Vang, Blazh, Salamone Earn Titles on Day One of Inventive Swimming US Collegiate Championship

STANFORD, Calif. — First yr Autumn Vang (Stillwater, Minn.) received the D Technical Figures title, senior Olivia Macdonald (Toronto, Ont.) positioned fourth within the Women’s Free Solo and first yr Eldar Blazh (Weston, Mass.) received a pair of crowns to steer the Wheaton College (Mass.) inventive swimming crew on Day One of the 2026 US Collegiate Championships hosted by Stanford University’s Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, Calif.

Vang tallied a high rating of 56.8622 factors. First yr Gabrielle Bausemer (Plainville, Mass.) completed third within the class with 53.1111 factors for the Lyons.

Macdonald racked up 196.0588 factors to tie for fourth within the free solo for Wheaton. University of the Incarnate Word sophomore Marloes Steenbeek (Zaandam, Netherlands) efficiently defended her title within the occasion with a rating of 236.4675 factors. Junior Renée Goldfinger (Hoboken, N.J.) completed sixth for the Lyons with 172.0925 factors. 

Blazh received the boys’s free solo crown with a rating of 160.191 factors. He additionally mixed with classmate Ava Salamone (Norristown, Pa.) to earn the blended duet title as effectively.

The Ohio State University senior Ruby Remati (Andover, Mass.) received the A Figures with a tally of 84.6860 factors. Macdonald scored 72.2837 factors to position thirteenth, whereas Goldfinger completed twentieth with a rely of 67.1846 factors for the Lyons. Blazh positioned twenty eighth with a tally of 34.5565 factors. 

Texas Woman’s University first yr Nadia Crits (Ayr, Ont.) claimed the highest rating within the B Figures with a 76.8197 displaying. Salamone positioned seventh within the class for Wheaton with a rating of 68.1769 factors.

Sophomore Jerusalem Temple (Sacramento, Calif.) turned within the high rating for the C Figures with a mark of 65.3301. Four Lyons have been among the many high 16 within the class, led by sophomore Julie Mahoney (Andover, Mass.) with 62.3397 factors to complete third. Sophomore Sierra Bausemer (Plainville, Mass.) positioned eighth with 57.1058 factors and junior Scout Lowrie (Franklin, N.J.) was thirteenth with a tally of 55.5545 factors. First yr El Parks (Tacoma, Wash.) scored 55.1186 factors to complete sixteenth for Wheaton. 

Wheaton returns to the pool for Day Two to compete within the Trio Free Final, the Team Free Final.