Liberty Swimming & Diving Travels to American Conference Championship

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Conference newcomer Liberty is ready to compete on the 2026 American Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship, held Wednesday by means of Saturday at Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C. The Lady Flames can be aiming for his or her eighth convention championship in a row.

Liberty gained six whole CCSA titles, together with every of the final 5 in a row (2019-23) earlier than claiming ASUN championships in each 2024 and 2025. The 9 ladies’s swimming & diving packages in American Conference are Liberty, East Carolina, FAU, FIU, James Madison, Marshall, North Texas, Rice and Tulane.

Liberty’s seven straight convention titles are the sixth longest lively convention championship streak in Division I ladies’s swimming & diving. Texas (Big 12/SEC) and Navy (Patriot League) have gained 13 convention titles in a row, whereas Villanova (BIG EAST), Oakland (Horizon League) and Denver (Summit League) have all gained 12 straight.

Liberty, James Madison and Marshall all joined the American Athletic Conference as affiliate members in ladies’s swimming & diving on July 1, 2025. Liberty (ASUN) and James Madison (Sun Belt) each gained their respective convention championships final 12 months.

The 2026 American Conference Swimming & Diving Championship will characteristic 4 full days of motion.

     

How to Follow the Lady Flames

Live outcomes can be out there for all occasions on the 2026 American Conference Swimming & Diving Championships. Also, dwell video streaming can be out there by means of ESPN+. Fans can obtain X updates by following @LibertyFlames and @LibertyDiveSwim.

 

Pre-Championship Coaches Poll

1. Rice (6)                       62
2. Liberty (3)                    58
3. FIU                              49
4. Tulane                         43
5. FAU                             29
6. Marshall                      27
7. East Carolina              24
8. James Madison           23
9. North Texas                9

 Rice gained the 2025 American Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships by simply 1.5 factors over FIU (1,475.5-1,474).

Fifteenth-year Head Coach Jake Shellenberger has led the Lady Flames from this system’s inception. He has posted a 142-40 dual-meet report, being named CCSA Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year 5 occasions (2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023). Shellenberger was then named ASUN Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year in each 2024 and 2025.

Last 12 months on the ASUN Championships, the Lady Flames registered 26 podium finishes and 13 occasion victories. The Lady Flames set eight program information, 5 meet information and 5 convention information, whereas incomes 10 NCAA B cuts and 4 NCAA Zone Qualifying scores.

Liberty’s Shannon Icard has earned NCAA Zone Qualifying scores one-meter, three-meter and platform to date this season. Mercy Goodnight has certified for Zones on three-meter.

New this season, anybody who wins a person occasion at their convention meet and meets the NCAA qualifying time in that occasion will obtain automated qualification to the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

The American Conference has 4 scored diving occasions, in one-meter, three-meter, platform and workforce diving occasion.

A complete of six present Lady Flames have posted convention podium finishes of their profession, led by six medals from Kamryn Cannings. Aly Bozzuto (3), Shannon Icard (3), Eden Troxell (3), Malia Francis (2), and Emily Harstad (1) have all podiumed as effectively. 

 

Current Lady Flame with Program Records

50 Freestyle – Kamryn Cannings (22.07 – 2/19/25)

100 Freestyle – Kamryn Cannings (48.45 – 2/22/25)

200 Freestyle – Kamryn Cannings (1:44.10 – 2/21/25)

100 Butterfly – Kamryn Cannings (51.26 – 3/17/28)

100 Breaststroke – Aly Bozzuto (59.17 – 2/21/25)

200 Breaststroke – Aly Bozzuto (2:11.21 – 11/23.25)

100 Individual Medley – Gwyneth Frick (56.58 – 9/26/25)

Platform Diving (5) – Shannon Icard (261.00 – 2/23/24)

 

As was the case final 12 months, many information and lifetime-best occasions needs to be anticipated, because the workforce has aimed to peak on the convention championships.

An event-by-event preview of particular person occasions follows. Please be aware that the entries listed are these which seem on the pre-scratch psych sheet and are topic to alter.

A have a look at the psych sheet exhibits that Liberty, Rice and FIU needs to be prime rivals in most occasions.

     

2026 American Conference Championship

February 18-21

Greensboro Aquatic Center

Greensboro, N.C.

Schedule of Events

Day 1 – Trials (10:30 a.m.)

500-yard Freestyle

200-yard Individual Medley

50-yard Freestyle

 

Day 1 – Finals (6 p.m.)

