Aggie Ladies Qualify Four People, Four Relays to NCAA Meet – Texas A&M Athletics

INDIANAPOLIS – Four Texas A&M swimmers and 4 relays acquired invites to the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship, the NCAA introduced on Wednesday.

Earning particular person invites have been sophomore Ella McQuinn, junior Hannah O’Leary, fifth-year senior Kaitlyn Owens and junior Ava Whitaker. It shall be Owens’ fourth journey to the NCAA Championships and second for Whitaker and McQuinn, whereas O’Leary is making her nationwide meet debut.

McQuinn, from Round Rock, Texas, earned her berth on the nationwide meet within the 100-yard freestyle after attaining a time of 47.99 on the ultimate day of the SEC Championships. She can even compete within the 200 free and 100 breaststroke by advantage of assembly the NCAA qualifying commonplace in these races.

O’Leary, additionally from Round Rock, was invited within the 200 breaststroke after logging a lifetime finest of two:08.62 on the SMU Last Chance final weekend and in addition had an NCAA qualifying time within the 400 IM.

Owens, from College Station, Texas, certified for nationals within the 100 backstroke along with her private file of 51.06 from a victory in a twin meet vs. Alabama.

Whitaker, from Nacogdoches, Texas, earned her spot within the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:54.86 on the SMU Last Chance and in addition has achieved the NCAA qualifying commonplace within the 100 fly. She competed within the 100 and 200 fly on the 2025 NCAA Championships whereas competing for Indiana.


Texas A&M superior the 200 and 400 free and medley relays to the nationwide meet. Filling out the swimming portion of the Aggies’ NCAA crew are a trio of relay alternates: graduate Claire Gass (Celina, Ohio), freshman Reagan Sherrard (College Station, Texas) and freshman Eloise Williamson (Garland, Texas).


The Aggie girls study their full NCAA crew after subsequent week’s NCAA Zone Diving Championships, which shall be contested on the Texas A&M Student Recreation Natatorium Monday via Wednesday. Texas A&M has 10 divers competing at Zones: Gabby Filzen, Bridget Foster, Chloe McKnight, Julie Moons and Joslyn Oakley from the ladies’s crew and Matthew Aigner, Jaxon Bowshire, Charles Reuter, Nathan Stone and Emilio Trevio from the boys’s squad.