Michigan Turns Consideration to NCAA Championships in Atlanta

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan ladies’s swimming and diving crew (11-2, 5-0 Big Ten) will journey to Atlanta, Ga., for the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The four-day meet, working Wednesday by means of Saturday (March 18-21), can be held inside Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center and can be streamed on ESPN+. Preliminaries will start at 10 a.m. and finals will begin at 6 p.m. on all 4 days.

Notes

• Eleven Wolverines certified for the NCAA Championships and can compete in 23 particular person occasions throughout 4 days of competitors.

• The championships will function a brand new format this season, with solely the highest eight particular person swimmers and relay groups advancing to the night classes.

• Michigan enters the nationwide meet with momentum after capturing the Big Ten Championship in February. The Wolverines totaled 1,243 factors to safe this system’s 18th convention title.

• Bella Sims enters the championships as the highest seed within the 400-yard IM and the No. 2 seed within the 100-yard backstroke. In her first Big Ten Championships, Sims claimed two particular person titles and helped Michigan win three relay crowns, incomes Swimmer of the Championships honors.

• Hannah Bellard has had a standout junior season, setting a Big Ten file within the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:50.34. She enters the NCAA Championships with the nation’s quickest time within the occasion and also will compete within the 400-yard IM after ending second behind Sims on the Big Ten Championships.

• Senior Letitia Sim certified for 3 occasions on the NCAA Championships and can compete within the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke in addition to the 200-yard IM. Sim swept the breaststroke titles on the Big Ten Championships and positioned third within the 200 IM. She enters the nationwide meet ranked among the many high 16 nationally in all three occasions.

• Brady Kendall will compete within the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly. The senior set a Big Ten file within the 50 free with a time of 21.09, which ranks third nationally, whereas her season-best 50.53 within the 100 fly is ninth in Division I.

• Lexi Greenhawt will race in three occasions and three completely different stroke disciplines. The junior will compete within the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly. Greenhawt owns two top-16 nationwide marks within the 50 free and 100 again.

• Sophomores Leila Fack and Marian Ploger every earned two occasion {qualifications}. Fack will tackle the very best within the nation within the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly whereas Ploger will race within the 500-yard and 1,650-yard freestyles.

• In diving, Kiarra Milligan certified for the three-meter occasion after ending within the high 10 on the NCAA Zone Championships. Milligan has reached the three-meter remaining in every of the final two seasons.