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Highlights From Night Three Of The 2026 NCAA DIII Conference Championships

By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam

With the major Division I Power-5 conference meets set to begin next week, Division III is already in the midst of unfolding with 16 conference meets underway. To see a comprehensive list of all the meets and their related links, click here.

See some of the highlights from some of the meets from night two, written by Parker Fleischman-Ament.

North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) – Men and Women

  • Dates: Wednesday, February 11–Saturday, February 14
  • Location: Trumbull Aquatics Center, Granville, OH
  • Defending Champions: Kenyon women (2x), Denison men (1x)
  • Live Results
  • Live Video
  • Schedule of Events (PDF)
  • Championship Central
  • Teams: Denison, DePauw, John Carroll*, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash (men), Wittenberg, Wooster

Highlights:

  • Denison freshman Cam Blevins-Mohr won the men’s 100 fly in 47.57, improving from his 47.59 prelims swim that ranked fourth nationally to tie for third in the country. Kenyon junior Roman Savage finished second with a season-best 47.73, moving to sixth nationally.
  • In the women’s 100 fly, Denison junior Jassy Park won in 55.38, edging senior Phoebe Ferguson by 0.02. Kenyon’s Giordano finished third, just 0.01 behind Ferguson in a tight race.
  • Kenyon senior Ethan Manske won the men’s 400 IM in 3:52.99, nearly two seconds ahead of Denison junior Luke Swiggett.
  • In the women’s 400 IM, Denison senior Emily Harris won in 4:22.77, about three seconds off her season best of 4:20.09. Kenyon junior Ashlyn Widmer finished second in 4:23.38.
  • Denison junior Jack Hill set a new meet record in the men’s 200 free with 1:35.66, just missing his season-best 1:35.18. Denison sophomore Harry Hensel finished second in 1:37.77, 0.05 off his personal best of 1:37.25. His prelims swim ranked ninth nationally. John Carroll sophomore Cameron Cook took third in 1:37.84.
  • In the women’s 200 free, Kenyon senior Molly Haag won in 1:49.68, slightly off her season best. Kenyon’s Nora Lee Brown finished second in a new personal best of 1:50.69. Denison senior Quinn Brown took third in 1:50.72 after swimming a season-best 1:50.29 in prelims that ranked seventh nationally.
  • Kenyon junior Noel Tumbasz won the men’s 100 breast in 54.42, 0.01 off his season best. Kenyon sophomore Leo Karnitz finished second in 54.99, just 0.04 off his prelims time. Denison senior Josh Thomas held off John Carroll’s Bart Kubis for third by 0.03 seconds, 55.12 to 55.15.
  • In the women’s 100 breast, Kenyon sophomore Kelsey Van Eldik won in 1:01.32, close to her season personal best. Denison junior Riley Tofflemire finished second in 1:02.10. Denison junior Gwen Bakker took third, just 0.04 behind her teammate.
  • Denison sophomore Ben Bevill won the men’s 100 back in 48.42, about half a second off his seed time of 47.98. Denison junior Devin Testin finished second in 49.36. John Carroll freshman Jacob Florio took third in 49.79.
  • Kenyon senior Gwen Eisenbeis dominated the women’s 100 back, smashing her personal best by 0.26 to win in 54.36 and move to first nationally this season, winning by 1.15 seconds. Denison junior Jassy Park finished second. Denison sophomore Caroline Ramirez took third in 56.12.
  • In the men’s 200 free relay, Denison dominated in 1:18.42, setting new NCAC meet, pool, and school records with splits from Jack Hill (19.90), Harry Hensel (19.13), Cam Blevins-Mohr (19.74), and Hibbert (19.65). The time ranks third in D3 history. Kenyon finished second in 1:20.40. NCAC newcomer John Carroll took third in 1:21.80.
  • Denison won the women’s 200 free relay in 1:32.43 with Olivia Morse (23.41), Phoebe Ferguson (23.21), Hailey Kaminski (22.95), and Caroline Ramirez (22.86), moving to fourth nationally. Kenyon finished second just 0.07 back with Julia Mascarenhas (23.75), Gwen Eisenbeis (23.03), Lisa Torrecillas-Jouault (23.01), and Kate Bogan (22.71). DePauw broke their 10-year-old school record to finish third in 1:34.66, going under the NCAA B cut of 1:34.91 with Priscilla Smith (23.77), Caroline Stowe (23.42), Gabby Koon (23.86), and Edie Patterson (23.61).

