Wilkinson NCAA Diving Berth Formally Introduced, Brandt Named as Alternate

MEDFORD, MA (March 2, 2026) – Tufts University junior diver Jay Wilkinson was formally introduced at this time as one of many 24 entries into the NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships developing later this month.

Tufts junior diver Elias Brandt was additionally introduced because the third alternate for NCAA Region 3.

Wilkinson gained the one-meter competitors on the NCAA Region 3 Diving Championships on Saturday, incomes an computerized berth into the nationwide championships. He compiled a 479.55 rating for the one-meter victory, whereas additionally ending fourth within the three-meter occasion on Friday (469.45).

This would be the second NCAA nationwide look for Wilkinson. He certified as a freshman in 2024 and completed sixteenth in three-meter to earn Honorable Mention All-American recognition. He was additionally nineteenth in one-meter on the 2024 NCAA’s.

Wilkinson gained the NESCAC one-meter championship this season with a 522.70 rating. During the regular-season, he amassed a 540.00 complete in one-meter and 531.43 in three-meter in Tufts’ twin meet in opposition to MIT on January 24.

The NCAA Division III Championship meet is scheduled for March 18-21 at IU Natatorium on the campus of IU Indianapolis. The males’s three-meter diving occasion will happen on Wednesday (Mar. 18) that week, whereas the lads’s one-meter competitors is ready for Friday (Mar. 20).

Brandt certified as an alternate primarily based upon his sixth-place end (447.05)  within the three-meter occasion on the Regional. He would turn into eligible for NCAA’s if three of the certified divers from Region 3 withdrew for any cause. Brandt certified as an alternate final yr as properly, however didn’t attend the meet.

On February 27, 9 Tufts males’s swimmers acquired berths to the nationwide championship meet. Wilkinson’s addition provides the Jumbos 10 complete qualifiers.

See the whole checklist of NCAA Division IIII Men’s Diving Qualifiers HERE.

 

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