200-yard Medley Relay “A

500-yard Freestyle

200-yard Individual Medley

50-yard Freestyle

Team Diving Event

Day 2 – Trials (10:30 a.m.)

400-yard Individual Medley

100-yard Butterfly

200-yard Freestyle

1-meter diving (11 a.m.)

 

Day 2 – Finals (6 p.m.)

1-meter diving comfort remaining (5 p.m.)

200-yard Freestyle Relay “A”

400-yard Individual Medley

100-yard Butterfly

200-yard Freestyle

1-meter diving A Final

400-yard Medley Relay “A”

Day 3 – Trials (10:30 a.m.)

100-yard backstroke

100-yard breaststroke

200-yard butterfly

3-meter diving (11 a.m.)

Day 3 – Finals (6 p.m.)

3-meter diving comfort remaining (5 p.m.)

800-yard Freestyle Relay “A”

3-meter diving A Final

100-yard backstroke

100-yard breaststroke

200-yard butterfly

 

Day 4 – Trials (10:30 a.m.)

100-yard Freestyle

200-yard Backstroke

200-yard Breaststroke

Platform diving (11 a.m.)

1,650-yard Freestyle-All however final warmth of time finals

Day 4 – Finals (6 p.m.)

1,650-yard Freestyle-Last warmth of time finals

100-yard Freestyle

200-yard Backstroke

200-yard Breaststroke

Platform diving finals

400-yard Freestyle Relay “A”

Scoring

There can be three scored finals (A, B & C) of every particular person occasion on the ladies’s American Conference Championship. A complete of 24 people will rating in every occasion, with three finals consisting of eight swimmers every.

Individual occasions can be scored as follows: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22-20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Relay occasions can be scored as follows: 64-56-54-52-50-48-46-44-40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

Day 1 – Feb. 21, 2024

500-yard Freestyle

Defending Champion: Ava Portello (Rice) – 4:44.06

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Portello (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Zarena Brown (Houston), 2020 – 4:41.89

2025-26 Leader: Ava Portello (Rice) – 4:41.79

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Two (Emily Manly – 2019; Emma Hazel – 2022)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Emma Herrera – 4:54.38 (10^th)

Liberty Entrants: Emma Herrera, Eden Troxell, Natalie Colarossi, Layne Jones, Kaycee Cannings

Outlook: 2025 AAC Freshman of the Year Ava Portello returns to defend her 500 freestyle title, as she gained final 12 months in 4:44.06. Portello is the highest seed this 12 months in 4:41.79, Rice took 4 of the highest 5 spots within the 500 final 12 months, with runner-up Lisa Coetzee of Tulane breaking apart the Owls’ pack. Rice’s Ella Dyson is ranked second this week (4:47.03), adopted by Coetzee (4:48.32), Ava Hamblett of Rice (4:50.27) and FAU’s Talitha McEwan (4:51.10). Liberty’s Eden Troxell completed third within the 500 freestyle on the 2025 ASUN Championships, whereas freshman Emma Herrera (4:54.38) is Liberty’s prime seed this week at 10^th.

 

200-yard Individual Medley

Defending Champion: Nicole Frank (FIU) – 1:57.42

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Nicole Frank (FIU) (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Tanja Kylliainen (Louisville), 2014 – 1:56.34

2025-26 Leader: Reese Cole (Rice) – 1:59.73

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Five (Emilie Kaufman – 2014; Prudence Rooker – 2018; Mikayla Herich – 2019 and 2020; Chloe Harris – 2023)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Gwyneth Frick – 1:59.77 (2^nd)

Liberty Entrants: Gwyneth Frick, Malia Francis, Riley Leach, Sadie Stricklin, Karis Francis, Margot Ritchie

Outlook: While final 12 months’s 200 IM champion, FIU’s Nicole Frank, returns, she is ranked fourth this week with a time of two:00.74. The prime seed is Rice’s Reese Cole (1:59.73), who completed third final season. Freshman Gwyneth Frick of Liberty is shut behind Colle with a time of 1:59.77. Marshall’s Molly Warner (2:00.39) is seeded third after ending as Sun Belt runner-up within the 200 IM final season. After Frank in fourth, Tulane’s Andrea Zeebe (2:00.84) and Gwen Shahboz (2:01.56) are seeded fifth and sixth, respectively.  

