By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
NCAA qualifier Berit Berglund has announced she will transfer to Virginia for her senior season. Berglund spent the last three seasons at Texas and entered her name into the transfer portal just before the start of the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships.
Berglund qualified for the 2024 NCAA Championships as a freshman and helped the Longhorn women to a 2nd place finish in the 400 medley relay with a lead off split of a 51.51. She also won the ‘B’ final of the 100 backstroke in a lifetime best 50.70. That time still stands as her personal best.
She returned to NCAAs as a sophomore, finishing 40th in the 200 back (1:55.22) and 43rd in the 100 back (52.41). Her season best times in the event came at SECs when she swam a 51.02 100 back for 4th as well as a 1:52.97 200 back for 12th.
This past season, Berglund only swam in four meets for the Longhorns. Back in October, she swam in the team’s dual meet against Alabama as well as at midseason in the fall semester. In the spring, she only swam at the team’s dual meet against Texas A&M as well as at the SMU Last Chance Invite. She did not compete at the 2026 SEC Championships.
Despite not swimming at SECs, Berglund earned an individual invite to the 2026 NCAA Championships with her season best 51.48 in the 100 backstroke that she swam at midseason. She also swam a 1:56.91 in the 200 back at midseason. After originally appearing on the psych sheets, Berglund scratched the 2026 NCAA Championships.
The Virginia women captured their 6th straight NCAA title this past season. Claire Curzan led the way with NCAA titles in the 100 back (48.24), 200 back (1:46.10), and a 2nd place finish in the 100 fly (48.55). Curzan leads the team’s backstroke group that also featured Tess Howley who was 10th in both backstroke events at 2026 NCAAs with a 51.01 in the 100 and a 1:50.82 in the 200. Berglund’s best time in the 100 back of a 50.70 would have been 8th at 2026 NCAAs while her best time of a 1:52.80 in the 200 back would have been 10th at NCAAs.
In addition to being home to backstrokers such as Curzan and Howley, former Cal backstroke All-American Isabelle Stadden recently made the move to Charlottesville and joined the pro group. Stadden had a huge meet at the start of March at the Westmont Pro Series as she swam to lifetime bests in the long course 50, 100, and 200 backstrokes.
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