🏊‍♀️ UVA Swimming 2026

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UVA women in 1st place by 11 points over Texas after Day 1 of NCAA Championship.

  1. Virginia 100 2. Texas 89
  2. Stanford 59 3. Louisville 59
  3. Michigan 56 6. Tennessee 52
  4. California 49 8. Indiana 46
  5. Ohio St 39 10. Georgia 34
  6. Florida 31 12. NC State 28
  7. Southern California 24 14. Alabama 22
  8. Wisconsin 16 16. Nebraska 15
  9. Lsu 14 18. Pittsburgh 10
  10. Penn 6 19. Minnesota 6
  11. Arizona St 6 22. UCLA 4
  12. South Carolina 4 24. Duke 2
  13. Notre Dame 2 24. Indiana State 2
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After Day 2, UVA ahead of 2nd place Texas by 66 points.

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After Day 3, UVA up 165.5 over 2nd place Texas.

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 15

  1. Virginia 437.5 2. Texas 272
  2. Stanford 242.5 4. Tennessee 240.5
  3. Michigan 228 6. California 199
  4. Indiana 176 8. Louisville 144.5
  5. NC State 141.5 10. Florida 113.5
  6. Alabama 74.5 12. Ohio St 65
  7. Georgia 54 14. Southern California 53
  8. Miami (Fl) 48 16. Wisconsin 47.5
  9. South Carolina 41 18. Minnesota 40
  10. Duke 35 20. Pittsburgh 31
  11. Lsu 26 22. University of Kansas 25
  12. Nebraska 24 24. Arizona 21
  13. Arkansas 18.5 26. Purdue 18
  14. Texas A&M 16.5 28. UCLA 16
  15. Auburn 13 30. Cincinnati 11
  16. UNC 11 32. Nevada 9
  17. Akron 9 34. Northwestern 8
  18. Penn 6 35. Virginia Tech 6
  19. Arizona St 6 38. Siu 4
  20. Rutgers 3 40. Notre Dame 2
  21. Indiana State 2 40. Fresno State 2
  22. Washington St. 2 44. University of North Texas 1
  23. Ucsd 1

Some of the rankings got messed up when I copied and pasted the info. Just look at the totals to see who’s where in the standings. The main thing is UVA women are kicking ass!

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Six-peat on lock tomorrow night.

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As far ahead of #2 Texas as Texas is ahead of #10 Florida.

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16 of the 18 women who made the NCAA team (max is 18 swimmers; UVa had women who qualified who were left home) have scored individual points. The two who haven’t swim their best events tomorrow. This is unprecedented in recent history.

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Incredibly impressive dominance by the UVA women. Six NCAA championships in a row will be a record. Probably would be 7 but for the lost Covid year. Someone can correct me, but I think the current team has at least 4 swimmers with a great chance to make the next Olympics. Probably none quite at the world elite level of Gretchen and Douglas, but still remarkable.

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Probably more than that. Curtis and Canny will make the Italian and South African Olympic teams. And Pudar on the Bosnian team

Curzan and Grimes have already made the US Olympics and Worlds team. Weber has made an Olympics team. Moesch is a rising star — she’s very fast on top of the water, which is very helpful in long course. Hayes has been on a Worlds team. Mintenko and Umstead are also rising stars — and Howley and Christopherson are LC specialists.

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It’s official. UVA women win 6th consecutive NCAA swimming championship. +200 difference between 1st and 2nd place.

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 21

  1. Virginia 589 2. Stanford 380.5
  2. Texas 376.5 4. California 303
  3. Tennessee 301.5 6. Michigan 296
  4. Indiana 258 8. Louisville 201.5
  5. NC State 196.5 10. Florida 125.5
  6. Alabama 100.5 12. Ohio St 87
  7. Wisconsin 70.5 14. Southern California 66
  8. Georgia 63 16. Pittsburgh 55
  9. Minnesota 55 18. Miami (Fl) 48
  10. South Carolina 41 20. UCLA 39
  11. Duke 35 21. Purdue 35
  12. Lsu 35 24. UNC 33
  13. Auburn 25 25. University of Kansas 25
  14. Nebraska 24 28. Arkansas 23.5
  15. Arizona 21 30. Texas A&M 19.5
  16. Florida St 16 32. Cincinnati 11
  17. Notre Dame 9 33. Akron 9
  18. Nevada 9 36. Northwestern 8
  19. Virginia Tech 6 37. Penn 6
  20. Arizona St 6 40. Siu 4
  21. Rutgers 4 42. Washington St. 3
  22. Fresno State 2 43. East Carolina University 2
  23. Princeton 2 43. Indiana State 2
  24. Ucsd 1 47. University of North Texas 1

I believe that gives UVA 36 NCAA championships.

Congratulations to the UVA women’s swim team!

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https://x.com/UVASwimDive/status/2035504260398334050

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Lots of great performances. Curzan has moved to another level, Anna Moesch is staring down LA28 in at least the 200 Free, and Sara Curtis may break Gretchen’s 50 and 100 Free records before she’s done - while repping Italy in LA28, too.

Lots of work to do, but Curtis and Moesch will also push each other in practice. And Mintenko really showed something in that 400 Free relay, too.

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The UVa men with their best finish in 15 years, 9th overall.

Maximus Williamson won two NCAA titles in the 200 Free and 200 IM.

Thomas Heilman got a top 5 in the 100 fly and finished second in the 200 fly.

David King finished third and Jack Aikins eighth in the 200 back.

Thomas Heilman and his brother Matthew were on a relay that finished in eighth — which is All-American. That’s a great story because the brothers lost their mother to cancer a few weeks ago.

The other great story was that Williamson and King tied for eighth in prelims in the 200 free. Ordinarily, there would be a swim-off for the A-final spot (lane 8). King gave up his spot and Williamson won gold.

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Anna Moesch just shocked the swimming world and broke the American Record in LCM 100 Free (long-course meters, like Olympics).

Rising 3rd-year. UVA pipeline continues to build toward LA28.

She’s now the 2nd-fastest in history behind legend Sara Sjostrom.

oh, btw Gretchen Walsh also just re-broke her 100 Fly world record a couple weeks ago…

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51.94 is incredible.