Clarion Swimming & Diving: Castellanos Caps Clarion Profession with 1-Meter Win at NCAAs

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (EYT) — Luna Castellanos gained her fifth profession particular person nationwide championship and claimed the sixty fourth complete nationwide title for Golden Eagles ladies’s swimming & diving on Saturday, successful the 1-Meter board on the 2026 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships.

Competing within the last occasion of her collegiate profession, Castellanos authored one last championship efficiency. The senior posted a rating of 496.50, kicking issues off within the last with an Inward 1 ½ Somersault Pike that was her finest rating of the evening. She had the highest rating of the spherical in two of the six dives within the last, giving her the fifth nationwide championship of her profession.

With 5 nationwide championships, Castellanos tied former Golden Eagle Kayla Kelosky for second-most particular person ladies’s diving championships in NCAA historical past. Another Golden Eagle, Jamie Wolf, holds the file of seven. Castellanos gained the championship within the Women’s 1-Meter Dive thrice in her profession, tying her with Kelosky (1-Meter) and Wolf (1-Meter) for the second most nationwide championships in a single occasion in NCAA historical past. Wolf holds that file as nicely, with 4 3-Meter championships from 2004-07.

Castellanos was not the one Golden Eagle to make historical past on Saturday evening. Taelyn Thomas took fourth within the subject with a rating of 483.60, nevertheless it was her sixth and last dive that stood out. She nailed an Inward 2 ½ Somersault Tuck for a rating of 68.20, believed to be one of many highest scores for a single dive in NCAA Division II championships historical past.

Colleen Hudson — the nationwide champion within the Women’s 3-Meter simply two days in the past — had one other podium worthy efficiency on Saturday. She took third within the 1-Meter dive with a rating of 487.25, together with a rating of 54.60 on a Forward 2 ½ Somersault Pike.

Earlier within the day, Katie Madigan wrapped her personal collegiate profession with an All-America Honorable Mention honor. Madigan gained the comfort last and took ninth general with a rating of 442.95.