MIAC swimmers chosen for NCAA championships, divers set for regionals

INDIANAPOLIS – Three swimmers from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) have been chosen to compete on the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships.



Saint Benedict junior Haley Zelen was chosen for nationals within the ladies’s 50 freestyle (23.07), 100 freestyle (50.79), and 100 butterfly (54.10), whereas Saint John’s senior Brayden Slavik certified within the males’s 1,650 freestyle (15:32.16), and Gustavus junior Braden Ripken made the reduce within the males’s 100 breaststroke (53.76).

Twelve MIAC divers additionally certified for this weekend’s NCAA Central Regional in Kalamazoo, Michigan, together with Carleton’s Nina Schwab and Haley Westrup, Gustavus’ Gabriella Stoudt, Macalester’s Ainsley Kashatus, and St. Olaf’s Savannah Carr, Emma Haines, Zibby Hanifl, Eric Johnson, and Alayna McCormick within the ladies’s occasions, together with Carleton’s Hans Anderson, Hamline’s Kevin Bossou, Saint John’s Cody Watts within the males’s occasions.

 

Select divers from the 4 NCAA regionals on February 27-28 will advance to the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships.

 

The 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships can be held March 18-21 on the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Franklin College, the Indiana Sports Corporation, and the IU Natatorium will function hosts.

 

The full checklist of all swimmers competing within the championships is accessible on-line at ncaa.org. Selected divers can be added to the web site on Monday, March 2.

 

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