By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2026 McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA Championship Central Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Overall Team Standings (Top 10)
Virginia — 589 Stanford — 380.5 Texas — 376.5 California — 303 Tennessee — 301.5 Michigan — 296 Indiana — 258 Louisville — 201.5 NC State — 196.5 Florida — 125.5Swimmer of the Year: Torri Huske, Stanford
Stanford senior Torri Huske wins her first NCAA swimmer of the year award. Coming into her senior campaign, Huske had only won one individual NCAA title but she now graduates with four.
Huske was the only woman to go three for three in NCAA individual titles. She kicked off the meet with a win in the 100 fly that came down to the touch. Huske trailed Claire Curzan at the 50 mark but used a strong 3rd 25 to pull ahead and remain in the lead at the finish as she touched in a 48.49.
Winning the 50 freestyle as her 2nd individual event, Huske led the fastest 50 freestyle heat of all-time with a 20.66. That swim made her the #2 performer all-time, just behind Gretchen Walsh’s NCAA record of a 20.37 set a year ago. On the final night of the meet, Huske became the #2 performer all-time with a 45.17 in the 100 free. That also marked the #4 performance all-time.
In addition to her individual contributions, Huske made a huge impact at the relay level for the Cardinal. Despite only leading off the team’s relay once this season, Huske led off the team’s 200 medley relay on the backstroke leg swimming a 22.98. About 45 minutes later, Huske was back in the water for Stanford’s 800 free relay where she swam the fastest split of Stanford’s relay that finished 6th. Huske also had the fastest splits for Stanford’s 200 and 400 free relays. Both finished 2nd at the NCAA Championships.
Torri Huske’s Results
50 free: 1st, 20.66 100 free: 1st, 45.17 100 fly: 1st, 48.49 200 medley relay: T-2nd, 1:32.25 – 22.98 backstroke lead off 200 free relay: 2nd, 1:25.57 – 20.58 flying start split 400 free relay: 2nd, 3:06,72 – 45.83 flying start split 800 free relay: 6th, 6:50.12 – 1:41.41 flying start splitHonorable Mentions:
Claire Curzan, Virginia: Curzan had a strong meet and won both the 100 and 200 backstrokes, defending her titles in the process. She also finished 2nd behind Huske in the 100 fly, getting just out touched by 0.06 seconds. Curzan was the only individual swimmer to set an NCAA record this season as she swam to a 1:46.09 in the 200 back at the 2026 ACC Championships before being just off that with a 1:46.10 at the 2026 NCAA Championships. Her win in the 100 back of a 48.24 was a lifetime best and also a new NCAA meet record. Lucy Bell, Stanford: Bell swam to an NCAA title as a junior in the 200 breast and defended her title as a senior and added the win in the 200 IM to her resume as well. After not being a member of any relays a year ago, Bell also stepped up there as well and swam a key anchor leg to help secure 2nd place finish as a team for Stanford during the 400 free relay. Her NCAA winning time of a 2:02.38 in the 200 breast made her the #3 performer all-time.Coach of the Year: Dave Durden, Cal
Despite graduating their top two individual scorers from a year ago, the Cal women had their highest finish since 2021 when they were also 4th. It was the highest finish since Durden took over the program and four places higher than their 8th place finish a year ago, scoring an additional 100 points in the process. Even after a DQ on night 1 in the 200 medley relay, the team stormed back to finish 4th earning the trophy on a 4th place finish in the 400 free relay.
The freshman class was the top ranked recruiting class coming into the season, and #2 ranked Teagan O’Dell, #3 ranked Claire Weinstein, and #5 ranked Annie Jia sure did live up to that ranking. They were the top scoring freshman class of any program with 109 individual points, ahead of Virginia’s 78.5 individual points from Virginia’s freshman class.
In addition to their freshman class, Mia West also had a strong sophomore season for the Golden Bears. West was a relay-only swimmer a year ago at the 2025 NCAA Championships but scored a total of 28 individual points this year, highlighted by a 3rd place finish in the 200 IM. Fellow sophomore Mary-Ambre Moluh more than doubled her individual points from a year ago, going from 14.5 points to 32 individual points.
