Men’s Squad Dives Into 2026 NCAA Swim & Dive Championship – UK Athletics

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky males’s swimming and diving crew is prepared for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, with 9 swimmers incomes invites to the distinguished occasion the place the Wildcats completed twentieth a season in the past. The Championships might be hosted by Georgia Tech on March 25-28 on the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga.

Last 12 months, the lads’s squad had simply 4 members on the NCAA Championship: Carson Hick, Sam Duncan, Ryan Merani, and Levi Sandidge. Finishing 20^th, this was the lads’s squad’s highest end in 15 years. With greater than double the variety of members on this years championship, the squad hopes to do even higher.

The chosen males to signify the Wildcats embrace: sophomore Adomas Gatulis, junior Carson Hick, sophomore Javier Lopez Guillen, freshman Dziugas Miskinis, freshman Lysander Osman, junior Justin Peresse, senior Levi Sandidge, junior AJ Terry, and freshman Falemana Tuufui.

To begin competitors on Wednesday, the veteran milers will take the pool first. Returning to NCAAs, Sandidge and Hick will prepared the ground, guiding one other miler newcomer in Miskinis. Sandidge and Hick each completed high eight final 12 months and look to attain some factors for the Cats on day one.

Following the mile for the Wildcats on Wednesday would be the 200 medley relay squad of Gatulis, Lopez Guillen, Osman, and Tuufui.

Moving onto Thursday, Sandidge will compete as soon as once more to begin the day, however this time within the 400 IM. Gatulis will compete within the 100 breaststroke, his first particular person occasion of the week. Wrapping the second day would be the 200 free relay of Osman, Peresse, Terry, and Tuufui.

Friday will function Osman in two particular person occasions with the 100 again and the 50 free. Sandidge and Hick will compete within the 500 free, and Gatulis the 200 breast. The 400-medley relay of Gatulis, Lopez Guillen, Osman, and Tuufui will end competitors on Friday as soon as once more.

Onto the final day of NCAA competitors, Osman will take the pool as soon as once more for the 100 free. The total swim championship will wrap with the 400 free relay the place Osman, Peresse, Terry, and Tuufui will signify the blue and white one closing time to wrap up the 2025-26 collegiate season.

Already filled with record-breaking performances thus far this season, the lads’s squad hopes to interrupt some extra in Atlanta. The crew is trying ahead to an incredible subsequent few days of competitors, introduced with some quick swims and instances.

Prelims for every day will start at 10 a.m. ET, with finals at 6 p.m. ET. Each session might be accessible for streaming on ESPN+, with dwell outcomes on MeetMobile. For extra info on the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, click on here.

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Qualifiers:

Adomas Gatulis: 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay

Carson Hick: 1650 free, 500 free

Javier Lopez: 200 Medley relay, 400 Medley relay

Dziugas Miskinis: 1650 free

Lysander Osman: 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free relay, 100 again, 50 free, 400 Medley relay, 100 free, 400 Free relay

Justin Peresse: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Levi Sandidge: 1650 free, 400 IM, 500 free

AJ Terry: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Falemana Tuufui:  200 Medley Relay, 200 Free relay, 400 Medley relay, 400 Free relay

 

Championship Schedule:

• Wednesday, March 25
  • 1650-yard freestyle
  • 200-yard medley relay
  • 800-yard freestyle relay
• Thursday, March 26
  • 100-yard butterfly
  • 400-yard particular person medley
  • 200-yard freestyle
  • 100-yard breaststroke
  • 200-yard freestyle relay
  • One-meter diving
• Friday, March 27
  • 100-yard backstroke
  • 200-yard breaststroke
  • 500-yard freestyle
  • 50-yard freestyle
  • 400-yard medley relay
  • Three-meter diving
• Saturday, March 28
  • 200-yard particular person medley
  • 100-yard freestyle
  • 200-yard butterfly
  • 200-yard backstroke
  • 400-yard freestyle relay
  • Platform diving