Males’s Swimming & Diving Closes 2025-26 Season at 2026 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships

ATLANTA, Ga. – Army West Point swimming & diving concluded its 2025-26 season as a contingent of Black Knights competed on the 2026 NCAA DI Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Atlanta from Wednesday-Saturday at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center.

The Black Knights despatched Kohen Rankin and Johnny Crush to the nationwide meet for particular person occasions in addition to a trio of relay occasions. Army despatched Daniel Verdolaga, Thomas Hadji, Ben Vorthmann, Max Jordan, and Joey Kling to Atlanta as members of its relay squads.

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Kohen Rankin earned Army’s first factors of the meet within the 100 breast on Thursday as he clocked a 51.47 to complete third in his warmth.

Rankin’s time ranked 13^th out of all swimmers within the occasion and earned him Second Team All-American honors within the occasion – the second consecutive season Army has earned an All-American recognition on the nationwide meet.

Army continued to warmth up within the water in Atlanta on day three as Johnny Crush clocked the seventh-fastest time within the area of the 100 again preliminaries to advance to the evening’s championship ultimate for the second consecutive season.

Crush stepped up the tempo and delivered a powerful efficiency for the Black Knights, shattering his former program file of 44.10 with a 43.84 to complete fifth total, set a brand new program and Patriot League file, and earn his second First Team All-American recognition for the occasion.

The sophomore from Louisville, Ky. is now simply the second Black Knight in program historical past to earn back-to-back All-American honors within the 100 again since Peter Witteried claimed the honors in 1952, 1953, and 1954.

Army’s 400 medley relay squad placed on a powerful exhibiting within the morning heats, clocking a program record-setting time of three:03.43 from Johnny Crush, Kohen Rankin, Daniel Verdolaga, and Thomas Hadji to complete third of their warmth and 18^th total within the occasion.

The Black Knights concluded their time on the 2026 nationwide meet within the 400 free relay on day 4 as Ben Vorthmann, Thomas Hadji, Johnny Crush, and Kohen Rankin mixed for a 2:51.01 to complete 28^th total within the occasion.