Bodhidatta Caps Standout Profession with Third NCAA Look

INDIANAPOLIS – Senior Madi Bodhidatta closed the ebook on an distinctive collegiate profession this week, representing Cal Lutheran on the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships contained in the Indiana University Natatorium.

Competing among the many nation’s high swimmers for the third consecutive season, Bodhidatta as soon as once more proved herself on the nationwide stage, participating in three particular person occasions throughout the four-day meet.

She opened competitors on Wednesday within the 50 freestyle, ending tied for thirty second with a time of 23.60. Bodhidatta returned to the pool Thursday for the 100 butterfly, the place she turned in a robust efficiency, putting thirty fourth in 56.51, simply .24 seconds shy of her personal program report set finally 12 months’s nationwide championships.

On Saturday, Bodhidatta wrapped up her collegiate profession within the 100 freestyle, touching in 52.21 to put 51st within the prelims.

While she didn’t advance to finals this 12 months, Bodhidatta’s presence on the nationwide meet marked a becoming conclusion to one of the completed careers in program historical past. A 3-time NCAA qualifier and All-SCIAC performer, she leaves Cal Lutheran as a record-holder, chief, and cornerstone of the Regals’ success within the pool.

“What I saw this week from Madi first of all was the best focus of anyone we’ve had on our team in years,” mentioned Head Coach Barry Schreifels. “She dialed in what she had to do, she prepared, she was physically ready, and when she is getting closer and closer to a race, you can see her focus narrowing and narrowing, and by the time the race starts, she is dead focused on going when the beep goes.”

Schreifels additionally expressed that he noticed Bodhidatta “carrying a culmination of her career” on the nationwide stage.

“She’s set more team records than anyone in the history of our school, and she’s broken many of her own records over her career, so I was really proud of her for that,” he mentioned. “She was representing our school, representing our history, and she’s very visible at these meets. Everybody cheers for her, certainly the teams that have competed against her in our conference, but also the teams around us. She’s somebody that has brought a lot of really positive attention to our school and our program.”

“Madi came here and started with good times but not NCAA times, and then she saw the rhythm in her first year and saw what NCAAs was with some of our people going, and she flipped a page,” mentioned Schreifels. “She said ‘I’m gonna do that’ and she came in the next year more prepared and just ready to make that next step. We’ve had boys go who took their whole career to make it and were very successful swimmers here, but Madi just said after that first year ‘I’m going’. Again, her focus led her to do everything that helped her make it the last three years, and that is very impressive.”

Schreifels additionally emphasised Bodhidatta’s impression outdoors the pool.

“Out of the water, she’s somebody that doesn’t tolerate things that interfere with the purpose of what we’re doing,” he mentioned. “She knows what she has to do and inspires other people to follow.”

“Madi always has our young sprinters trailing her,” Schreifels added. “They want her to rub off on them, and for her habits to become their habits. They’ve come to understand that she’s pretty special. Her influence has affected our entire program over her years here.”

Bodhidatta’s impression extends far past her leads to Indianapolis. From rewriting the report ebook to persistently competing among the many greatest within the nation, she helped elevate the usual for Cal Lutheran swimming and leaves a long-lasting legacy for future Regals to comply with.