By Mark Wild 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 Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Finals: Day 1|Day 2|Day 3 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 TechDay 4 Heat Sheet
Day 4 Prelims Scratch Report
If you’re wondering if somehow you fell in the slipstream of a Delorean travelling at 88 mph and are suddenly in the 4th day of swimming at ACCs I can’t help you. But I can confirm that the 4th day of the ACC Championships will see our first individual races of the meet, as diving took center stage on the first two days, with the topsy-turvy 200 medley and 800 free relays occupying most of the attention yesterday.
This morning, however, sees the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free occupying our attention. It is a perfect mix of events for all swim fans as we see a smattering of all disciplines: the distance (not really that long, though) based 500, the very technical and yet fast 200 IM and the “POWER” that is the 50 free.
UVA, currently just 11th in the Team rankings, will look to kick off their title defense in earnest as they look to stack the 500 free final tonight with the likes of top seed Aimee Canny as well as Cavan Gormsen, Madi Mintenko and Katie Grimes, who are seeded 3rd through 5th. California, too will look to use this event to earn a massive boost of points as Claire Weinstein sits seeded 2nd and her teammate Ella Cosgrove ranks 7th.
The Women’s 200 IM saw a rash of withdrawals as top seed Lucy Bell of Stanford withdrew, as did her teammate #8 Caroline Bricker. UVA too had multiple scratches as Canny (#4) and Anna Moesch (#10) withdraw. Despite this, however, the event will see a great battle as defending champion Torri Huske, seeded 7th on the psych sheet has opted to swim this instead of the 50 free where she was seeded 1st. Huske will take to lane 5 in the penultimate heat, with Louisville’s Anastasia’s Gorbenko in lane 4.
The final women’s event on the morning, see UVA first-year Sara Curtis as the swimmer to beat on paper, but nothing is certain as Louisville’s Julia Dennis, the #2 seed, will be riding a high after having captured the 200 medley relay title last night away from UVA.
The men’s 500 free will be an age old battle of age, as the top four seeds are all freshman. In fact six of the top eight, and eight of the top 11 entrants are making their ACC debut. Leading the way are Ethan Ekk of Stanford, Max Carlsen of NC State, Ryan Erisman of California and Oscar Isberg of Louisville. That said, the experience of veterans Lance Norris and Eduardo Oliveira de Moraes (who is listed as 5th year, but is in fact making his ACC debut as a Cal transfer) may play spoiler.
The 200 IM is similar story as the much heralded young guns of UVA, Max Williamson and Thomas Heilman will look to make a name for themselves against the experience of Louis Dramm, a senior from UNC and Daniel Diehl, a junior from NC State. Williamson and Heilman, the 1st and 4th seed are not the lone pair of first year teammates in the top 8 as Stanford has a pair of rookies seeded highly with Omer Weiner and Jason Zhao occupying the 5th and 6th spots.
The last race of the morning, the blink and you’ll miss it, 50 free, sees NC State looking to make a strong showing as the Wolfpack led by #2 seed Quintin McCarty and #6 ranked Jerry Fox will look to make up valuable points after DQing in last night 200 Medley. McCarty will have his hands full however, as he is one of four swimmers already under the 19.00 second barrier this season with Cal’s Lucca Battaglini leading the way at 18.78, and Nikita Sheremet and Brendan Whitfield of Louisville and Virgina Tech, joining them there.
WOMEN’S 500 FREESTYLE – FINAL
NCAA: 4:24.06 — Katie Ledecky, Stanford (2017) ACC: 4:28.90 — Leah Smith, Virginia (2017) ACC Championship Record: 4:30.74 — Leah Smith, Virginia (2016) Pool: 4:30.81 — Leah Smith, Virigina (2016) 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:39.47Top 8
MEN’S 500 FREESTYLE – FINAL
NCAA: 4:02.31 — Léon Marchand, ASU (2024) ACC: 4:06.74 — Lucas Henveaux, California (2025) ACC Championship Record: 4:08.83 — Lucas Henveaux, California (2025) Pool: 4:06.61 — Matthew Sates, Georgia (2022) 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:14.13Top 8
WOMEN’S 200 IM – FINAL
NCAA: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virgina (2022) ACC: 1:48.37 — Kate Douglass, Virgina (2022) ACC Championship Record: 1:50.15 — Kate Douglass (Virgina (2023) Pool: 1:50.08 — Alex Walsh, Virgina (2022) 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:56.69Top 8
MEN’S 200 IM – FINAL
NCAA: 1:36.34 — Léon Marchand, ASU (2022) ACC: 1:37.98 — Destin Lasco, California (2025) ACC Championship Record: 1:40.31 — Arsenio Bustos, NC State (2023) Pool: 1:37.69 — Léon Marchand, ASU (2022) 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:42.65Top 8
WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINAL
NCAA: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virgina (2024) ACC: 20.37 — Gretchen Walsh, Virgina (2024) ACC Championship Record: 20.57 — Gretchen Walsh, Virgina (2024) Pool: 20.84 — Kate Douglass, Virgina (2022) 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 22.01Top 8
MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINAL
NCAA: 17.63 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018) ACC: 18.34 — Jack Alexy, California (2025) ACC Championship Record: 18.57 — Chris Guiliano, Notre Dame (2024) Pool: 18.20 — Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2016) 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 19.02Top 8
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