Ivy League Women’s Championships Produce 11 Automatic Qualifications for 2026 NCAAs ...Middle East

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2026 Ivy League Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21 Location: Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, Providence, RI Defending Champions: Princeton women (3x) Teams: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale SwimSwam Fan Guide Championship Central Live Results

FINAL RESULTS

The Ancient Eight will be well represented at the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta next month. At the 2026 Ivy League Women’s Championships, which took place at Brown University this past weekend, 7 swimmers from 4 schools met the automatic qualifying standards with their winning times in 11 events. The only events in which the Ivy League will not be represented are the 100 breast and 200 breast.

On Day 2, the first day of individual events, all three winners punched their tickets to the Big Dance. Harvard’s Alexandra Bastone clocked a 4:40.94 in the 500 free, clearing the standard by 2.76 seconds. Eleanor Sun of Princeton won the 200 IM with 1:55.62, 2.26 seconds under the automatic qualifying time. Her teammate Sabrina Johnston took the 50 free in 22.07, .21 faster than the cut.

Day 3 saw three new swimmers make the cut, beginning with Harvard’s Sydney Lu. She won the 100 fly in 51.97, .55 under the AQ time. Sun added a second event with a 4:05.55 victory in the 400 IM (7.65 seconds under). Brown’s Morgan Lukinac notched a 1:44.20 to win the 200 free with 1.33 to spare. And Anya Mostek of Harvard blasted a 51.31 in the 100 back to punch her ticket with a margin of 1.34 seconds.

Day 4 added one new name and three repeats. Penn’s Sydney Bergstrom beat the NCAA standard by 22.66 seconds in winning the 1650 free with 16:02.63. Mostek picked up her second backstroke event, winning the 200 with 1:52.70 (1.86 seconds under); Lukinac added the 100 free to her repertoire with 48.29 (.31 under); and Sun made it three-for-three with a 1:54.78 in the 200 fly (2.33 under).

Individual Event Winners

Event 2026 NCAA Cut Swimmer School Winning Time 500 Free 4:43.70 Alexandra Bastone Harvard 4:40.94 200 IM 1:57.88 Eleanor Sun Princeton 1:55.62 50 Free 22.28 Sabrina Johnston Princeton 22.07 100 Fly 52.52 Sydney Lu Harvard 51.97 400 IM 4:13.20 Eleanor Sun Princeton 4:05.55 200 Free 1:45.53 Morgan Lukinac Brown 1:44.20 100 Breast 1:00.30 Jessey Li Yale 1:00.55 100 Back 52.65 Anya Mostek Harvard 51.31 1650 Free 16:25.29 Sydney Bergstrom Penn 16:02.63 200 Back 1:54.56 Anya Mostek Harvard 1:52.70 100 Free 48.60 Morgan Lukinac Brown 48.29 200 Breast 2:11.27 Aliana Marakovic Harvard 2:11.93 200 Fly 1:57.11 Eleanor Sun Princeton 1:54.78 All photos courtesy of Ryan Samson/Ivy League