 

50-yard Freestyle

Defending Champion: Catherine Russo (Tulane) – 22.20

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Mikayla Durkin (ECU) (5^th place)

Championship Meet Record: Jacqueline Keire (Cincinnati), 2017 – 22.19

2025-26 Leader: Eliza Lennox (Tulane) – 22.42

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Two (Brye Ravettine – 2012; Kamryn Cannings – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Aly Bozzuto – 22.44 (2^nd)

Liberty Entrants: Aly Bozzuto, Kamryn Cannings, Sadie Huenefeld, Dakota Howard, Faith Forsberg, Carly Larson, Kalina Frick, Sarah Fleury, Emma Harstad

Outlook: Although every of the highest 4 finishers from the 50 free eventually 12 months’s American Conference Championships have graduated, this seems to be a quick discipline, as 9 convention swimmers have damaged 23 seconds this season. Tulane freshman Eliza Lennox (22.42) has the quickest time, adopted by Liberty’s Aly Bozzuto (22.44) and Kamryn Cannings (22.64). Cannings gained the 2025 ASUN 50 free in 22.07, with Bozzuto taking second in 22.09. Last 12 months’s Sun Belt 50 free champion Jamie Cornwell of James Madison is fourth seed this 12 months in 22.74. FIU’s Tawannah McLemore (22.81) holds the fifth seed, adopted by Izzy Jones of FAU (22.82) and FIU’s Diana Santamaria Losada (22.84).    

 

Day 2 – Feb. 22, 2024

400-yard Individual Medley

Defending Champion: Nicole Frank (FIU) – 4:12.23

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Nicole Frank (FIU) (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Tanja Kylliainen (Louisville), 2014 – 4:04.96

2025-26 Leader: Nicole Frank (FIU) – 4:12.85

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Three (Gianni Pitto – 2019; Mikayla Herich – 2020; Grace Isaacs – 2022)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Riley Leach – 4:21.80 (11^th)

Liberty Entrants: Riley Leach, Eden Troxell

Outlook: FIU’s Nicole Frank is again after successful each the 200 IM and 400 IM on the 2025 American Conference Championships. Frank is the highest seed at 4:12.85, adopted by Reese Cole of Rice (4:13.86) and Marshall’s Molly Warner (4:17.83). JMU’s Maddy Coombs (4:18.44), Tulane’s Andrea Zeebe (4:18.70) and Gwen Shahboz (4:18.82) are remaining swimmers who’ve gone below 4:19 this season. Last 12 months’s third-place finisher, Rice’s Lily Cramer, is seeded 10^th, whereas Liberty freshman Riley Leach is 11^th at 4:21.80. 

 

100-yard Butterfly

Defending Champion: Arielle Hayon (Rice) – 52.30 (Three in a row)

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Oumy Diop (FIU) (3^rd place)

Championship Meet Record: Arielle Hayon (Rice), 2024 – 51.38

2025-26 Leader: Kamryn Cannings (Liberty) – 52.44

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Five (Bethany Wakeley – 2012; Jess Reinhardt – 2013-14; Kamryn Cannings – 2024-25)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Kamryn Cannings – 52.44 (1^st)

Liberty Entrants: Kamryn Cannings, Carly Larson, Emily Harstad, Sarah Fleury, Kaline Frick

Outlook: Arielle Hayon of Rice graduated after successful three straight 100 fly titles on the American Conference Championships. Liberty’s Kamryn Cannings has gained every of the final two ASUN titles within the 100 fly and is that this 12 months’s prime seed at 52.44. Her lifetime-best 51.26 is quicker than the present American Conference meet report. FIU’s Pauline Zeller is seeded second at 52.65, whereas Rice’s Lily Archibald is third at 53.11. Last 12 months’s third-place finisher, Oumy Diop of FIU, holds the fourth seed in 53.70, whereas Eliza Lennox of Tulane (53.96) is the final of 5 American Conference swimmers to interrupt 54 within the 100 fly this season.  

 

200-yard Freestyle

Defending Champion: Maya Wilson (Tulane) – 1:46.04

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Lise Coetzee (Tulane) and Ava Portello (Rice) (tied for two^nd place)

Championship Meet Record: Jacqueline Keire (Cincinnati), 2017 – 1:43.48

2025-26 Leader: Ava Portello (Rice) – 1:47.42

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Five (Emily Zimcosky – 2019; Eva Suggs – 2020, 2021 and 2022; Sydney Stricklin – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Natalie Colarossi – 1:49.85 (9^th)

Liberty Entrants: Natalie Colarossi, Emma Herrera, Sadie Huenefeld, Faith Forsberg, Kaycee Cannings,

Outlook: Last 12 months, Rice freshman Ava Portello and Tulane freshman Lise Coetzee tied for second within the American 200 freestyle A Final. This season, Portello (1:47.42) is seeded first and Coetzee (1:47.67), second. Liberty’s Kamryn Cannings swam 1:47.74 earlier this season and has a lifetime-best of 1:44.10, however is specializing in different occasions this weekend. Rafa Smuda of Tulane holds the third seed at 1:48.29, adopted by Rice’s Avery Karacz (1:48.75) and Madison Wimmer of JMU (1:48.75). Natalie Colarossi of Liberty is seeded ninth (1:49.85) after ending eighth within the ASUN 200 free A Final as a freshman final season.

