Swimming & Diving Set for Patriot League Championships at Navy from Wednesday to Saturday

WASHINGTON – After a one-year transfer to Bucknell, the 2026 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships return to the United States Naval Academy from Feb. 18-21 at Lejeune Hall. The Eagles have a younger however proficient group prepared to enhance on seventh (ladies) and ninth-place (males) finishes from a yr in the past. The ladies’s group has great depth within the dash freestyle occasions, in addition to a miler seeded within the prime 5. The males’s group additionally has a quantity athletes able to scoring group factors.

Meet Information

Session Times

• Wednesday – 2 p.m. diving trials adopted by diving comfort ultimate, 5 p.m. finals (3M ladies’s diving, 200 medley relay, 800 free relay)
• Thursday – 10 a.m. swimming trials, 1 p.m. diving trials adopted by diving comfort ultimate, 6 p.m. finals (500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 1M males’s diving, 400 medley relay)
• Friday – 10 a.m. swimming trials, 1 p.m. diving trials adopted by diving comfort ultimate, 6 p.m. finals (100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 again, 1M ladies’s diving, 200 free relay)
• Saturday – 10 a.m. swimming trials, 1 p.m. diving trials adopted by diving comfort ultimate, 6 p.m. finals (200 again, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 1650 free, 3M males’s diving, 400 freestyle relay)

Fans

• The fan shuttle bus from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium runs from 4-9 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m. (or previous the top of the session) Thursday-Saturday. Tickets stay on sale by way of the Navy Ticket Office (Wednesday night time is free).

ESPN+ Video

• Each session may have its personal ESPN+ hyperlink (see under).

Live Results

• Live outcomes will likely be accessible HERE and thru the MeetCell app for the swimming occasions, and thru divemeets.com for the diving occasions.

Women’s Athletes to Watch

• Sophomore Piper Crosby will likely be a large title to look at for the Eagles. She is seeded second within the 100 backstroke simply 0.65 seconds behind first, and fifth within the 50 freestyle. Starting this season, all NCAA convention champions routinely qualify for March’s NCAA Championships. 
• Senior Isabel McGovern will additionally have an action-packed program this week, as she is seeded to attain in every of her three particular person occasions and also will swim on 4 relays. She gained each the 100 and 200 fly on the Patriot Invitational, occasions she is seeded thirteenth and 14th in, respectively. 
• Sophomore Marin Priddy will likely be one other key sprinter for the Eagles, as she is seeded eleventh within the 50 free and twentieth within the 100 free. But her greatest seeded occasion is in breaststroke, as she is seeded tenth. 
• Junior Kate Williams will likely be trying to enhance upon two consecutive years of scoring at this meet. She’ll swim within the finals session on Saturday night time within the 1650 free, the place she is seeded fifth. She’s additionally seeded to attain within the 500 free. 
• Senior divers Peyton Thurman and Maggie Fanning will dive for the ultimate time at this meet. Both have solidified themselves in this system’s prime 16 all-time checklist and will look to attain some large factors for the Eagles within the diving competitions. 

Men’s Athletes to Watch

• Sophomore Luke Martens is ready to swim the triple distance occasions of the five hundred free, 400 IM, and the 1650 free, the place he’s seeded twenty second. He is presently prime 16 in all three occasions and led the Eagles in factors on the Patriot Invitational. 
• Junior Lucas Standridge will swim all three dash freestyle occasions within the 50, 100, and 200, the latter of which he has scored in during the last two Patriot League Championships and is sixth in program historical past. 
• Sophomore Sean Memon and freshman Alex Way are set to compete for the Eagles on the diving board. At final yr’s meet, Memon certified for the C-final within the three meter. Like Thurman and Fanning, each are prime 16 in program historical past in each the one meter and three meter.  
• The Eagles have large depth within the 200 fly, with 4 swimmers—seniors Daniel Coughlin and Madan Morris, junior Ryan Tiffany, and sophomore Cole Coffman—reaching the B-final of November’s Patriot Invitational within the occasion. At final yr’s Patriot League Championships, Tiffany reached the C-final on this occasion and recorded a time in finals that put him sixth all-time. 

2026 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championship ESPN+ Links 

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Finals (5:00 PM) — https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/636bde2e-066c-49e9-a4bd-64911dc89060

Thursday, Feb. 19

Prelims (10:00 AM) — https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/1a7f0d04-0fb3-4fc6-a2b8-fcb3c8d710d0

Finals (6:00 PM) — https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/ec27261a-1238-42b2-8263-38a95bb6f890

Friday, Feb. 20

Prelims (10:00 AM) — https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/a278b46f-bb77-4370-98d7-421fc5cf0ef3

Finals (6:00 PM) — https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/54b49f9b-bdd9-4a95-821a-084d3e6b75e0

Saturday, Feb. 21

Prelims (10:00 AM) — https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/56662cc8-4b3c-4bb3-81fa-cea3faacc520

Finals (6:00 PM) — https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/8713b303-e58c-4205-ad5b-8310f622918c