Girls’s Swimming Qualifies Six Athletes for NCAA Championships

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou swimming and diving certified six swimmers from the ladies’s squad to compete on the 2026 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, the group introduced Wednesday. The competitors will happen March 18-21 at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Two Tigers certified for particular person occasions on the championships. Karolina Bank will swim within the 100 and 200 breast whereas Zara Zallen will compete within the 100 breast and 100 free.

Bank secured her bid on the SEC Championships (Feb. 16-21) when she positioned fourth within the 100 breast with a 58.96 time, the third quickest in Mizzou historical past. The Lafayette, Colorado, native ranks 25^th amongst NCAA Division I swimmers within the occasion.

Zallen punched her ticket on the Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 20-22, 2025) with a 59.41 swim, setting the fourth quickest time in Mizzou historical past. The Boulder, Colorado, native sits at 31^st towards NCAA Division I swimmers within the occasion.

The ladies’s 200 medley relay squad can even be making the journey to Atlanta. Libby Bakker, Zallen, Kylee Sullivan and Katie Kuehn earned their bid to the Championships after placing up a 1:35.95 efficiency on the Mizzou Qualifier (Feb. 28 – March 1). The squad is ranked 21^st within the occasion towards NCAA competitors. Paige Striley will function an alternate.

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Mizzou’s diving squad will journey to College Station, Texas, to compete within the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships in Rec Center Natatorium, March September 11.

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