Bethel University to host NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championships in Elkhart

ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) – The NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championships are returning to northern Indiana for the second yr in a row.

Bethel University introduced that it has partnered with the ‘Elkhart Community Foundation’ and the ‘Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau’ to host championships for the second consecutive yr.

The occasion will happen beginning on Wednesday and can final till March seventh at Beacon’s Elkhart Health and Aquatics.

This is a continuation of the pattern of Bethel internet hosting nationwide athletic occasions, most lately in 2025 for the primary and second rounds of the NAIA, males’s soccer nationwide match.

“When you bring that many athletes in… So not only 300 athletes, but then you have coaches, trainers, and then, umm family, then it’s just multiplied. Right, so. We think of it when, they’re not here just all-day swimming, but then afterwards they’re going to the restaurants and staying at the hotels,” mentioned Jon Hunsberger the chief director of the Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Tickets could be bought by way of hometown ticketing on-line at $20 for a single day move, or $60 for your complete occasion.

Children ages 12 and beneath should purchase a single day ticket for $5 with the total occasion move being $20.

Keep in thoughts, these costs are previous to any on-line charges.

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