University Athletic Association (UAA) – Men and Women

  • Dates: Wednesday, February 11–Saturday, February 14
  • Location: Ratner Athletic Center, Chicago, IL
  • Defending Champions: Emory women (26x); Emory men (26x)
  • Live Results:
  • Live Video: FloCollege ($)
  • Championship Central
  • Teams: Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, Chicago, Emory, NYU, Rochester, WashU-St. Louis

Highlights:

  • UChicago freshman Sophia Xu won the women’s 100 fly in 54.77, a best time by 0.02, moving into a tie for fifth nationally. NYU senior Nicole Ranile finished second in 54.91, just off her season best. CMU freshman Audrey Gil rounded out the top three in 55.21.
  • In the men’s 100 fly, UChicago junior Cooper Costello swam his fifth sub-47-second 100 fly of the season with 46.73 in prelims, then improved to 46.39 in finals, moving to the top time in the country and sitting only 0.42 off his D3 record. CMU junior Brayden Morford finished second in 46.95, 0.05 off his season best. NYU sophomore Keith McQuaid took third in 47.30. All three remain in their respective top three spots nationally.
  • NYU sophomore Bethany Spangler won the women’s 400 IM in 4:23.09. Emory senior Meredith Liu finished second in 4:23.67. Emory freshman Grace Scharper rounded out the top three in 4:23.89.
  • In the men’s 400 IM, NYU freshman Conner Dean won in 3:49.97, a new personal best, becoming the second swimmer this season to break 3:50 and moving just outside the top 10 all-time in D3. He beat teammate Max Nechydyuk. Emory fifth-year grad student Crow Thorsen finished third in a season-best 3:51.07, moving to third nationally this season. Thorsen is on a comeback tour after a major health scare last season.
  • NYU senior Kaley McIntyre made history in the women’s 200 free, breaking Kendra Stern‘s 2011 mark of 1:44.82 with a new NCAA D3 record of 1:44.74. She split 24.14/26.41 (50.55), 26.88/27.31 (54.19). McIntyre now owns the D3 records in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles. The new record is exactly 10 seconds off the men’s D3 record of 1:34.74.
  • UChicago’s John Butler won the men’s 200 free in 1:35.66, tying the exact time Denison’s Jack Hill swam to win his conference title. NYU’s Pierce Downs broke his school record to finish second in 1:37.01, moving to sixth nationally. UChicago freshman Misha Kojanov took third in 1:37.61.
  • Emory junior Katie Cohen won the women’s 100 breast in 1:02.03, just 0.14 ahead of Chicago’s Alichia Soosai. WashU’s Hannah Lee took third in 1:02.43.
  • In the men’s 100 breast, UChicago freshman Ethan Taylor won in 53.71, improving from his prelims personal best of 53.99, now the fifth-fastest time in the nation. Emory senior and last year’s NCAA champion Henri Bonnault finished just 0.05 behind in 53.76. CMU junior Aaron Lee rounded out the top three in 54.27.
  • Emory senior Penny Celtnieks won the women’s 100 back in 54.58, improving from her prelims 54.89 and ranking third nationally. NYU freshman Maeve O’Donnell finished second in 55.28, about 0.5 off her personal best. Emory senior Sammi Thiele took third in 55.43.
  • NYU sophomore Teddy McQuaid won the men’s 100 back in a new personal best of 46.67, now the ninth-fastest time in D3 history. His grad student teammate Teddy Cross finished second in 47.08, already second nationally this year. CMU junior Brayden Morford took third in 47.27.
  • In the women’s 200 medley relay, Emory won in 1:40.99 with Celtnieks (25.70), Cohen (28.44), Greenway (24.55), and Kennedy (22.30), beating NYU’s 1:42.83 by almost two seconds. WashU rounded out the top three in 1:43.36.
  • NYU overtook Denison’s top time in the country in the men’s 200 medley relay with 1:26.62, moving to fifth all-time in D3 history with McQuaid (21.91), Li (24.29), Cross (20.98), and Wehbe (19.44). CMU finished second in 1:26.92, just 0.20 off their season best. Emory took third in 1:27.72, half a second off their season best.