 

1-Meter Diving

Defending Champion: Kamryn Wong (North Texas) – 310.90

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Kamryn Wong (North Texas) (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Paige Burrell (FIU), 2024 – 316.90

2025-26 Leader: Frida Zuniga Guzman (East Carolina) – 313.05

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Five (Lauren Chennault – 2020; Maddie Freece – 2021, 2022; Mary Herndon – 2024; Shannon Icard – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry: Chloe LaCount – 267.15 (11^th)

Liberty Entrants: Shannon Icard, Chloe LaCount, Mercy Goodnight, Savannah Watts, Elizabeth Mumau, Kayla Walsh, Tayler Curlee, Rachel Laraio

Outlook: Last 12 months’s prime three finishers within the American Conference one-meter A Final (1^st place – Kamryn Wong (North Texas); 2^nd place – Sydney Guidara (North Texas); 3^rd place –

Frida Zuniga Guzman (East Carolina)) return this season. Joining them is 2025 ASUN champion Shannon Icard from Liberty. Zuniga Guzman is the highest seed at 313.05, adopted by teammate Cecilia Bragantini (304.43) and North Texas’ Guidara (301.95). Antonia Harned of Rice holds the fourth seed (288.60), adopted by Wong (283.55). Liberty’s Shannon Icard is seeded 12^th at 267.15.

 

 

Day 3 – Feb. 23, 2024

100-yard Backstroke

Defending Champion: Diana Santamaria (FIU) – 53.74

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Diana Sanatamaria (FIU) (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Laura Laderoute (Houston), 2020 – 52.61

2025-26 Leader: Kseniia Luniushina (Marshall) – 52.59

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Eight (Brittany Weiss – 2017 and 2018; Payton Keiner – 2019, 2020 and 2021; Abbie Shaw – 2022, 2023 and 2024)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Gwyneth Frick – 52.97 (2^nd)

Liberty Entrants: Gwyneth Frick, Dakota Howard, Malia Francis, Margot Ritchie, Sadie Stricklin,  

Outlook: 2025 Sun Belt 100 backstroke champion Kseniia Luniushina of Marshall is that this 12 months’s prime seed within the American 100 again in 52.59. Liberty freshman Gwyneth Frick (52.97) holds the second seed, whereas ECU’s Carlie Clements (53.18) is third. Last 12 months’s champion on this occasion on the American Conference meet, Diana Santamaria of FIU, is seeded fourth this week in 53.64. Tulane’s Andrea Zeebe (53.91), final 12 months’s runner-up to Sanatamaria, is seeded fifth, whereas Liberty freshman Dakota Howard (54.20) is eighth.

 

100-yard Breaststroke

Defending Champion: Emma Becker (FIU) – 59.02

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Ingrid Huszar (FIU) (3^rd place)

Championship Meet Record: Emma Becker (FIU), 2025 – 59.02

2025-26 Leader: Frida Loebersli (FIU) – 59.52

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Three (Laura Day – 2013; Emilie Kaufman – 2014; Aly Bozzuto – 2015)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Aly Bozzuto – 1:00.26 (2^nd)

Liberty Entrants: Aly Bozzuto, Karis Francis

Outlook: Despite graduating the meet report holder on this occasion, FIU maintains the highest seed with Frida Loebersli (59.52). Liberty’s Aly Bozzuto gained the 2025 ASUN 100 breaststroke title in a program-record 59.17. Bozzuto holds the second seed at 1:00.26, though Bozzuto topped Loebersli on this occasion at a twin meet this previous fall. Rice’s Reese Cole is seeded third at 1:00.99, adopted by FAU’s duo of Bilu Bianchi (1:01.01) and Maja Piotrowicz (1:01.32). The 2025 Sun Belt 100 breaststroke champion, Riley Bridgman of JMU, holds the 30^th finest time at 1:05.53.

