas (FL), 1:43.98 Bethel (IN), 1:45.17 Cumberlands, 1:45.41 Lindsey Wilson, 1:46.07 William Carey, 1:46.90Keiser won their 5th straight 200 medley relay national title, but this time they took down the meet record that had stood since 2012. Natalia Janiszewska led off with a 25.25 backstroke. She was followed by Kate Vorontsova on the breast (28.41), Luiza Bersi on fly (23.65), and Boglarka Zsunics on the free (23.21).
SCAD’s Jette Haedicke (25.88), Nikki Hahn (27.77), Valle Gonzalez Ares (24.34), and Louise Jones (23.14) also came in under the previous meet record mark with 1:41.13.
Keiser was up by .63 after the backstroke leg, but SCAD came back to lead by .01 on the breast-to-fly exchange thanks to Hahn’s 27.7 breaststroke leg. Bersi put Keiser back in the lead on the butterfly, outsplitting Gonzalez 23.65 to 23.34. That gave Zsunics a big cushion and she brought it home for the record-breaking win.
The Masters (Clara Patterson, Katherine Dyer, Megan Sutanto, and Kylee Sears) came in 3rd with 1:43.89, just touching out St. Thomas (1:43.98).
Men’s 200 Yard Medley Relay
Meet Record: 1:222 – Keiser (2025) 2025 Champion: Keiser (Isaiah Aleksenko, Noel de Geus, Jake Hutchinson, Hanno Boeckmann) – 1:24.22Podium:
Keiser, 1:25.42 Cumberlands, 1:27.87 William Carey, 1:28.48 Milligan, 1:28.64 St Thomas (FL), 1:28.76 St Ambrose, 1:28.95 SCAD, 1:29.27 Masters, 1:30.16Keiser repeated their 2025 victory, but fell 1.2 seconds short of the meet record they set a year ago. Jet Fuhrmann (22.18), Noel de Geus (23.50), Isaiah Aleksenko (20.25), and Hanno Boeckmann (19.49) combined for 1:25.42 to win by 2.45 seconds ahead of Cumberlands.
Brandon Holder (22.52), Leon Irmer (24.54), Ruthiik Satti (21.79), and Alexander Poulsen (19.04) composed the Cumberlands quartet that finished 2nd on the podium with 1:27.87.
William Carey’s Yusuf Balaban, Hunter Boudreau, Nedas Giedraitis, and Adam Salama just eked out 3rd place over Mulligan, St. Thomas, and St. Ambrose with 1:28.48.
Men’s 3-Meter Diving
Meet Record: 553.85 – Grant Brehaut, Simon Fraser (2004) 2025 Champion: Juan Gonzalez, Keiser – 341.30Podium:
Adrian Avilan (Keiser), 367.65 Evan Bennett (Aquinas College), 293.20 Owen Fleck (Bethel (IN)), 283.65 Payton Whipple (Keiser), 283.45 Jace Champlin (Keiser), 260.35 Matthew Logston (College of Idaho), 249.09 Cooper Wasson (Aquinas College), 222.70 Troy Borrero (Aquinas College), 220.10Top-seeded Adrian Avilan of Keiser dominated the 3-meter diving final, scoring 367.65 points to win by more than 74 points. Evan Bennett from Aquinas moved up to 2nd place this year after placing 3rd in 2025. He scored 293.20 points. Bethel’s Owen Fleck moved up a spot, as well; his 283.65 locked him in at 3rd place, just 0.20 ahead of Keiser’s Payton Whipple.
Women’s 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
Meet Record: 7:25.27 – Keiser University (2023) Keiser (Rachel Bradley, Luiza Bersi, Marine Lecomte, Aubrey Bach) – 7:28.96Podium:
Keiser, 7:22.55 SCAD, 7:24.41 Masters, 7:25.95 Cumberlands, 7:34.51 St Thomas (FL), 7:38.41 Milligan, 7:41.19 Bethel (IN), 7:44.42 Lindsey Wilson, 7:45.36Keiser crushed the meet record that they had set in 2023, going 7:22.55. It was the Seahawks’ 5th consecutive win in this event. Runner-up SCAD also beat the meet record with their 7:24.41.
Natalia Janiszewska led in 1:50.71, giving Keiser a body-length advantage at the first exchange. Alanis Santiago followed with 1:49.66, and now the Seahawks led by 2.7 seconds. Rachel Bradley swam 1:57.01 on the 3rd leg, and now SCAD took over the lead, 5:34.63 to 5:37.38. But Luiza Bersi’s 1:45.17 anchor blew everyone out of the water and gave Keiser the win by 1.9 seconds.
SCAD’s quartet consisted of Valle Gonzalez Ares (1:51.34), Lena Gerl (1:51.77), Jette Haedicke (1:51.52), and Louise Jones (1:49.78).
The Masters’ Katherine Dyer, Clara Patterson, Megan Sutanto, and Kylee Sears combined for 7:25.95 to place 3rd.
Men’s 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
Meet Record: 6:28.31 – Keiser (2025) Keiser (Jake Hutchinson, Alex Menzel, Isaiah Aleksenko, Jet Fuhrmann) – 6:28.31Podium:
SCAD, 6:29.22 Masters, 6:31.13 Keiser, 6:32.90 William Carey, 6:38.66 Milligan, 6:38.80 St Thomas (FL), 6:41.79 St Ambrose, 6:42.34 Lindsey Wilson, 6:46.69The Savannah College of Art and Design pulled off an upset in the final event, winning the 800 free relay with Zsombor Paksi (1:39.87), Jan Gastal (1:38.77), Zoltan Tompos (1:34.89), and Levente Mozsarik (1:35.69), whose combined 6:29.22 came to the wall 1.9 seconds ahead of the field.
It was The Masters who shot out to an early lead with a 1:36.69 leadoff from Izaiah Trevino-lozano. Evan Nail followed with 1:36.76, and the Mustangs were up by 1.7 seconds over Keiser at the 400. Keiser’s first two swimmers were Carlos Trinidad Sancho (1:39.49) and Isaiah Aleksenko (1:35.63).
Keiser led at the 600, thanks to Alex Menzel’s 1:37.82 on the 3rd leg. The Seahawks were .6 ahead of SCAD, who had gotten past Keiser by .01 with Tompos’ 1:34.89.
The race came down to the anchor, and in a thrilling finish, Mozsarik split 1:35.69 on the end of the Bees’ relay, beating Dylan Crane of The Masters (1:37.59) and Jet Fuhrmann of Keiser (1:39.96).
Women’s Top 10 After Day 1
Keiser, 80 SCAD, 68 Masters, 64 St Thomas (FL), 58 Cumberlands, 56 Bethel (IN) , 52 Lindsey Wilson, 46 Milligan, 36 William Carey, 34 Olivet Nazarene, 28Men’s Top 10 After Day 1
Keiser, 121 SCAD, 64 William Carey, 62 Milligan, 58 Masters, 56 St Thomas (FL), 54 St Ambrose, 50 Aquinas College, 46 (tie) Lindsey Wilson / Cumberlands, 34 –
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