Lukinac, 400 Relay Crew Win Gold, Women’s Swimming and Diving End Fourth at 2026 Ivy League Championship

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Morgan Lukinac gained two gold medals on Saturday because the Brown girls’s swimming and diving group completed fourth on the 2026 Ivy League Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship on the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center. A day after securing her spot within the NCAA Championship in Atlanta within the 100 free, Lukinac set a program document within the 200 free to win the occasion for the second time in her profession (2024). The last occasion was the 400 free relay, and Crystal Yuen, Isabella Dieffenthaller, Kelly Dolce, and Lukinac, who additionally gained the 800 relay on day one of many Brown-hosted match, secured gold once more.  

Lukinac’s 48.29 efficiency secured Brown’s first victory within the 100 free since 2006, whereas the 400 relay group gained gold for the primary time since 2004. Lukinac completed with 4 gold medals, and Dieffenthaller, Dolce, and Yuen every earned two.

Natalie Garre broke her personal mile document as she completed third general within the 1650 free with a time of 16:11.29. Yuen positioned seventh (16:25.71). In the morning prelims, Nadia Thomas completed seventh within the 200 backstroke and finally positioned sixth within the finals (1:56.79). After incomes first, fourth, and seventh-place finishes within the 100 free prelims, respectively, Lukinac was adopted by Dolce (third; 49.05) and Dieffenthaller (eighth; 49.54). 

Sumner Chmielewski completed seventh within the 200-yard butterfly with a time of two:00.35, and on the board, Elena Yeh positioned eighth within the 3-meter dive with a rating of 261.80.

The 2026 NCAA Zone A Diving competitors is scheduled for March 9/11 in Annapolis, Md. Isabella George and Elena Yeh achieved qualifying marks within the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, respectively. Bowie Krawczyk met the usual within the 1-meter, and Chloe Wong certified within the 3-meter dive.

2026 IVY LEAGUE WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM SCORES

1. Princeton – 1432

2. Penn – 1204

3. Harvard – 1153.5

4. Brown – 1137

5. Yale – 840

6. Cornell – 614.5

7. Columbia – 550.5  

8. Dartmouth – 523.5

1650 Free Finals

3. Natalie Garre 16:20.03 

7. Crystal Yuen 16:25.71

200 Back Finals

6. Nadia Thomas 1:56.79

10. Brooke Manning 1:56.71

14. Emilia Barck 1:58.30

100 Free Finals

1. Morgan Lukinac 48.29

4. Kelly Dolce 49.05

8. Isabella Dieffenthaller 49.54

13. Eva McIver-Jenkins 50.32

14. Lily Klinginsmith 50.36

18. Audrey Chung 50.23

200 Breast Finals

10. Kaitlyn Holmes 2:15.13

12, Amie Barrow 2:15.69

200 Fly Finals

7. Sumner Chmielewski 2:00.35

13. Beatrice Stewart 2:01.57

15. Eva McIver-Jenkins 2:02.62

20. Lizzy Washburn 2:03.31

3 Meter Finals 

8. Elena Yeh 261.80

400 Free Relay Finals

1. Kelly Dolce, Crystal Yuen, Morgan Lukinac, Isabella Dieffenthaller 3:14.72

 

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