Buckeyes Take On NCAA Championships This Week
3/17/2026 3:45:00 PM | Women's Swim & Dive
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 11 Ohio State women's swimming and diving team competes at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday, March 18-Saturday, March 21.
Finals will begin at 6 p.m. each day, with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday-Saturday. All sessions will be streamed on ESPN+.
Event Schedule
Wednesday, March 18
Thursday, March 19
Friday, March 20
Saturday, March 21
Buckeye Meet Notes
Finals will begin at 6 p.m. each day, with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday-Saturday. All sessions will be streamed on ESPN+.
Event Schedule
Wednesday, March 18
- 1650 Freestyle
- 200 Medley Relay
- 800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday, March 19
- 100 Butterfly
- 400 Individual Medley
- 200 Freestyle
- 100 Breaststroke
- One-Meter Diving
- 200 Freestyle Relay
Friday, March 20
- 100 Backstroke
- 200 Breaststroke
- 500 Freestyle
- 50 Freestyle
- Three-Meter Diving
- 400 Medley Relay
Saturday, March 21
- 200 Individual Medley
- 100 Freestyle
- 200 Butterfly
- 200 Backstroke
- Platform Diving
- 400 Freestyle Relay
Buckeye Meet Notes
- The Buckeyes placed third at the Big Ten Championships. It is the ninth season in a row Ohio State finished in the top three at the conference championships. Ohio State totaled 1,066 points and won 10 medals over the four-day competition. Winning silver medals were Maria Ramos (100 breast), Lena Hentschel (one-meter dive), Sienna Angove (500 free), Mila Nikanorov (1650 free) and Rachel Bockrath (100 free). Earning bronze medals were Bockrath (200 free), Emma Finlin (1650 free), the 200 medley relay (Delia Lloyd, Ramos, Carrie Furbee, Bockrath), the 800 free relay (Erin Little, Angove, Bockrath, Nikanorov) and the 400 free relay (Bockrath, Angove, Little and KK LeBlanc).
- At last year's NCAA Championships, the Buckeyes finished 14th. It was the fifth consecutive season that Ohio State placed in the top 15. Nine Buckeyes earned All-American honors, with six earning All-American honors in more than one event.
- Nikanorov earned First Team All-American honors in both the 500 free and the 1650 free in 2025.
- 16 Buckeyes will compete at the 2026 NCAA Championships:
- Sienna Angove – 500 free
- Rachel Bockrath – 50 free, 100 free, 200 free
- Paige Delma – 200 IM, 400 IM
- Emma Finlin – 1650 free
- Carrie Furbee – 50 free
- Lena Hentschel – 1-meter, 3-meter, Platform
- KK LeBlanc – 200 back
- Erin Little – 200 free
- Delia Lloyd – Relay alternate
- Michelle Mazzara – 1-meter, 3-meter
- Hannah Newbrook - Platform
- Mila Nikanorov – 500 free, 1650 free
- Brooklyn Petit - Platform
- Mia Prusiecki – 1-meter, 3-meter, Platform
- Maria Ramos – 100 breast, 200 breast
- Adair Shaw – 500 free, 1650 free
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