By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
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 1Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet
It is time for the day two finals session of the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships, and we are in for an exciting evening.
There will be just five heats of swimming tonight, along with six rounds of diving, which will split between two parts of the session with rounds one to three occurring after the 400 IM final, while rounds four to six will dive after the 100 breast final before the relay.
The evening will open with the 100 butterfly, where Claire Curzan and Torri Huske are the top two seeds, just two tenths apart during prelims. Curzan swam 49.20 to lead Huske’s 49.38. Indiana freshman Alex Shackell will be seeded 3rd in 49.95.
In the 400 IM, last year’s champion Caroline Bricker just squeaked into the final, qualifying 8th in 4;03.65. Tennessee’s Ella Jansen had the top time in prelims of 4:00.24, and she will be trying to hold off Michigan’s Bella Sims, Stanford’s Lucy Bell, and Cal’s Teagan O’Dell along with Bricker and Katie Grimes who are all major threats.
The women’s 200 freestyle will run after the first three rounds of diving, and it is one of the most anticipated events of the meet. Last night’s 800 freestyle relay saw a few huge relay splits, including Indiana freshman Liberty Clark swimming 1:39.70 to lead off their relay. This swim was just two hundredths faster than Virginia sophomore Anna Moesch‘s seed time of 1:39.72. When adding athletes like Nikolett Padar, Claire Weinstein, and Minna Abraham, this could be the first women’s 200 freestyle heat in history to see multiple sub-1:40 swimmers.
Tennessee’s McKenzie Siroky was the fastest 100 breaststroker in prelims, and the only swimmer to break 57 seconds, touching in 56.93 for the top seed. She leads Anita Bottazzo, Eneli Jefimova, and Anastasia Gorbenko. Only Gorbenko has not previously been under the 57 second barrier.
The meet will wrap up with the 200 freestyle relay where the Virginia women are continuing their campaign to win all five relays. They are the top seeds by more than a second over Stanford, coming in at 1:23.75 to Stanford’s 1:25.14. Texas was the top team in prelims, swimming 1:26.42, and they will be watching to see if they finish in the top eight tonight.
Women’s 100 Fly – Final
NCAA Record: 46.97 – Gretchen Walsh, UVA (2025) U.S. Open Record: 46.97 – Gretchen Walsh, UVA (2025) American Record: 46.97 – Gretchen Walsh, UVA (2025) Championship Record: 46.97 – Gretchen Walsh, UVA (2025) 2025 NCAA Champion: Gretchen Walsh, UVA – 46.97 2025 8th/16th Prelims Times: 51.02/51.35Women’s 400 Individual Medley – Final
NCAA Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018) American Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018) U.S. Open Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018) Championship Record: 3:54.60 – Ella Eastin, Stanford (2018) 2025 Champion: Caroline Bricker, Stanford – 3:57.36 2025 8th/16th Prelims Times: 4:04.85/4:07.29Women’s 1-Meter Diving Final — Rds 1-3
Women’s 200 Free – Final
NCAA Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, Cal (2015) American Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, Cal (2015) U.S. Open Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, Cal (2015) Championship Record: 1:39.10 – Missy Franklin, Cal (2015) 2025 NCAA Champion: Anna Peplowski, Indiana – 1:40.50 2025 8th/16th Prelims Times: 1:43.24/1:44.18Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Final
NCAA Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019) American Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019) U.S. Open Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019) Championship Record: 55.73 — Lilly King, Indiana (2019) 2025 NCAA Champion: Alex Walsh, Virginia – 56.49 2025 8th/16th Prelims Times: 58.30/58.93Women’s 1-Meter Diving — Rounds 4-6
Women’s 200 Free Relay – Final Heat
NCAA Record: 1:23.63 – Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker), 2024 American Record: 1:23.87 – Virginia (Douglass, G. Walsh, Cuomo, A. Walsh), 2023 U.S. Open Record: 1:23.63 – Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker), 2024 Championship Record: 1:24.05 – Virginia (Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, Parker), 2024 2025 Champion: Virginia (G. Walsh, Curzan, Parker, Moesch) – 1:24.45 2025 8th/16th Times: 1:27.00/1:28.01 Current Leader: Texas (Okaro, Nesty, Mehraban, Gemmell) — 1:26.42Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
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