Palvadre Ends Oakland Profession at 2026 NCAA Championships

ATLANTA, Ga. – On Thursday and Friday, Oakland University swimmer Christopher Palvadre competed for the ultimate time as a Golden Grizzly, racing in opposition to the nation’s finest within the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke on the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

Under the NCAA’s new qualification system, Palvadre was initially slated to compete solely within the 100 breast on the Championships, regardless of having posted an NCAA-qualifying time of 1:54.08 within the 200. On the pre-selection psych sheet, USA Swimming incorrectly listed him as an automated qualifier and Horizon League champion within the 200, regardless that he had completed second. When the official psych sheets had been launched, the error was corrected, and he was faraway from the 200 breast subject.

However, as a result of he had achieved an NCAA-qualifying time within the occasion and was already invited to compete within the 100 breast, Palvadre was awarded a lane within the 200 to assist the meet attain the 235-athlete cap throughout all occasions.

Palvadre opened competitors Thursday in his automatic-qualifying occasion, the 100 breast, on the McAuley Aquatic Center on Georgia Tech’s campus. Seeded in lane 4 of the primary of 5 heats, he entered with the quickest time in his warmth. Palvadre went on to complete fourth with a time of 52.75, putting thirty sixth general.

On Friday morning, Palvadre returned to the pool for his last collegiate race. Once once more competing within the first of 5 heats, he swam in lane three alongside three different opponents, with three extra swimmers within the warmth listed as declaring false begins. He touched in 1:55.54, incomes a Thirty third-place end general.

Oakland concludes its 2025-26 season with Palvadre’s look on the NCAA Championships, marking the lads’s program’s first NCAA qualifier in 10 years. The senior closes a powerful last 12 months within the Black and Gold along with his efficiency on the nationwide stage. 

A two-hour spotlight present of the NCAA Championships will air on ESPNU on Monday, March 30, at 7 p.m. ET. Palvadre’s 100 and 200 breaststroke races can be found on demand on ESPN+.

Live outcomes for every session in Atlanta will be discovered HERE.

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