200-yard Butterfly

Defending Champion: Arielle Hayon (Rice) – 1:57.63

Top Returnee from 2024 Meet (Place): Varvara Gkiouzepa (Tulane) (4^th place)

Championship Meet Record: Tanja Kylliainen (Louisville), 2014 – 1:53.94

2025-26 Leader: Lauren McNamara (Marshall) – 1:58.35

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Nine (Jess Reinhardt – 2013 and 2014; Alicia Finnigan – 2017, 2018 and 2019; Lindsey Cohee – 2020 and 2021; Chloe Harris – 2022; Kamryn Cannings – 2024)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Riley Leach – 2:00.31 (5^th)   

Liberty Entrants: Riley Leach, Emily Harstad, Emma Herrera,

Outlook: Each of the highest three finishers in final 12 months’s American Conference 200 fly has graduated. 2025 Sun Belt 200 fly champion, Lauren McNamara of Marshall, is that this 12 months’s prime seed within the American Conference in 1:58.35. Rice’s Reese Cole (1:58.90) is seeded second, adopted by ECU’s Tanith Mueller (1:58.94) and Lily Archibald of Rice (1:59.98). Liberty freshman Riley Leach holds the fifth seed (2:00.31).

 

3-Meter Diving

Defending Champion: Kamryn Wong (North Texas) – 338.20

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Kamryn Won (North Texas) (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Frida Zuniga Guzman (ECU), 2024 – 352.80

2025-26 Leader: Frida Zuniga Guzman (East Carolina) – 382.05

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Three (Maddie Freece – 2021, 2024; Shannon Icard – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry: Mercy Goodnight – 294.40 (6^th)

Liberty Entrants: Mercy Goodnight, Shannon, Icard, Kayla Walsh, Chloe LaCount, Savannah Watts, Tayler Curlee, Elizabeth Mumau, Rachel Laraio

Outlook: Kamryn Wong of North Texas doubled by successful each the one-meter and three-meter on the 2025 American Conference Championships. ECU’s Frida Zuniga Guzman earned a Gold (platform), silver (three-meter) and bronze (one-meter) in diving final 12 months. Liberty’s Shannon Icard gained each the one-meter and three-meter on the 2025 ASUN Championships. Zuniga Guzman is the highest seed at 382.05, adopted by Wong (350.25) and Rice’s Antonina Harned (326.70). Kristina Keenan of FIU is seeded fourth (310.43), whereas Sydney Guidara of North Texas is fifth at 301.50. Liberty’s prime seed is Mercy Goodnight in sixth at 294.40, whereas Icard is 11^th in 286.30.

 

 

Day 4 – Feb. 24, 2024

1,650-yard Freestyle

Defending Champion: Ella Dyson (Rice) – 16:20.26 (Three in a row)

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Ella Dyson (Rice) (Champion

Championship Meet Record: Kristen Stege (ECU), 2020 – 16:11.96

2025-26 Leader: Ella Dyson (Rice) – 16:22.18

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Four (Delia Weber – 2017; Mikayla Herich – 2019 and 2020; Eden Troxell – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Eden Troxell – 16:53.33 (6^th)

Liberty Entrants: Eden Troxell, Layne Jones, Kaycee Cannings,

Outlook: Rice’s Ella Dyson has gained every of the final three American Conference 1650 freestyle titles and has the highest seed by over 4 seconds this 12 months at 16:22.18. Rice holds every of the highest three seeds within the mile. Last 12 months’s runner-up, Ava Portello (16:26.29) and Ava Hamblett (16:46.28) are seeded second and third in that order. Marshall’s Maddie Emment is seeded fourth in 16:48.51, adopted by Tulane’s Lise Coetzee (16:50.36). Liberty’s Eden Troxell, final 12 months’s ASUN champion on this occasion, holds the sixth seed at 16:53.33.

100-yard Freestyle

Defending Champion: Maya Wilson (Tulane) – 48.52

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Diana Santamaria (FIU) (4^th place)

Championship Meet Record: Jacqueline Keire (Cincinnati), 2017 – 47.95

2025-26 Leader: Eliza Lennox (Tulane) – 49.03

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Four (Brye Ravettine – 2012; Brittany Weiss – 2020; Sydney Stricklin – 2022; Kamryn Cannings – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Kamryn Cannings – 49.77 (4^th)

Liberty Entrants: Kamryn Cannings, Dakota Howard, Natalie Colarossi, Sadie Huenefeld, Carly Larson, Faith Forsberg, Kaycee Cannings, Kalina Frick, Sarah Fleury,

Outlook: While a pair of 2025 100 freestyle convention champions is on this 12 months’s American Conference Championships, Tulane freshman Eliza Lennox holds the highest seed at 49.03. 2025 Sun Belt 100 champion Jamie Cornwell of James Madison is seeded second in 49.17, adopted by Marshall’s Elyse Wood (49.61). Liberty’s Kamryn Cannings is the fourth seed (49.77). Cannings gained the 100 free on the 2025 ASUN Championships in 48.45. FIU’s Diana Santamaria (49.90) and Oumy Diop (49.91) are seeded fifth and sixth, respectively.  

