Males Maintain Prime Spot, Girls Rank Second After Third Day of MAAC Championships

GENEVA, Ohio – The Fairfield University males’s swimming and diving group retained the highest spot whereas the ladies’s swimming and diving group jumped two spots into second place of the group standings because the third day of the 2026 MAAC Championships is within the books. The males scored 860.83 factors, forward of Marist University’s 792 factors. The girls tallied 875.5 factors which trails solely Marist University’s 909.5 factors.

Several Fairfield swimmers captured gold medals and set meet and MAAC data to assist the Stags keep in rivalry for the group titles.

The Stags earned gold from the outset as Allie Bashor recorded one of the best time within the 100 butterfly with 55.17, a half-second higher than the runner up. Lara Kisakol additionally scored within the occasion with a sixth-place end primarily based on her end of 55.87. Cormac Rouse was the highest scorer for the lads by taking fourth within the B closing and 12^th general by clocking in at 49.63.

Freshman Bobby Regan was the subsequent Stag to win  an occasion, pacing the 400 IM eight-swimmer area by touching the wall in 3:51.32. Jack Behm was additionally among the many swimmers within the A closing, finishing the gap in 3:58.10 for seventh place. In the ladies’s 400 IM, Olivia Glaser garnered silver by timing out at 4:26.59 whereas Callie Gray posted a time of 4:27.40 which was sturdy sufficient for fourth place.

Freshman Natasha De Pree introduced house a gold medal when she accomplished the 200 freestyle in 1:48.33. Sofia Smerechniak additionally competed within the A closing and picked up fifth place (1:51.78). Aidan Schnapf paced a trio of Stags within the 200 freestyle A closing, profitable gold primarily based on his time of 1:37.15. Jochi Nolla (1:38.59) and Tim Regan (1:38.60) collected the fifth and sixth positions within the occasion.

Tone Sandsjo broke the MAAC file within the 100 breaststroke, stopping the clock at 1:00.32 to win the occasion for the third time in her profession. Cailey Stockwell grabbed sixth place within the race primarily based on her end of 1:04.68. Balasz Ament represented the lads within the A closing by taking seventh place by registering a time of 54.74.

The girls held down second, third, and fourth within the 100 backstroke with Chloe Wukitch (56.07), Holly Rahurahu (56.08), and Lauren Patalano (56.25) filling these spots, respectively. On the lads’s facet, Max McMillan picked up the silver medal by touching the wall in 48.31, adopted by Oliver McLaughlin who ended the occasion sixth (48.91).

Lillian Tonole competed within the 3-meter dive A closing and ended the evening with an eighth-place end, scoring 192.75 factors by way of her six dives.

The 400 medley relay finalized day three of the MAAC Championships and the Fairfield girls’s group set a MAAC file by shaving seconds off the usual. Chloe Wukitch, Sandsjo, Bashor, and De Pree mixed for the gold medal by ending in 3:40.35. The males’s foursome secured silver in the identical occasion as McMillan, Ament, Tim Regan, and Aidan Schnapf primarily based on their time of three:16.04.

Five extra occasions will probably be settled on Saturday because the swimmers and divers will compete on the ultimate day of the 2026 MAAC Championships. The 1650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, and the lads’s 1-meter dive will probably be selected Saturday. The preliminaries will start at 9:30 am whereas the finals will start at 5:30 pm.