New Jersey Athletic Conference – Men and Women

  • Dates: Thursday, February 12–Sunday, February 15
  • Location: Hampton Aquaplex, Hampton, VA
  • Defending Champions: Salisbury women (1x); TCNJ men (3x)
  • Live Results on Meet Mobile
  • Championship Central
  • Teams: Kean, Mary Washington, Merchant Marine Academy, Montclair State, Ramapo, Roger Williams (women), Rowan, Salisbury, TCNJ, William Paterson

Highlights:

  • TCNJ junior Steven Bendoratis won the men’s 500 free in a new personal best of 4:26.12, taking over 3.5 seconds off his prelims time and moving to fourth nationally. His senior teammate Gavin Formon finished second in 4:29.23. Salisbury freshman Owen Mahoney took third in 4:30.79.
  • In the women’s 500 free, Salisbury swept the top six spots, led by freshman Rowan O’Donoghue who took exactly seven seconds off her best time with 4:53.23, moving to third nationally. Her sophomore teammate Addi Wood finished second in 4:59.31. Junior Sadie Hebert rounded out the top three in 5:01.59.
  • In the men’s 200 IM, TCNJ freshman Gabe Beverini took the win in 1:49.37, just 0.06 ahead of Rowan junior Braden Sheehan. TCNJ sophomore Tyler McGeehan finished third in 1:51.41.
  • Rowan senior Ella Pennington won the women’s 200 IM in 2:03.95.
  • TCNJ sophomore MJ Hoban became the ninth man this season to break the 20-second barrier in the men’s 50 free, swimming 19.94 in prelims for the eighth-fastest time in the country. He won finals in 20.05, adding slightly to his prelims time.
  • Kean sophomore Braelyn Wilson won the women’s 50 free in 23.18, just off her personal best of 23.05 from last year’s NCAAs.
  • In the men’s 400 medley relay, TCNJ won in 3:12.55, the fourth-fastest time in the nation, with Andrew Kidchob (48.29), Tyler McGeehan (54.30), Joe McChesney (46.59), and MJ Hoban (43.37). Salisbury finished second in 3:13.72.

Southern Athletic Association (SAA) – Men and Women

  • Dates: Wednesday, February 11–Saturday, February 14
  • Location: Champions Hall, Danville, KY
  • Defending Champions: Centre women (1x); Rhodes men (2x)
  • Live Results
  • Live Video
  • Championship Program
  • Championship Central
  • Teams: Berry, Centre, Millsaps, Rhodes, Sewanee, Southwestern*, Trinity (TX)*

Highlights:

  • Trinity sophomore Allison Ortiz won the women’s 100 fly in 56.30 by almost two seconds.
  • In the men’s 100 fly, Rhodes senior Jonas Hostetler took the win in 49.07, almost 0.5 ahead of his teammate sophomore Liam Ashton in 49.56. Trinity junior Nate Perez finished third in 49.81.
  • In the women’s 400 IM, Trinity senior Neely Burns won by over 11 seconds in 4:22.81, moving into the top 10 nationally.
  • Trinity took the top two spots in the men’s 400 IM with freshman Theo Ho winning in 4:01.45 and junior Ryan O’Leary finishing in 4:01.63.
  • Trinity junior Amy Benson won the women’s 200 free in 1:53.57, ahead of Berry’s Campbell Cummings in 1:53.87.
  • In the men’s 200 free, Trinity sophomore Luke Fender won by over a second in 1:39.84, about 0.9 off his fastest time this season, finishing ahead of his freshman teammate Sean Easley in 1:40.96.
  • Rhodes senior Paxton Smythe won the women’s 100 breast in 1:04.52.
  • Centre sophomore Tiernan Moore dominated the men’s 100 breast, dropping 53.74 in prelims (fourth-fastest nationally), then ripping a new personal best of 53.08 in finals to move to third nationally. Trinity freshman Daniel Apostol finished second in 54.51. Rhodes senior Jack Whitten rounded out the top three in 54.66.
  • In the women’s 100 back, Rhodes senior Gracie Shapard took the win in 56.58. Trinity freshman Ava Easley finished second in 56.97, adding 0.56 from this morning. Centre senior Caroline Lee took third in 57.32.
  • Trinity freshman Jack Hester won the men’s 100 back in 48.25, just off his season best. Sewanee sophomore Andrew Olsen finished second in 49.30. Rhodes sophomore Josh Denckhoff rounded out the top three in 49.79.
  • Trinity won the women’s 400 medley relay in 3:49.81 by almost three seconds. Easley led off in 56.15, faster than her second-place 100 back time. In the men’s 400 medley relay, Trinity took the win in 3:17.73. Rhodes finished second in 3:18.48. Centre took third in 3:18.54, highlighted by Moore’s 52.97 breaststroke split.

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