 

200-yard Backstroke

Defending Champion: Ava Hamblett (Rice) – 1:55.81

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Ava Hamblett (Rice) (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Matea Samardzic (SMU) – 1:52.69

2025-26 Leader: Gwyneth Frick (Liberty) – 1:56.10

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Eight (Payton Keiner – 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; Abbie Shaw – 2022, 2023 and 2024; Malia Francis – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Gwyneth Frick – 1:56.10 (1^st)

Liberty Entrants: Gwyneth Frick, Malia Francis, Sadie Stricklin, Margot Ritchie, Layne Jones   

Outlook: Liberty has gained the final eight convention 200 backstroke titles in a row. Despite every of final 12 months’s American Conference podium finishers return, Liberty has the highest two seeds in freshman Gwyneth Frick (1:56.10) and 2025 ASUN co-champion Malia Francis (1:57.06). Last 12 months’s American champion, Ava Hamblett of Rice, is seeded sixth (1:57.83), whereas 2025 AAC runner-up Meg Drover-Smith of FAU holds the third seed in 1:57.30. FIU’s Claudia Frasca of FIU is seeded fourth (1:57.54), adopted by ECU’s Elena Dinehart (1:57.58). 2025 Sun Belt 200 again gold medalist Kseniia Luniushina of Marshall holds the ninth seed at 1:58.36.

 

200-yard Breaststroke

Defending Champion: Nicole Frank (FIU) – 2:10.49

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Nicole Frank (FIU) (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Christie Chue (FIU), 2024 – 2:07.99

2025-26 Leader: Aly Bozzuto (Liberty) – 2:11.21

Liberty Event Titles (Last): Three (Emilie Kaufman – 2013 and 2014; Aly Bozzuto – 2025)

Liberty’s Top Entry Time: Aly Bozzuto – 2:11.21 (1^st)

Liberty Entrants: Aly Bozzuto, Karis Francis,  

Outlook: Defending American Conference 200 breaststroke champion Nicole Frank of FIU is seeded third in 2:12.87 this season. 2025 ASUN champion Aly Bozzuto holds the highest seed with a program-record 2:11.21. Bozzuto defeated Frank head-to-head on this occasion in a twin meet at FIU within the fall. FAU’s Nula Gow (2:12.85) is seeded third. Reese Cole of Rice holds the fourth seed at 2:13.20, adopted by FAU’s Bilu Bianchi (2:13.64).. 2025 Sun Belt 200 breaststroke champion Riley Bridgman of JMU has the 27^th finest time in 2:20.59.

 

Platform Diving

Defending Champion: Frida Zuniga Guzman (ECU), 2025 – 310.08

Top Returnee from 2025 Meet (Place): Frida Zuniga Guzman (Champion)

Championship Meet Record: Frida Zuniga Guzman (ECU), 2025 – 310.08

2025-26 Leader: Kristina Keenan (FIU) – 247.30

Liberty Event Titles (Last):

Liberty’s Top Entry: Shannon Icard – 242.40 (2^nd)

Liberty Entrants: Shannon Icard, Savannah Watts, Tayler Curlee, Mercy Goodnight, Chloe LaCount, Elizabeth Mumau, Rachel Laraio, Kayla Walsh

Outlook: Defending American Conference champion Frida Zuniga Guzman of East Carolina set the championship report on platform final 12 months. Liberty’s Shannon Icard certified for the 2025 NCAA Zone Championships on platform, successful the exhibition platform diving occasion on the 2025 ASUN Championships. FIU returns the divers who completed second (Brooke Megdall), third (Kristina Keenan) and fourth (Ruska Lehtonen) on platform on the 2025 American Championships. Keenan is the highest seed at 247.30, with Icard (242.40) being second. Rice has the third (Antonina Harned – 234.45) and fourth (Morgan Robson – 221.35) seed, whereas Liberty’s Savannah Watts (220.50) is fifth.