Michigan Males to Ship Seven Swimmers to Atlanta for NCAA Championships

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Seven swimmers from the No. 10-ranked University of Michigan males’s swimming and diving staff have certified for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, the affiliation introduced Wednesday (March 11).

Luka Mladenovic and Tyler Ray lead the Wolverines with three occasion {qualifications} every. Ray earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships honors after successful the 100- and 200-yard butterfly occasions individually and serving to the Maize and Blue to 2 relay convention titles.

Mladenovic swept the breaststroke occasions and joined Ray with two relay victories on the Big Ten Championships.

Colin Geer and Lorne Wigginton certified for 2 races apiece. Geer will compete for a nationwide title within the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard IM, the place he ranks second nationally with an entry time of 1:40.15.

Wigginton will race within the 400-yard IM and the 500-yard freestyle. He set the college file within the 400 IM on the Big Ten Championships with a time of three:35.21, rating third nationally.

Rounding out the person qualifiers are Eitan Ben-Shitrit, Ole Eidam and Jack Wilkening. Ben-Shitrit will be a part of Geer and Mladenovic within the 200-yard IM, whereas Eidam will symbolize U-M within the 100-yard butterfly. Wilkening will shut his Michigan profession within the 100-yard backstroke.

The NCAA Championships start March 25 in Atlanta, Ga., at McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech.