Five Bulldogs Invited to NCAA Championships

ATHENS, Ga. – Five members of the University of Georgia girls’s swimming and diving group have been invited to the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships Wednesday morning.

The 5 Bulldogs, joined by 4 relay alternates, will head to Atlanta for the occasion, operating March 18-21 at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center.

Freshman Kennedi Dobson leads the Bulldog delegation with No. 2 seeds in each the 500-yard and 1,650-yard freestyle, together with the ten^th seed within the 200y freestyle. Fellow freshmen Clarke Neace and Elizabeth Nawrocki additionally obtained bids of their rookie campaigns, with Neace ranked 13^th within the mile and Nawrocki seeded 24^th within the 200y breaststroke.

Senior Ieva Maluka earned her third profession invitation to the NCAA Championships, slotting 18^th within the 200y butterfly and 20^th within the 400y particular person medley. Sophomore Marie Landreneau will make her second look, qualifying for the 200y (#22) and 500y freestyle (#24).

Georgia will compete in three relays at NCAAs, main with the eighth-seeded 800y freestyle relay. The 800 free relay will compete in Wednesday’s finals session, whereas the 200y freestyle and 400y freestyle relays will compete in timed finals through the morning periods on Thursday and Saturday. In one other change to the NCAA Championships schedule, solely ‘A’ particular person finalists will compete within the night periods.

Georgia has additionally chosen 4 student-athletes as relay alternates: seniors Shea Furse and Emma Norton, sophomore Katie Belle Sikes, and freshman Hayden Hollingsworth. Furse was additionally ranked because the No. 10 nationwide alternate for her time of 1:44.31 within the 200y freestyle.

Junior diver Michelle Cummo will compete subsequent week on the Zone B Diving Championships at Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium for the chance to affix the roster. She is slated to compete within the 1-meter on Monday and 3-meter on Tuesday.


The invites for the 2026 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming & Diving Championships, additionally being held in Atlanta on March 25-28, will likely be introduced subsequent Wednesday.

QUALIFIERS
Psych sheet seed in parentheses
Kennedi Dobson – 500y Freestyle (#2), 1,650y Freestyle (#2), 200y Freestyle (#10)
Marie Landreneau – 200y Freestyle (#22), 500y Freestyle (#24)
Ieva Maluka – 200y Butterfly (#18), 400y IM (#20)
Elizabeth Nawrocki – 200y Breaststroke (#24)
Clarke Neace – 1,650y Freestyle (#13)

RELAY ALTERNATES
Shea Furse
Hayden Hollingsworth
Emma Norton
Katie Belle Sikes