Auburn males to ship eight swimmers to NCAA Championships – Auburn Tigers

AUBURN, Ala. – Four Auburn men’s swimmers and four relay alternates have been selected to compete at the 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 25-28, at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Uros Zivanovic (100 breast), Maston Ballew (100 breast, 200 breast, 400 IM), Abdalla Nasr (100 fly, 200 fly) and Daniel Krichevsky (100 free, 200 free, 100 fly) have all earned the right to compete at NCAAs later this month. 

Kalle Makinen, Sohib Khaled, Luke Bedsole and Warner Russ will accompany the team as relay alternates. 

The Tigers’ freshmen trio of Ballew, Nasr and Krichevsky will all be making their first appearance at the championships. Zivanovic, a sophomore transfer from Georgia Tech, has earned his second trip to NCAAs. Last year, the Serbian finished 34th and also helped the 200 medley relay squad to a 14th-place finish for All-American Honorable Mention honors. 

Across the 2025-26 campaign, Auburn’s four NCAA qualifiers have accounted for seven top-10 swims in program history, including the second-fastest effort in the 100 breast (51.10) from Zivanovic and the second-fastest swim in the 200 breast (1:52.10) from Ballew. 

The group joins diver Ethan Swart, who has already qualified for the championships in the 1-meter competition. 

Action at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships begins on March 25 at historic McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.