Louisville Swimmers Set to Go Dancing at NCAAs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 7-ranked University of Louisville ladies’s swimming and diving staff had 12 swimmers qualify for the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships because the NCAA choice launch was revealed on Wednesday, Mar. 4. 

The ladies’s championship might be held at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta from Wednesday, Mar. 18 to Saturday, Mar. 21, and the meet might be streamed on ESPN+. ESPN+ will present stay digital protection for preliminary and finals classes Wednesday by means of Saturday. Tape-delayed protection of the ladies’s championships might be on ESPNU at 9 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Mar. 25.

Swimmers certified for the championships by assembly the established minimal time for the occasions during which they entered. 

Divers earn their automated spot for the championships on the Zone C Diving Championships, hosted by Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich. at Michael H. Jones Natatorium from Mar. Sep 11. Selected divers might be introduced on Thursday, Mar. 12. 

Summer Cardwell, Mia Cheatwood, Julia Dennis, Leticia Fassina Romao, Daria Golovaty, Anastasia Gorbenko, Thilda Hall, Kim Herkle, Caroline Larsen, Julie Mishler, Camille Murray, and Ella Welch together with relay swimmers Maya Bezanson and Xeniya Ignatova will symbolize the Cards down in Atlanta. 

Meet Information

 

Cardinal Qualifiers

Summer Cardwell (200 free)

Mia Cheatwood (100 breast, 200 breast)

Julia Dennis (50 free, 100 free)

Leticia Fassina Romao (1650 free)

Daria Golovaty (200 free, 500 free)

Anastasia Gorbenko (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM)

Thilda Hall (1650 free, 500 free)

Kim Herkle (400 IM, 200 breast, 200 IM)

Caroline Larsen (100 fly, 50 free, 100 free)

Julie Mishler (100 again, 50 free, 100 free)

Camille Murray (100 again)

Ella Welch (100 fly)

Maya Bezanson (Relay)

Xeniya Ignatova (Relay)

The Cardinals are additionally certified within the 200 medley relay, 800 free relay, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay and the 400 free relay.

Schedule of Events

• Wednesday, March 18:
• Prelims | 10 a.m.
• Finals | 6 p.m.
  • 1650-yard freestyle
  • 200-yard medley relay
  • 800-yard freestyle relay

• Thursday, March 19:
• Prelims | 10 a.m.
• Finals | 6 p.m.
  • 100-yard butterfly
  • 400-yard particular person medley
  • 200-yard freestyle
  • 100-yard breaststroke
  • 200-yard freestyle relay
  • One-meter diving

• Thursday, March 20:
• Prelims | 10 a.m.
• Finals | 6 p.m.
  • 100-yard backstroke
  • 200-yard breaststroke
  • 500-yard freestyle
  • 50-yard freestyle
  • 400-yard medley relay
  • Three-meter diving

• Saturday, March 21:
• Prelims | 10 a.m.
• Finals | 6 p.m.
  • 200-yard particular person medley
  • 100-yard freestyle
  • 200-yard butterfly
  • 200-yard backstroke
  • 400-yard freestyle relay
  • Platform diving

 

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