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2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2026 McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA Defending Champions: Virginia (5x) Championship Central Preview Index Psych Sheet Live Stream Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 Finals: Day 1Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Final Heat
NCAA Record: 1:31.10 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, Parker), 2025 American Record: 1:31.10 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, Parker), 2025 U.S. Open Record: 1:31.10 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, Parker), 2025 Championship Record: 1:31.10 – Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, Parker), 2025 2025 Champion: Virginia (Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, Parker) – 1:31.10 2025 8th/16th Place Times: 1:34.54/1:35.38 Current Leader: Texas (Kern, Enge, Stoll, Okaro) — 1:33.52Top 8 Teams
Virginia (Curtis, Weber, Curzan, Greenwaldt) — 1:31.67 Stanford (Huske, Thomas, Johnson, Olasewere)/Louisville (Mishler, Gorbenko, Larsen, Dennis) — 1:32.35 — Tennessee — 1:32.66 NC State — 1:33.05 Michigan — 1:33.18 Texas — 1:33.38 Alabama — 1:33.81Virginia reclaimed their status as the top 200 medley team in the nation after being beaten by Louisville at ACCs, clocking the 6th-fastest swim in history to win the first relay of the meet. They had the fastest legs on both back (Sara Curtis) and fly (Claire Curzan), while Bryn Greenwaldt was the 7th-fastest legal anchor.
Louisville and Stanford tied for 2nd, with some sharp exchanges from the Cardinals (0.47 seconds combined) being the difference between them and Tennessee (0.79 seconds combined) in 4th.
Cal were DQed after touching in 1:33.04 for 5th, with anchor Mia West jumping 0.02 seconds too early with a -0.05 second reaction time.
Reaction times down to -0.03 seconds are allowed, as the timing equipment has a tolerance of 0.03 seconds.
Backstroke Leg
We saw multiple historic leadoff legs, with three of the top six swimmers in history coming from the final heat tonight. Sarah Curtis (#3) and Torri Huske (#5) were both under 23 seconds, taking the number of women to break that barrier from three to five, and Mary-Ambre Moluh was 23.04 for Cal to slot in at #6. Four other women were under 23.5 seconds.
Swimmer Team Time Sara Curtis Virginia 22.73 Torri Huske Stanford 22.98 Mary-Amber Moluh Cal 23.04 Leah Shackley NC State 23.32 Bella Sims Michigan 23.37 Emily Jones Alabama 23.39 Maggie Wanezek Wisconsin 23.45 Kaitlyn Owens Texas A&M 23.59 Lora Komoroczy Auburn 23.61 Miranda Grana Indiana 23.77 Jillian Crooks Tennessee 23.78 Emma Kern Texas 23.79 Julie Mishler Louisville 23.79 Claudia Yovanovich UCLA 23.83 Sophia Frei UNC 23.85 Zoe Carlos-Broc LSU 23.90 Miriam Sheehan ASU 23.90 Alice Velden FSU 24.04 Ava Yablonski Minnesota 24.12 Ali Pfaff Duke 24.30 Catie Choate Florida 24.34 Lila Lillie Arizona 24.37 KK LeBlanc OSU 24.56 Libby Bakker Missouri 24.93Breaststroke Leg
Anastasia Gorbenko backed up the 25.49 she split at ACCs with an even faster 25.44, which vaulted Louisville from 8th to 4th. McKenzie Siroky swam her fastest-ever 50 breast split with a 25.59 that was second-fastest in the field. There were five women under 26 seconds, three more than last year, and Gorbenko and Siroky’s performance rank in the top-ten in history.
Piper Enge swam their fastest ever split for Texas, 0.90 seconds faster than they were at SECs. Lucy Thomas, the only returning swimmer who broke 26 seconds last year in 25.71, did so again with a 25.88 this year to give Stanford the lead at halfway.
