Lai Heads to Atlanta to Compete within the NCAA Girls’s Swimming and Diving Championships

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ATLANTA, Ga. –Kansas junior Shiyun Lai punched her ticket to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center by scoring a duo of silver medals on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards on the NCAA Zone Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. This will mark Lai’s third consecutive qualification for the NCAA Championships.

“We are so thrilled Shiyun will represent our program this week at the NCAA Championship,” stated head coach Clark Campbell. “Her and Coach Allen have pointed to this moment all year. She’s ready to go.”

Lai posted scores of 647.15 and 706.80 on the 1-meter and 3-meter dive, respectively at zones. Additionally, Lai is a 3-time Big 12 Diver of the Week this season, has landed first in diving occasions eleven instances, and set a brand new college document within the platform diving occasion on the 2026 Big 12 Championship. 

At final 12 months’s NCAA Championships, Lai obtained All-America honors after putting sixth and seventh on the 3-meter and 1-meter dives, respectively.

The 1-meter diving occasion can be held on Thursday, Mar. 19, with preliminaries starting at 12:15  a.m. CT and finals to observe at 6:25 p.m. CT. The following day, the 3-meter dive will observe the identical instances on Friday, Mar. 20. Lai will compete in each occasions.

HOW TO FOLLOW

The NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships can be broadcasted stay on ESPN+.

ORDER OF EVENTS

Wednesday, Mar. 18

(finals at 6 p.m.)

1650-yard Freestyle

200-yard Medley Relay

800-yard Freestyle Relay

Thursday, Mar. 19

(prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.)

100-yard Butterfly

400-yard IM

200-yard Freestyle

100-yard Breastroke

200-yard Freestyle Relay

1-meter Diving

Friday, Mar. 20

(prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.)

100-yard Backstroke

200-yard Breastroke

500-yard Freestyle

50-yard Freestyle

400-yard Medley Relay

3-meter Diving 

Saturday, Mar. 21

(prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.)

200-yard IM

100-yard Freestyle

200-yard Butterfly

200-yard Backstroke

400-yard Freestyle Relay

Platform Diving


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