NJAC Packages Set for 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships

INDIANAPOLIS – Six New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) packages will likely be represented on the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, scheduled for March 18–21 on the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Student-athletes from Kean, Rowan, Salisbury, TCNJ, Mary Washington, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy will take part within the nationwide meet throughout particular person swimming occasions, relays, and diving competitors.
 
Rowan’s Ella Pennington enters the championship as one of many convention’s high nationwide contenders. Pennington holds the No. 1 seed in each the 100 butterfly (53.87) and 200 backstroke (1:58.84) and can be seeded second nationally within the 100 backstroke (54.45). She will likely be joined by teammate Kaitlyn Crouthamel, who will compete within the 500 freestyle, 400 particular person medley, and 1650 freestyle.
 
Kean sophomore Braelyn Wilson will compete in three particular person occasions—the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and 100 backstroke—and also will swim on relay groups for the Cougars. Wilson enters the 100 backstroke seeded third nationally (54.46), simply behind Pennington, giving the NJAC two of the highest three seeds within the occasion. Teammate Olivia Chow may even compete within the 200 particular person medley and 100 backstroke.
 
Salisbury will ship one of many convention’s largest contingents to Indianapolis, highlighted by Rowan O’Donoghue, who enters the meet seeded fourth nationally within the 200 freestyle (1:49.26) and sixth within the 500 freestyle (4:53.23) whereas additionally competing within the 100 freestyle. Teammate Addi Wood is seeded sixth within the 1650 freestyle (16:54.94) and also will swim the five hundred freestyle. The Sea Gulls may even characteristic Lily Griffin, Libby Miyashita, and Maddie Powell in particular person occasions whereas competing in a number of relays.
 
Mary Washington’s Soleil Clifford may even characterize the NJAC contingent, competing within the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.
 
On the lads’s facet, TCNJ leads the NJAC contingent, sending swimmers into competitors throughout distance freestyle, particular person medley, butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke occasions whereas additionally fielding a number of relay groups.
 
Senior Steven Bendoraitis enters the championship seeded fifth within the 500 freestyle (4:26.12) and seventh within the 200 freestyle (1:37.14) whereas additionally competing within the 1650 freestyle. Teammate Gavin Formon is seeded fifth nationally within the 1650 freestyle (15:34.77) and also will swim the five hundred freestyle and 400 particular person medley.
 
TCNJ sophomore Joe McChesney will compete within the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and 200 butterfly, coming into the meet seeded fifth nationally within the 100 butterfly (47.19). Teammate Andrew Kidchob will swim the 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, and 100 breaststroke.
 
Salisbury may even be represented in males’s particular person competitors, with Cameron Byrd competing within the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly, Mason Potts swimming the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, and Dominick Kazzi competing within the 100 breaststroke. All three may even contribute to Salisbury relay lineups.
 
In diving competitors, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s Carter Kov will take part in each the 1-meter and 3-meter diving occasions, representing the convention in diving competitors.
 
Preliminary heats will happen every morning all through the four-day championship, with finals held every night. The high eight finishers in every occasion earn First Team All-America honors, whereas locations 9–16 obtain Second Team All-America recognition.