2026 SAA Swimming and Diving Championship Preview

CANTON, Ga. – The 2026 Southern Athletic Associaiton (SAA) swimming and diving championships are set for February 11-14 at Centre College.

Competition will start on Wednesday, February 11 with the ladies’s 1-meter diving prelims at 1:30 p.m. Finals will start at 5:30 p.m. with the 200 medley relay, the conclusion of diving, and the 800 free relay. For competitors the subsequent three days, prelims will start at 10:00 a.m. every morning with finals set for six:00 p.m. The occasion will conclude with the awards ceremony Saturday night.

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Rhodes accomplished the hunt to back-to-back championships final season by edging Centre with 1018 factors over the four-day occasion, the second highest rating in championship historical past. Runner-up and host, Centre College completed with 952.5 factors whereas Berry took third with 507.5.

Trinity enters their first 12 months with the SAA and has already snatched six convention open swim information within the 500 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, and the 400 Medley Relay. The No. 24 Tigers enter the championship already making large noise through the common season with diver Max Rolla-Mullis capturing three weekly honors and 6 particular person swimmer of the week honors by different athletes.

Centre returns Newcomer of the Year, Brady Miller who received two championship occasions final season scoring 56 factors whereas the Vikings maintain back-to-back High-Point Swimmer of the Meet in Nick Fonzo who can also be the 2024 Newcomer of the Year.

Rhodes jumped into this season claiming the primary 4 athlete of the week honors with Parson Simmons main the way in which for consecutive diving honors. 

Host Centre holds the highest marks of the season for 1M and 3M diving underneath final 12 months’s SAA Diving Coaching Staff of the Year.

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Centre took house their second SAA Championship trophy with final seasons win after taking down the back-to-back champion in Rhodes. The exhausting fought battle to 1000 factors for Centre and Rhodes in second with 971.5.

This season has been a battle every week for weekly honors between Centre and Trinity. However, Trinity enters the Championship at No. 21 within the nationwide rankings and holding most SAA high occasions for the season. Neely Burns has captured the SAA Open Swim 400 IM report, the one report damaged this season.

The solely main awards winner from final season returning is Cate Coartney of Centre, the reigning SAA Newcomer of the Year after capturing 51 factors.

Rhodes began off sizzling claiming the primary two athlete of the week honors on their quest to reclaim their crown from 2024.

 

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