Eight Patriot League Men’s Swimmers Qualify for NCAA Championships (3.12.26)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Eight Patriot League males’s swimming student-athletes from Army West Point, Loyola Maryland and Navy have certified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships when it was introduced by the subcommittee on Wednesday.
 
The championships will happen March 25-28 on the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta and can be hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology. Selected divers can be introduced on Thursday, March 12.
 
ESPN+ will present stay digital protection for preliminary and finals periods from Wednesday via Saturday.
 
Representing the Patriot League are Army West Point sophomore Johnny Crush (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle) and senior Kohen Rankin (100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke); Navy senior Ben Denman-Grimm (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle), junior Ben Irwin (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly), sophomore Gary Jones (200-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle), freshman Chase Maier (1,650-yard freestyle) and senior Michael Phillips (200-yard breaststroke); and Loyola Maryland junior Joe Hayburn (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke).
 
Additionally, the Black Knights will compete within the 200-yard medley, 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays, whereas the Midshipmen will race within the 200-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.
 
Hayburn Qualifies For NCAA Championships In 100, 200 Backstrokes
BALTIMORE, Md. – Loyola University Maryland junior Joe Hayburn turned the fourth Greyhounds student-athlete in class historical past to qualify for a person NCAA Championships occasion in any sport on Wednesday when he was named to the sphere of the 2026 Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
 
FULL STORY – Courtesy of Loyola Maryland Athletic Communications
 
Navy Qualifies Five for NCAA Men’s Swimming Championship
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Five Navy swimmers and 4 relay groups have formally acquired their invites to compete on the NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship in two weeks. The announcement of the sphere for the nationwide championship slated to be held March 25-28 in Atlanta was made Wednesday.

The 5 particular person occasion qualifiers are essentially the most for the Mids the 1970 crew additionally despatched 5 to the NCAA Championship.

 

FULL STORY – Courtesy of Navy Athletic Communications

 

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