The 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships continues with Day 4 prelims from the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
The events on the docket are the 200 IM, 100 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 backstroke and the 400 free relay minus the final heat.
Follow along with the live recap:
NCAA Women’s 200 IM
Cal looked to build on the momentum set by Claire Weinstein‘s 500 free win on Friday night.
In the first event Saturday morning, Cal took the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds in the 200 IM. Mia West earned the top sed in 1:52.40 and Teagan O’Dell was third at 1:53.68, sandwiched around Texas’ Campbell Chase (1:53.06).
Stanford’s Lucy Bell, the 200 breaststroke winner, took the fourth seed in 1:53.75, just ahead of Louisville’s Anastasia Gorbenko (1:53.96).
Virginia put two in the finals with Leah Hayes taking the sixth seed in 1:54.01 and Aimee Canny grabbing the eighth seed in 1:54.36, sandwiched around UCLA’s Rosie Murphy (1:54.19).
Event 16 Women 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
NCAA: N 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
Meet: M 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
American: A 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
US Open: O 1:48.37 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
Pool: P 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia
Name Year School Seed Prelims
==================================================================
=== Preliminaries ===
1 West, Mia SO California 1:52.30 1:52.40
r:+0.66 23.94 51.67 (27.73)
1:24.90 (33.23) 1:52.40 (27.50)
2 Chase, Campbell SO Texas 1:53.48 1:53.06
r:+0.71 24.38 52.92 (28.54)
1:25.67 (32.75) 1:53.06 (27.39)
3 O'Dell, Teagan FR California 1:53.19 1:53.68
r:+0.71 24.27 52.18 (27.91)
1:25.67 (33.49) 1:53.68 (28.01)
4 Bell, Lucy SR Stanford 1:52.50 1:53.75
r:+0.68 24.72 54.31 (29.59)
1:26.03 (31.72) 1:53.75 (27.72)
5 Gorbenko, Anastasia SO Louisville 1:51.30 1:53.96
r:+0.67 23.95 52.00 (28.05)
1:25.59 (33.59) 1:53.96 (28.37)
6 Hayes, Leah SO Virginia 1:54.10 1:54.01
r:+0.77 25.05 52.83 (27.78)
1:25.74 (32.91) 1:54.01 (28.27)
7 Murphy, Rosie SR UCLA 1:54.04 1:54.19
r:+0.64 24.32 52.53 (28.21)
1:25.99 (33.46) 1:54.19 (28.20)
8 Canny, Aimee SR Virginia 1:54.05 1:54.36
r:+0.72 24.48 53.43 (28.95)
1:26.63 (33.20) 1:54.36 (27.73)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
9 Coe, Angie JR Texas 1:53.90 1:54.87
r:+0.62 24.98 54.11 (29.13)
1:27.80 (33.69) 1:54.87 (27.07)
10 Gring, Sydney JR Pittsburgh 1:55.26 1:54.96
r:+0.60 25.06 53.51 (28.45)
1:27.48 (33.97) 1:54.96 (27.48)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
11 Sim, Letitia SR Michigan 1:54.39 1:55.51
r:+0.63 24.85 54.31 (29.46)
1:27.39 (33.08) 1:55.51 (28.12)
12 Umstead, Sophia FR Virginia 1:54.93 1:55.64
r:+0.66 25.35 54.10 (28.75)
1:26.61 (32.51) 1:55.64 (29.03)
13 Chavez, Ava JR California 1:55.81 1:55.79
r:+0.62 24.91 53.54 (28.63)
1:28.35 (34.81) 1:55.79 (27.44)
14 Thompson, Emily SO Stanford 1:56.16 1:55.91
r:+0.60 25.05 53.95 (28.90)
1:28.05 (34.10) 1:55.91 (27.86)
15 Sun, Eleanor JR Princeton 1:55.62 1:56.08
r:+0.69 25.52 54.75 (29.23)
1:28.43 (33.68) 1:56.08 (27.65)
16 Macaulay, Mary JR UNC 1:55.87 1:56.43
r:+0.68 24.61 53.18 (28.57)
1:27.21 (34.03) 1:56.43 (29.22)
NCAA Women’s 100 Freestyle
Virginia took the top two seeds in the packed 100 freestyle.
Anna Moesch claimed the top seed in 45.81, just ahead of teammate Sara Curtis (46.00).
Tennessee’s Camille Spink took the third spot in 46.23, followed by Stanford’s Torri Huske (46.35), who has already won the 100 fly and 50 free this week.
Indiana’s Liberty Clark took the fifth seed in 46.54, followed by Louisville’s Julia Dennis (46.69), Cal’s Mary-Ambre Moluh (46.85) and Alabama’s Cadence Vincent (46.90).
Event 17 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
NCAA: N 44.71 3/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
Meet: M 44.71 3/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
American: A 44.71 3/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
US Open: O 44.71 3/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
Pool: P 45.71 2/21/2026 Anna Moesch, Virginia
Name Year School Seed Prelims
==================================================================
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Moesch, Anna SO Virginia 45.71 45.81
r:+0.69 10.39 21.98 (11.59)
33.90 (11.92) 45.81 (11.91)
2 Curtis, Sara FR Virginia 46.03 46.00
r:+0.67 10.32 22.03 (11.71)
33.98 (11.95) 46.00 (12.02)
3 Spink, Camille JR Tennessee 46.01 46.23
r:+0.66 10.33 22.15 (11.82)
34.20 (12.05) 46.23 (12.03)
4 Huske, Torri SR Stanford 45.79 46.35
r:+0.58 10.45 22.09 (11.64)
34.17 (12.08) 46.35 (12.18)
5 Clark, Liberty FR Indiana 46.22 46.54
r:+0.60 10.59 22.19 (11.60)
34.28 (12.09) 46.54 (12.26)
6 Dennis, Julia SR Louisville 46.76 46.69
r:+0.64 10.32 22.11 (11.79)
34.47 (12.36) 46.69 (12.22)
7 Moluh, Mary-Ambre SO California 46.87 46.85
r:+0.69 10.57 22.34 (11.77)
34.50 (12.16) 46.85 (12.35)
8 Vincent, Cadence JR Alabama 47.06 46.90
r:+0.63 10.70 22.38 (11.68)
34.51 (12.13) 46.90 (12.39)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
9 Okaro, Eva FR Texas 46.41 46.98
r:+0.68 10.63 22.44 (11.81)
34.72 (12.28) 46.98 (12.26)
10 Larsen, Caroline SO Louisville 46.82 47.19
r:+0.71 10.64 22.58 (11.94)
34.91 (12.33) 47.19 (12.28)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
11 Balduccini, Stephanie JR Michigan 46.98 47.24
r:+0.64 10.90 22.71 (11.81)
34.90 (12.19) 47.24 (12.34)
12 Olasewere, Annam FR Stanford 47.17 47.28
r:+0.63 10.75 22.71 (11.96)
35.12 (12.41) 47.28 (12.16)
13 Johnson, Gigi SR Stanford 47.48 47.35
r:+0.65 10.61 22.51 (11.90)
34.71 (12.20) 47.35 (12.64)
14 Mintenko, Madi FR Virginia 47.59 47.43
r:+0.68 10.92 22.89 (11.97)
35.28 (12.39) 47.43 (12.15)
14 Gemmell, Erin JR Texas 47.48 47.43
r:+0.72 10.73 22.56 (11.83)
34.91 (12.35) 47.43 (12.52)
16 Revitt, Darcy SO Washington St. 47.45 47.46
r:+0.63 10.79 22.47 (11.68)
34.84 (12.37) 47.46 (12.62)
