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 | Finals Day 3 PrelimsDay 3
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 2
Keiser, 238 SCAD Savannah, 188 (tie) Cumberlands / St Thomas (FL), 167 – Masters, 142 Bethel (IN), 115 Lindsey Wilson, 98 Milligan, 70 Olivet Nazarene, 49 (tie) William Carey / Arizona Christian, 48Keiser had another dominant morning and appears to be running away with the title again this year. The Seahawks earned 9 ‘A’ and 3 ‘B’ final spots for tonight, pulling further ahead of 2nd-place SCAD.
The Bees had a strong performance of their own, garnering 6 ‘A’ and 5 ‘B’ final swims. It was a big morning for SCAD, who only led Cumberlands and St. Thomas by 21 points after last night’s session. They are expected to be clear of 3rd place by some 60+ points tonight.
William Carey outperformed their seedings by 24 points this morning. Milligan (+13.5) and St. Ambrose (+12) were also up by double digits.
Day 3 Ups/Downs – Women
Team All 400 IM 100 Fly 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back Keiser 9/3 2/0 3/0 1/1 2/0 1/2 SCAD Savannah 6/5 1/1 0/0 1/2 2/0 2/2 Cumberlands 4/5 0/1 1/2 1/0 2/2 0/0 Bethel (IN) 4/2 2/0 0/1 1/0 0/1 1/0 St Thomas 3/5 0/1 2/1 1/2 0/1 0/0 The Masters 3/1 0/0 1/0 1/1 0/0 1/0 William Carey 2/3 0/1 0/1 0/0 1/1 1/0 Milligan 1/5 1/2 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/2 St Ambrose 1/3 1/0 0/0 0/1 0/1 0/1 Lindsey Wilson 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 1/1 Olivet Nazarene 1/2 0/1 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 Brenau 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 1/0 Indiana Wesleyan 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Arizona Christian 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Campbellsville 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 New College of Florida 1/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 Shawnee State 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 Thomas 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0Scoring Day 3 Prelims (plus 400 Medley Relay as seeded)
Team All 400 IM 100 Fly 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 400 Medley Relay Keiser 203 37 39 19.5 31 36 40 SCAD Savannah 151 22.5 0 26 35 33 34 Cumberlands 109 9 22 15 37 0 26 St Thomas 96.5 3 37 19.5 7 0 30 The Masters 92 0 20 29 0 15 28 Bethel (IN) 88 29 5 16 3 11 24 William Carey 56 4 2 0 22 14 14 Lindsey Wilson 52 0 0 0 2 18 32 Olivet Nazarene 45 2 9 12 0 0 22 Milligan 44.5 23.5 0 6 0 5 10 St Ambrose 35 11 0 1 5 6 12 Indiana Wesleyan 32 14 0 0 0 0 18 Brenau 24 0 7 0 0 17 0 Arizona Christian 17 0 13 0 0 0 4 Campbellsville 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 New College of Florida 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 Aquinas 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 Life 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 St Mary’s KS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shawnee State 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0Projected Day 3 Scores – Women
Team Day 2 Actual Day 3 Scored Prelims Day 3 Projected Rank Keiser 238 203 441 SCAD Savannah 188 151 339 Cumberlands 167 109 276 St Thomas 167 96.5 264 The Masters 142 92 234 Bethel (IN) 115 88 203 Lindsey Wilson 98 52 150 Milligan 70 44.5 115 William Carey 48 56 104 Olivet Nazarene 49 45 94 Indiana Wesleyan 47 32 79 St Ambrose 39 35 74 Arizona Christian 48 17 65 Aquinas 33 8 41 Brenau 14 24 38 Life 16 6 22 St Mary’s KS 16 2 18 Campbellsville 0 12 12 New College of Florida 0 11 11 Shawnee State 7 1 8 Thomas 0 1 1Men’s Meet
Men’s Top 10 After Day 2
Keiser, 263 SCAD Savannah, 140 Milligan, 139 William Carey, 120 Cumberlands, 114 St Thomas (FL), 111 St Ambrose, 110 Masters, 95 Life, 76 (tie) Aquinas / Lindsey Wilson, 60Keiser continued to dominate in the pool and on the boards. The Seahawks will have 8 swimmers and 3 divers in ‘A’ finals tonight, and 3 swimmers in ‘B’ finals.
The battle is on for second place, and the next 4 teams are only separated by 11 points. With 5 up and 4 down, Milligan outscored their psych sheet seedings by 50 points this morning. They are expected to pass SCAD and land in 2nd place at the end of Day 3 finals. Cumberland (5/3) and St. Thomas (5/7) also moved past the Bees in prelims, but any one of these teams could come out on top tonight.
Day 3 Ups/Downs – Men
Team All 400 IM 100 Fly 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 1M Diving Keiser 11/3 2/2 1/0 2/1 1/0 2/0 3/0 St Thomas 5/7 1/1 1/3 1/0 1/0 1/3 0/0 Milligan 5/4 2/1 0/1 0/1 2/1 1/0 0/0 Cumberlands 5/3 1/1 1/0 1/1 0/1 2/0 0/0 William Carey 4/1 1/0 1/0 1/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 SCAD Savannah 3/4 1/1 1/0 1/2 0/0 0/1 0/0 Aquinas 3/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 3/0 The Masters 3/1 0/0 1/0 2/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 St Ambrose 2/3 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/0 1/2 0/0 Life 2/1 0/0 1/0 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 Lindsey Wilson 1/3 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/0 Ave Maria 1/2 0/0 0/2 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 College of Idaho 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/0 Bethel (IN) 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 Midland 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 Arizona Christian 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 Loyola New Orleans 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 Morningside 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 Ottawa Arizona 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 St Mary’s KS 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Thomas 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0Scoring Day 3 Prelims (plus 400 Medley Relay as seeded)
Team All 400 IM 100 Fly 200 Free 100 Breast 100 Back 1M Diving 400 Medley Relay Keiser 230 47 16 35 20 29 43 40 St Thomas 132 17 31 11 11 34 0 28 Cumberlands 131 19 14 23.5 9 35 0 30 Milligan 113 33 5 4 33 14 0 24 SCAD Savannah 101 16 13 32 0 8 0 32 William Carey 87 12 11 14 16 0 0 34 The Masters 78.5 0 20 30.5 0 2 0 26 St Ambrose 65 0 9 0 14 20 0 22 Aquinas 55 0 0 0 0 1 48 6 Life 46 0 17 2 13 0 0 14 Ave Maria 39 0 6 0 15 0 0 18 Lindsey Wilson 32 0 13 0 9 0 0 10 Midland 24 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 College of Idaho 19 0 0 0 5 0 14 0 Bethel (IN) 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 Morningside 11 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 Ottawa Arizona 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Loyola New Orleans 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 St Mary’s KS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona Christian 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0Projected Day 3 Scores – Men
Team Day 2 Actual Day 3 Scored Prelims Day 3 Projected Rank Keiser 263 230 493 Milligan 139 113 252 Cumberlands 114 131 245 St Thomas 111 132 243 SCAD Savannah 140 101 241 William Carey 120 87 207 St Ambrose 110 65 175 Masters 95 78.5 174 Life 76 46 122 Aquinas 60 55 115 Ave Maria 54 39 93 Lindsey Wilson 60 32 92 Midland 34 24 58 Morningside 28 11 39 College of Idaho 13 19 32 Loyola New Orleans 26 5 31 Bethel (IN) 17 13 30 Olivet Nazarene 11 0 11 Ottawa Arizona 0 7 7 Thomas 0 6 6 St Mary’s KS 0 4 4 Arizona Christian 0 3 3
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