By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
2026 NAIA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving National 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 Live Stream Championship Central Recaps Day 1 Finals Day 2 Prelims | FinalsDay 2
For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims, swimmers qualify for one of two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time of any heat in the final.
With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers and divers in the A final, “Down” to B finalists.
Women’s Meet
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, 28Keiser dominated the morning with 7 ‘A’ final scorers and 3 ‘B’ finalists, earning 2 top-8 spots in the 200 IM, 50 free, and 3-meter diving, as well as one in the 500 free.
SCAD showed up in a swarm, though. With no divers, the Bees had the strongest swimming performance of the prelims session, earning 5 ‘A’ final and 4 ‘B’ final slots. A year ago, SCAD had 1 up and 1 down on Day 2. The Bees outperformed the psych sheet by 13 points this morning.
St Thomas also had a big morning in Elkhart, scoring 9 finals swims and dives, of which 4 were top 8. The Bobcats were up 5 points over the psych sheet.
Breneau beat their seedings by 11 points. Other strong performances came from Shawnee State (+7) and Milligan (+3).
Day 2 Ups/Downs – Women
Team All 500 Free 200 IM 50 Free 3m Diving Keiser 7/3 1/2 2/1 2/0 2/0 SCAD Savannah 5/4 1/1 3/1 1/2 0/0 St Thomas 4/5 1/3 2/0 0/2 1/0 Cumberlands 3/5 2/1 0/3 0/1 1/0 The Master’s 3/0 0/0 1/0 2/0 0/0 Bethel (IN) 2/2 0/0 0/1 1/1 1/0 Lindsey Wilson 2/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 Indiana Wesleyan 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/0 Arizona Christian 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Brenau 1/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 Milligan 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 St Ambrose 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 Olivet Nazarene 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 Aquinas 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 Shawnee State 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0Scoring Day 2 Prelims (plus 200 Free Relay as seeded)
Team All 500 Free 200 IM 50 Free 3m Diving 200 Free Relay Keiser 151 19 36 29 33 34 SCAD Savannah 129 21 44 24 0 40 St Thomas 118 33 29 9 17 30 Cumberlands 99 39 18 2 16 24 The Master’s 82 0 20 30 0 32 Bethel (IN) 66 0 4 22 14 26 Lindsey Wilson 52 11 0 13 0 28 Aquinas 28 0 0 6 0 22 Indiana Wesleyan 27 0 1 0 12 14 Milligan 25 15 0 0 0 10 Arizona Christian 18 14 0 0 0 4 Olivet Nazarene 18 3 3 0 0 12 St Mary’s KS 18 0 0 0 0 18 St Ambrose 17 0 0 0 15 2 Brenau 11 0 0 11 0 0 Shawnee State 9 0 0 9 0 0 Life 8 0 0 0 0 8 William Carey 6 0 0 0 0 6Projected Day 2 Scores – Women
Team Day 1 Actual Day 2 Scored Prelims Day 2 Projected Rank Keiser 80 151 231 SCAD Savannah 66 129 195 St Thomas 58 118 176 Cumberlands 58 99 157 Bethel (IN) 48 66 114 The Master’s 32 82 114 Lindsey Wilson 56 52 108 Milligan 44 25 69 Indiana Wesleyan 34 27 61 Olivet Nazarene 36 18 54 Arizona Christian 30 18 48 Aquinas 8 28 36 St Ambrose 18 17 35 St Mary’s KS 4 18 22 Brenau 10 11 21 William Carey 12 6 18 Life 6 8 14 Union 14 0 14 Shawnee State 0 9 9
Men’s Meet
Men’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 –Keiser had a strong morning in Elkhart, with 5 ‘A’ and 4 ‘B’ finalists. With 3 in the top 8 of the 50 free, the Seahawks are giving us a preview into what to expect in the 200 free relay tonight.
Milligan had some outstanding performances in prelims, beating the psych sheet by 19 points and garnering 3 ‘A’ and 1 ‘B’ final swims. St Ambrose also did better than their seedings, picking up 16 points with 2 ‘A’ and 2 ‘B’ finalists. SCAD was up 11 points over the psych sheet and will have 2 ‘A’ and 2 ‘B’ finalists.
St Thomas was off by about -21 points but their 2 ‘A’ and 4 ‘B’ finalists will put the Bobcats in position to challenge Millian and SCAD for second place in the standings tonight.
Life (+5), Lindsey Wilson (+5), Loyola New Orleans (+2), and Bethel (+1) all outperformed their seedings, as well.
Day 2 Ups/Downs – Men
Team All 500 Free 200 IM 50 Free Keiser 5/4 1/3 1/0 3/1 Milligan 3/1 0/0 2/0 1/1 St Thomas 2/4 1/2 1/2 0/0 Cumberlands 2/3 1/0 0/1 1/2 The Master’s 2/2 1/0 1/1 0/1 SCAD Savannah 2/2 0/0 0/1 2/1 St Ambrose 2/2 1/1 0/1 1/0 William Carey 2/2 1/1 1/0 0/1 Lindsey Wilson 2/0 2/0 0/0 0/0 Life 1/2 0/1 1/0 0/1 Olivet Nazarene 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 Bethel (IN) 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 Loyola New Orleans 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0Scoring Day 2 Prelims (plus 200 Free Relay as seeded)
Team All 500 Free 200 IM 50 Free 200 Free Relay Keiser 130 26 20 44 40 Milligan 85 0 29 26 30 Cumberlands 82 20 4 26 32 SCAD Savannah 81 0 9 38 34 St Thomas 77 26 25 0 26 St Ambrose 63 16 7 12 28 The Master’s 52 17 20 1 14 William Carey 52 20 12 2 18 Lindsey Wilson 49 27 0 0 22 Life 36 3 15 6 12 Ave Maria 24 0 0 0 24 Olivet Nazarene 11 0 11 0 0 Aquinas 8 0 0 0 8 Loyola New Orleans 6 0 2 0 4 Midland 6 0 0 0 6 Bethel (IN) 1 0 1 0 0Projected Day 2 Scores – Men
Team Day 1 Actual Day 2 Scored Prelims Day 2 Projected Rank Keiser 121 130 251 SCAD Savannah 64 81 145 Milligan 58 85 143 St Thomas 54 77 131 Cumberlands 34 82 116 William Carey 62 52 114 St Ambrose 50 63 113 The Master’s 56 52 108 Lindsey Wilson 34 49 83 Life 30 36 66 Ave Maria 32 24 56 Aquinas 46 8 54 Midland 22 6 28 Loyola New Orleans 14 6 20 Bethel (IN) 16 1 17 College of Idaho 13 0 13 Olivet Nazarene 0 11 11
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