Clark Opens ACCs for FSU with Fourth-Place End

ATLANTA – Redshirt senior Kayleigh Clark led the best way for the No. 13/NR Florida State swimming and diving crew on the opening day of the 2026 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships, inserting fourth within the three-meter ultimate at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.
 
Clark reached the ultimate and earned her fourth-place end within the first occasion of the seven-day convention championship meet. Day one featured the ladies’s three-meter and males’s one-meter occasions.
 
“It was a solid opening day,” FSU head coach Neal Studd stated. “Kayleigh competed well and was consistent throughout the competition. She improved her score in finals, which is exactly what you want to see at a championship meet.”
 
Clark superior to the three-meter ultimate after scoring 296.85 within the prelims to sit down in fourth place total. She improved her rating within the eight-diver ultimate, posting a 300.15 to safe the fourth-place end.
 
Sunday was the fifth time Clark reached an ACC ultimate in her profession as she posted her first end inside the highest 5.
 
On the lads’s aspect, sophomore Hayden Schroeder got here in twelfth total on one-meter. He completed with a rating of 310.95 in prelims.
 
Florida State returns to motion Monday at 12 p.m. ET because the ACC Championships proceed with girls’s one-meter and males’s three-meter.
 
All classes can be streamed dwell on ACC Network Extra, and live results can be out there all through the week. A whole schedule and extra info is offered at TheACC.com. Direct hyperlinks and dwell updates all week lengthy will be discovered by following and connecting with the Seminoles on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
 
Monday, February 16
12 p.m. – Prelims: girls’s 1-meter, males’s 3-meter
Watch Prelims Day 2   
6:35 p.m. – Finals: males’s 3-meter
7:15 p.m. – Finals: girls’s 1-meter
Watch Finals Day 2

Tuesday, February 17

10:30 a.m. – Prelims: girls’s platform

1:45 p.m. – Prelims: males’s platform

Watch Prelims Day 3

5:30 p.m. – Finals: 200 medley relay, girls’s & males’s platform, 800 free relay

Watch Finals Day 3

Wednesday, February 18

9:30 a.m. – Prelims: 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free

Watch Prelims Day 4

5:30 p.m. – Finals: 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free

Watch Finals Day 4

Thursday, February 19

9:30 a.m. – Prelims: 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free

Watch Prelims Day 5

5:30 p.m. – Finals: 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free

Watch Finals Day 5

Friday, February 20

9:30 a.m. – Prelims: 200 fly, 100 again, 100 breast

Watch Prelims Day 6

5:30 p.m. – Finals: 200 fly, 100 again, 100 breast, 400 medley relay

Watch Finals Day 6

Saturday, February 21

9:30 a.m. – Prelims: 200 again, 100 free, 200 breast

Watch Prelims Day 7

2:30 p.m. – Finals (Early Heat): 1650 free

Watch Finals (Early Heats) Day 7

5:30 p.m. – Finals: 1650 free, 200 again, 100 free, 200 breast, 400 free relay

Watch Finals Day 7

 

Florida State enters the week seeking to construct on a powerful 2025 ACC Championships efficiency that featured 21 top-eight finishes, a number of faculty information and this system’s first ACC title since 2020, as then-freshman Michel Arkhangelsky took gold within the 100 backstroke. Both the Seminole women and men positioned seventh total in a extremely aggressive convention area.

 

Following the ACC Championships is the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet from February 28-March 1 and the NCAA Zone Diving Championships from March 6-11. The NCAA Championships are set for March 18-21 (girls) and March 25-28 (males).

 

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