Nebraska Swim and Dive March to NCAA Championships – College of Nebraska

After a profitable 2025-26 marketing campaign, the Nebraska swimming and diving staff will ship 4 athletes to the 2026 NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga., to compete March 18-21 on the McAuley Aquatic Center. 

Ranking the Big Red at No. 25, SwimSwam awarded the Huskers their first energy rating of the season heading into nationals. Heading the staff are seniors Gena Jorgenson and Kelsey Clairmont, who will probably be competing of their fourth and third nationals, respectively. Also qualifying of their junior 12 months seasons are sprinter Beatrix Tanko and springboard diver Abby Baxter. 

Jorgenson, a two-time All-American, picked up an automated qualification to the Championships via her occasion title within the 1,650 freestyle on the 2026 Big Ten Championships. Her time of 15:45.36 broke her earlier faculty document from the 2025 NCAA Championships of 15:49.99. Her occasions within the 400 IM and 500 freestyle earned the Aberdeen, S.D., native extra alternatives to compete later within the week.

Currently holding the varsity document occasions in each the 400 IM and 500 free, Jorgenson will look to additional trim her occasions as she rounds out her time as a Husker. She improved on her earlier 4:11.51 swim from the 2024 championships, setting a brand new mark of 4:07.84 on the convention championships in Minneapolis, Minn. She set an extra faculty document on the convention championships within the 500 free, the place she swam to a third-place end of 4:39.15. 

Clairmont, a platform specialist, picked up her qualifying rating on the platform board on the Zone D Diving Championships final week in College Station, Texas. Amassing a rating whole of 513.25, Clairmont added a seventh-place end to earn one of many 45 competitors spots at nationals. 

Clairmont will compete on Saturday, March 21, the ultimate day of competitors, to complete her profession as a Husker. The constant contributor for the Big Red has earned {qualifications} in all 4 years on the three-meter and platform boards for the Zone D Championships.

Tanko certified for the 100 fly together with her faculty document time of 51.75 within the convention championship A finals. The junior from Budapest, Hungary, amassed 21 top-five finishes all through the season throughout the 50 and 100 free in addition to 100 fly. 

Her seventh-place end on the 2026 Big Ten Championships earned Tanko an invite to compete in her different specialised occasions, each of which she holds the varsity document time in (50 free, 22.17; 100 free, 48.56). 

In her second journey to nationals, Baxter will compete on the one- and three-meter boards together with her Zone D Diving performances. Hailing from Coppell, Texas, Baxter grabbed a pair of sixth-place finishes with a purpose to qualify for the championships. 

On the one-meter board, Baxter amassed a complete of 585.05 between prelims and finals, whereas she totaled a rating of 668.85 on the three-meter board. 

With a number of format modifications to the championships, the ‘B’ finals will probably be eliminated, and the highest eight swimmers will as a substitute swim within the finals. Places ninth via sixteenth will nonetheless earn second-team All-American standing, however won’t have a second swim. 

The championships will kick off on Wednesday, March 18, starting with the 1,650 free, the place Jorgenson will probably be ushering in her remaining swims as a Cornhusker. Events will run from Wednesday to Sunday with preliminary rounds starting at 9 a.m. CT and finals at 5 p.m. Competition will probably be streamed on ESPN+ and followed together with the reside outcomes linked to Huskers.com. 

Nebraska on the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Atlanta, Georgia (McAuley Aquatic Center)
March 18-21, 2026

Order of Events
Wednesday, March 18
1,650 Freestyle – Gena Jorgenson 

Thursday, March 19
100 Butterfly – Beatrix Tanko
400 IM – Gena Jorgenson 
1 Meter Diving – Abby Baxter 

Friday, March 20
500 Freestyle – Gena Jorgenson 
50 Freestyle – Beatrix Tanko
3 Meter Diving – Abby Baxter 

Saturday, March 21
100 Freestyle – Beatrix Tanko
Platform Diving – Kelsey Clairmont