West Virginia Begins Competitors at Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University males’s and girls’s swimming and diving crew begins the five-day meet for the 2026 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships offered by Allstate on the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.

All periods will likely be streamed on ESPN+.

This is the second consecutive 12 months the championships have been hosted at a impartial web site. Last 12 months, the Big 12 competed in Federal Way, Washington.

In the second 12 months underneath head coach Brent MacDonald, the Mountaineers have seen vital enchancment. The males’s crew (3-2) has seen main contributions from newcomers all year long, with freshman Jake Salcedo main the best way within the distance occasions.
 
Salcedo has received a number of occasions all year long, swimming the 500-yard, 1000 and 1650 freestyle. He holds the second-fastest time in program historical past for the 1000-yard (8:13.38) freestyle and is fifth all-time within the 500 (4:23.80).
 
Virginia Tech switch, junior Vedaant Madhavan, has paired properly with Salcedo within the distance occasions. He has received the 1650-yard freestyle all year long for WVU, posting the second-fastest time in program historical past within the occasion on the WVU Invitational in November.
 
In the diving effectively, sophomore Levi Hellmann has constructed off a stellar freshman marketing campaign to steer the squad. In the crew’s final twin meet, he received on platform and positioned second on 1-meter in opposition to Penn State.
 
The girls’s crew (3-4) has additionally seen large contributions from a wide range of student-athletes. Sophomore MJ Gilligan has steadily risen to steer the crew within the 400-yard particular person medley. Against Penn State, she recorded the second-fastest time in program historical past for the occasion (4:18.21) and positioned second.
 
Freshman Macey Larson has put collectively a stellar freshman season, recording the fourth-fastest time in program historical past for the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.35) and the eighth-fastest time for the 200 breaststroke (2:16.86).
 
In the diving effectively, senior Abigail Sullivan continues to set the tone for the Mountaineers, successful a number of occasions all through the season.
 
Meet Schedule
Tuesday, Feb. 24

• 10 a.m. – Time Trials
• 5 p.m. – Finals
  • 200 medley relay
  • Women’s crew diving
  • Men’s crew diving
  • 800 freestyle relay

 Wednesday, Feb. 25

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 5:15 p.m. – Women’s 1-meter diving
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 500 freestyle
  • 200 particular person medley
  • 50 freestyle
  • Men’s 3-meter diving

Thursday, Feb. 26

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 5:15 p.m. – Men’s 1-meter diving
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 100 butterfly
  • 400 IM
  • 200 freestyle
  • Women’s 3-meter diving
  • 4×100 medley relay

 Friday, Feb. 27

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 200 butterfly
  • 100 breaststroke
  • 100 backstroke
  • Men’s platform diving
  • 200 freestyle relay

 Saturday, Feb. 28

• 10 a.m. – Prelims
• 6 p.m. – Finals
  • 200 backstroke
  • 100 freestyle
  • 1650 freestyle
  • 200 breaststroke
  • Women’s platform diving
  • 400 freestyle relay

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