Men’s Swimming & Diving Staff of 10 Begins at NCAA’s on Wednesday

MEDFORD, MA (March 16, 2026) – The Tufts University males’s swimming & diving workforce will cap its 2025-26 season this week on the NCAA Division III Championships to be held at IU Natatorium on the campus of IU Indianapolis this Wednesday by way of Saturday.

The 10 Jumbos who certified nationally this season are senior Armaan Sikka, juniors Will Kaminski, Jack Nussbaum, Rafae Shafi, Jan Springer and Jay Wilkinson, sophomores Max Gerke and Ron Lyubman and freshmen Nico Ogawa and Isaac Shang.

Championship Details:

2026 NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships
Dates: Wednesday, March 18 by way of Saturday, March 21
Location: Indianapolis, IN – IU Natatorirum
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“This season has been special,” head coach Adam Hoyt stated about each the boys’s and ladies’s groups. “After graduating 20 team members and adding 20 new team members to our roster, we’ve worked together with everyone on the team this season to build this team’s identity and reinforce Tufts Swimming and Diving values.  Our upperclassmen have done a great job setting expectations for our team and have worked hard to build a connected and resilient group that supports each other in all moments.  We’re very proud of the work this team put into the season thus far, and we’re excited to have the opportunity to compete at the highest level this week.”  

The motion will get began for the Tufts males on Wednesday with 4 occasions. Lyubman leads the Jumbos within the 500 freestyle because the twelfth seed with a 4:28.26 time. He’ll be joined by Shafi (4:30.79) and Nussbaum (5:00.28). Kaminski ranks twentieth within the 50 freestyle on Wednesday along with his 20.27 mark, whereas Sikka (20.42) can even swim the 50 free. Wilkinson begins his NCAA week with the three-meter diving occasion on Wednesday, whereas the primary relay within the pool for Tufts would be the 400-yard medley foursome. The seed time of three:19.06 was recorded by Ogawa, Nussbaum, Gerke and Sikka, although the NCAA line-up might change.

Lyubman will lead off the Jumbos once more on Thursday within the 200 freestyle, the place his 1:37.62 time is the varsity document and ranks thirteenth within the occasion. Shafi is simply exterior of the highest 20 along with his 1:38.40 seed time within the occasion. For the 100 butterfly, Sikka’s 48.23 to win the NESCAC title is #26 on the NCAA meet  and Gerke (48.38) can even characterize the Jumbos. They are each a part of the 200 freestyle relay – together with Shang and Kaminski – whose 1:19.62 qualifying time broke the varsity document and is #7 at NCAA’s.

Friday begins with the 200 medley relay, the place Tufts’ males are the eleventh seed with their 1:27.78 mark. Ogawa, Kaminski, Sikka and Gerke produced the qualifying time, although once more, relay line-ups are topic to vary. Nussbaum within the 100 breaststroke (55.59) and Wilkinson in one-meter diving compete on a comparatively gentle day for Jumbo particular person occasions. Wilkinson was the NESCAC and NCAA Regional champion in one-meter diving this yr. The Jumbos are additionally within the 800 freestyle relay on Friday with the #18 time of 6:36.78.

The ultimate day of the meet on Saturday will characteristic among the increased particular person Jumbo seeds. It will begin with the 100 freestyle, the place Sikka is ranked fifteenth at 44.19 seconds and Lyubman can even compete. Nussbaum along with his 1:58.97 school-record time is the 14th seed for the 200 breaststroke. Shafi is seeded eleventh for the 1650 freestyle on Saturday along with his 15:39.56 mark. As all the time, the prelims and finals shut with the 400 freestyle relay the place the Jumbos are entered eighth (2:57.48). Kaminski, Springer, Gerke and Sikka had been the foursome.

Sikka has now certified for the NCAA meet in all 4 of his seasons at Tufts. Shafi certified for the third straight season, whereas Kaminski, Lyubman and Nussbaum are nationwide qualifiers for the second time. Gerke, Ogawa, Shang and Springer will make their first journey to NCAA’s.

Tufts has been among the many high 10 groups on the final three NCAA Championships, together with seventh final yr.

 

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