Swimmer Team Time Anastasia Gorbenko Louisville 25.44 McKenzie Siroky Tennessee 25.59 Anita Bottazzo Florida 25.69 Eneli Jefimova NC State 25.81 Lucy Thomas Stanford 25.88 Piper Enge Texas 26.08 Emma Weber Virginia 26.42 Maria Ramos Najji OSU 26.50 Silje Slyngstadli Cal 26.51 Letitia Sim Michigan 26.52 Lina Bank Missouri 26.57 Kaelyn Gridley Duke 26.64 Charlotte Rosendahl Alabama 26.67 Eleni Gewalt Arizona 26.88 Sarah Bennetts UCLA 27.00 Martina Bukvic LSU 27.10 Brooke Corrigan Wisconsin 27.21 Jonette Lagreid Indiana 27.24 Samantha Armand UNC 27.28 Julia Mansson FSU 27.28 Kiia Metskankola Auburn 27.37 Ginger McMahon ASU 27.48 Ella McQuinn Texas A&M 27.44 Ava Goodno Minnesota 27.53Butterfly Leg
Claire Curzan swam the fastest-ever butterfly leg by someone not named Gretchen Walsh, shaving 0.24 seconds off the 21.75 she swam at ACCs. Gigi Johnson fully vindicated Stanford’s decision to put Torri Huske on the leadoff as she split 22.14, half a second faster than she was at 2025 NCAAs and just 0.36 slower than Huske was at ACCs.
Alex Shackell’s 22.27 from the morning heats stood up as the 3rd-fastest butterfly leg, as Michigan’s Brady Kendall was a little off her 21.95 from Big Tens.
Claire Curzan Virginia 21.51 Gigi Johnson Stanford 22.14 Alex Shackell Indiana 22.27 Brady Kendall Michigan 22.32 Caroline Larsen Louisville 22.41 Mizuki Hirai Tennessee 22.51 Erika Pelaez NC State 22.51 Annie Jia Cal 22.71 Campbell Stoll Texas 22.73 Tessa Giele Alabama 22.76 Avery Littlefield LSU 22.8 Maryn McDade FSU 22.89 Jada Duncan UCLA 22.93 Carrie Furbee OSU 23.07 Julia Ullman ASU 23.07 Beatriz Bezerra Florida 23.11 Izzy Iwasyk Auburn 23.18 Morgan Thomas Minnesota 23.21 Kiley Sullivan Missouri 23.25 Hailey Tierney Wisconsin 23.27 Ava Whitaker Texas A&M 23.37 Maryam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah Arizona 23.41 Kamryn Meskill UNC 23.42 Heather White Duke 23.84Freestyle Leg
Six women broke 21 seconds legally on the anchor, five of them from the final heat this evening. Julia Dennis was the fastest in 20.71, anchoring Louisville home for 7th, while Cal’s Mia West (20.78) and Auburn’s Eveta Klevanovich (20.89) jumped early to DQ their teams, but would have thrown down top-eight splits.
Cadence Vincent and Lexi Greenhawt broke 21 seconds for the first time, while Kristina Paegle was 0.02 seconds slower than she swam last year. Bryn Greenwaldt was 0.43 seconds faster thans she was at ACCs for Virginia.
Julia Dennis Louisville 20.71 Camille Spink Tennessee 20.78 Eva Okaro Texas 20.78 Lexi Greenhawt Michigan 20.97 Kristina Paegle Indiana 20.98 Cadence Vincent Alabama 20.99 Bryn Greenwaldt Virginia 21.01 Annam Olasawere Stanford 21.35 Olivia Nel NC State 21.41 Rachel Bockrath OSU 21.41 Tatum Wall Duke 21.44 Abby Wanezek Wisconsin 21.46 Miaela de Villiers LSU 21.46 Albane Cachot ASU 21.48 Julia Wozniak Arizona 21.65 Katie Kuehn Missouri 21.9 Olivia Wanner Minnesota 21.91 Eloise Williamson Texas A&M 21.92 Mary Leigh Hardman FSU 22.1 Eden Goettsch UNC 22.14 Lainy Kruger Florida 22.19 Anna Wetteland UCLA 22.23Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Women’s NCAAs: Day 1 200 Medley Relay Analysis – Two 22-Point Leadoffs And A 23.0
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