Palvadre to Compete in 100 Breast at NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland University swimmer Christopher Palvadre is about to compete within the 100-yard breaststroke on the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

Hosted by Georgia Tech on the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, the championships run from Wednesday, March 25, by means of Saturday, March 28. Palvadre is scheduled to compete on Thursday. Preliminaries start every day at 10 a.m. (ET), adopted by finals at 6 p.m. (ET).

This marks the primary time in three seasons that the Oakland swimming and diving program has had an athlete qualify for the nationwide meet. From 2021-23, Susan LaGrand earned three consecutive NCAA Championship berths, turning into the primary swimmer in Oakland’s Division I period to qualify back-to-back seasons.

On the lads’s facet, it has been 10 years for the reason that Golden Grizzlies final despatched a swimmer to the NCAA Championships. In 2016, freshman Devon Nowicki certified within the 100 breast. Seeded 18th with a 52.48 qualifying time, he moved up eight locations with a 52.35 in prelims to safe a spot within the finals, the place he completed sixth general in 52.22, breaking his personal college file set earlier within the day. He additionally competed within the 200 breast, inserting thirty first.

Under the NCAA’s new qualification system, every swimming occasion encompasses a single nationwide qualifying time. Swimmers should each meet that customary and win their convention championship remaining to earn an computerized bid. At this yr’s Horizon League Championships, Palvadre claimed the 100 breast title in 52.20, beating the qualifying customary by 0.38 seconds.

The senior from Estonia additionally helped Oakland win the 400 medley relay on the Horizon League Championships, the place the Golden Grizzlies set each college and league data with a time of three:06.92. Over the course of his remaining season, Palvadre has recorded 27 top-three occasion finishes, earned one Horizon League Swimmer of the Week honor, posted the quickest 200 breast time in program historical past, and registered the second-fastest 100 breast time ever at Oakland.

Palvadre would be the tenth swimmer and eleventh male athlete to characterize Oakland on the NCAA Championships within the Division I period. He is presently seeded thirty fourth within the 100 breast on the NCAA psych sheet.

NCAA SCHEDULE – PALVADRE

(All classes of the championships might be out there to stream on ESPN+, with ESPNU airing a two-hour highlights present at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, March 30)

Thursday, March 26 | 10 AM Prelims, 6 PM Finals

100 Breaststroke

Live outcomes for every session in Atlanta might be discovered HERE or on the MeetMobile app.

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