Honorable Mentions:
Todd DeSorbo, Virginia: Despite being five time defending champions, there were some questions coming into the season as to how the Cavalier women would fare without either of the Walsh sisters. Those questions were answered very quickly at this year’s NCAA Championships as the program scored 589 points total to win their 6th straight NCAA title. That was 45 points more than they scored in their title run a year ago. Matt Bowe, Michigan: Like Cal, the Michigan women also moved up multiple spots in the top ten as they moved from 9th to 6th at NCAAs. The Michigan women also scored 100.5 more points than they did a year ago. Some of that can be attributed to Bella Sims and her transfer but most comes from the development of their talent. Hannah Bellard moved up from 5th to 3rd in the 200 fly, Letitia Sim moved up from 11th to 5th in the 200 breast, and Brady Kendall got into the ‘A’ final of the 50 free after finishing 9th a year ago. Chase Kreitler, Pitt: With their t-16th place finish, the Pitt women had their highest finish in program history, scoring a total of 55 points. That moved them up 11 places from a year ago. Senior Claire Jansen had made NCAAs the last three years, made her first final as she was 16th in the 100 back last year, but charged up the ranks this year with ‘A’ final appearances in both backstroke events. Their 800 free relay scored on the first night, their first relay to score in 39 years and then both their 200 and 400 free relays went on to score finishing 16th as well.Breakout Swimmer of the Year: Liberty Clark, Indiana
Liberty Clark was not a ranked recruit after her junior year of high school and *only* was an Honorable Mention ranked recruit when she arrived to Indiana this fall. She dropped over six seconds in one season in the 200 free to become just the 5th woman to break the 1:40 mark in the 200 free. She just missed winning the NCAA title in the individual 200 free, swimming to a 1:39.88 finishing behind Virginia’s Anna Moesch who defended her title in a 1:39.23.
Before Indiana Freshman Year 50 free 22.3 21.25 100 free 48.48 46.11 200 free 1:45.76 1:39.70With high school best times that would not have even made the 2026 NCAA Championships, Clark ‘A’ finaled in three of her events as she also was 4th in the 100 free (46.11) and 6th in the 50 free (21.25).
Honorable Mentions:
Maggie Wanezek, Wisconsin: After only finaling in the 200 back with a 13th place finish a year ago, the sophomore got in a groove this season and was 2nd in both backstroke events at 2026 NCAAs. She dropped over a second in the 100 back going from a 50.96 to a 49.62 as well as dropping almost three seconds in the 200 back going from a 1:50.62 to a 1:47.73 Campbell Stoll, Texas: The junior Stoll entered 2026 NCAAs with her highest finish ever being 7th and walked away with an NCAA title in the 200 fly and a 7th place finish in the 100 fly. She was 7th in the 200 fly a year ago in a 1:52.29 but continued the Longhorn tradition of 200 fly power with a 1:50.26 win and lifetime best.Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Claire Weinstein, Cal
Weinstein was the #3 ranked recruit coming out of high school and was the only freshman to swim to an individual NCAA title this year. She had a busy night one under the new format, kicking off the evening session with the 1650 free where she led from lane eight until defending champion Jillian Cox charged on the final 500 of the race to earn the win.
Despite the top eight in the 1650 free being in the same session as the 800 free relay, Weinstein also swam on Cal’s 800 free relay splitting a 1:41.44 helping them to 3rd. Like her 1650 free, Weinstein was out fast in the 500 free and was able to grow her lead every 50 from Cox, also the defending champion in the event. Weinstein was the highest scoring freshman at NCAAs with 48 individual points.
Honorable Mentions:
Liberty Clark, Indiana: As mentioned above, Clark was not a top ranked recruit for the girls high school class of 2025 but finished the 2026 NCAA Championships as the 3rd highest individual scoring freshman with 45 individual points. She went three for three in ‘A’ final appearances, something that only Weinstein and O’Dell can also say. Sara Curtis, Virginia: The Italy native adjusted to short course yards quickly and touched 2nd in the 50 free (20.73) and 3rd in the 100 free (45.77) at 2026 NCAAs. She also helped Virginia to set a new NCAA record 3:05.26 in the 400 free relay. Teagan O’Dell, Cal: O’Dell was the 2nd highest individual scoring freshman at the NCAA level with 46 individual points and lived up to being the #2 ranked recruit in the class. She was 2nd in the 200 IM with a season best 1:49.51 and dropped over five seconds during the season in the 400 IM going from a 4:05.22 to a 3:59.43.Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Swammy Awards: Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving
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