Nine Men’s Swimmers Qualify for NCAA DIII Championship Meet

MEDFORD, MA (February 27, 2026) – Nine Tufts University swimmers have certified to compete on the 2026 NCAA Division III Men’s Championships in Indianapolis March 18-21.

The Jumbos who posted nationwide qualifying instances this season are senior Armaan Sikka, juniors Will Kaminski, Jack Nussbaum, Rafae Shafi and Jan Springer, sophomores Max Gerke and Ron Lyubman and freshmen Nico Ogawa and Isaac Shang.

Sikka has now certified for the NCAA meet in all 4 of his seasons at Tufts. Shafi certified for the third straight season, whereas Kaminski, Lyubman and Nussbaum are nationwide qualifiers for the second time. Gerke, Ogawa, Shang and Springer will make their first journey to NCAA’s.

The Jumbo 200 freestyle relay is the staff’s highest seed with their 1:19.62 time that broke the varsity report on the NESCAC Championships. The qualifying foursome is Shang, Kaminski, Gerke and Sikka. The highest particular person seed getting into NCAA’s for the Jumbos is Shafae’s 15:39.56 within the 1650 freestyle, which is eleventh. The Jumbos may have entries in 13 of the 18 swimming occasions total.

Tufts will look so as to add divers to its NCAA roster over the weekend. Jumbo juniors Elias Brandt and Jay Wilkinson are competing on the NCAA Diving Regional held at Connecticut College on Friday and Saturday, from which 4 divers will transfer on to Nationals.

GoTuftsJumbos.com will run a full Tufts Men’s Swimming & Diving NCAA preview nearer to the meet. In the meantime, for the total line-up of entries see the unofficial psych sheet at NCAA.org.

 

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