Males’s Swimming and Diving Climb to Third After Day Two of National Championships

The New York University males’s swimming and diving workforce continued its last meet of the season on Thursday, March 19, on the 2026 NCAA Division III Championships.

The meet is hosted by Franklin College on the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, IN.

After 9 occasions, the Violets are in third place with 169 factors.

“The men came out firing right from the start,” stated Head Swimming Coach Trevor Miele. “Seeing two of our guys battle it our in the 400 IM was legendary, and we’re looking forward to the rest of the weekend.”

The Violet males scored their first National Championship of the week within the 400-yard particular person medley (IM), as Max Nechydyuk (3:47.86) swam down teammate Conner Dean (3:48.03) on the freestyle leg to take the primary National Championship of his profession. Nechydyuk was the runner-up within the occasion in 2025.

“It’s tough that one of them had to lose, but it was an incredible head-to-head and an outstanding 1–2 finish,” stated Miele.

Both earned All-America honors for his or her swims. Victor Derani (3:53.74) and Sebastien Wenger (3:56.04) have been designated to the All-America Second Team after qualifying for the comfort last.

In the primary occasion of the night time session, Pierce Downs (1:37.34) gained the comfort last of the 200 freestyle and earned All-America Second Team.

Teddy McQuaid (47.96) and Leo Han (48.39) earned All-America Second Team honors within the 100 butterfly comfort last.
The workforce closed out Thursday night time with an All-American swim within the 200 freestyle relay. Teddy Cross, Downs, Stone Miller, and Greg Wehbe clocked in at 1:18.67, lacking out on second place by simply 0.04 seconds.

Day Three of the competitors kicks off on Friday morning at 10:00 AM EST with preliminary races and dives, adopted by the night finals, which start at 6:00 PM.