Lai Secures All-American Standing with High 8 Finishes at NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship for Second Yr in a Row

ATLANTA, Ga. – Two-time All-American, Junior Shiyun Lai accomplished the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship with an eighth-place end on the 1-meter dive and a fifth-place end on the 3-meter, scoring 299.05 and 342.05 factors respectively within the occasions. 

“Shiyun did an incredible job representing our program on both boards against the best,” says head coach Clark Campbell. “She placed about the same as last year, but the competitive level was much higher. Coach Allen has her preparation dialed in and Shiyun is improving each year.” 

“Shiyun has had a very challenging semester since January, facing several setbacks,” head diving coach Allen Feng added. “However, she has shown remarkable resilience in returning to the highest level, and here we are. This is exactly what defines a high-level competitor. I am confident these experiences will be invaluable in making her an even better athlete. We are beyond proud of her.”

Thursday morning’s preliminaries noticed Lai head into the finals with an general eighth place standing the place she would land once more, nationally within the finals with 299.05 factors, gaining her first All-American honor. 

In Friday’s 3-meter dive, Lai earned fifth within the prelims and finals with an extra All-American title, tallying 342.05 factors to beat her personal earlier, NCAA set document of second-best efficiency by a Jayhawk within the occasion since Michelle Rojohn positioned first within the 3-meter at 1996’s NCAA Championship.  

As a sophomore, Lai posted a seventh-place end (309.10) within the 1-meter dive and sixth (357.04) within the 3-meter, acquiring her first duo of First Team All-American awards. 

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