GREENSBORO, North Carolina – Rice leads after the third day of action concluded at the 2026 American Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship on Friday, February 20, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
 
Heading into the final day, Rice leads with 1,040.5 points, ahead of second-place Liberty with 892 points. East Carolina is third with 774.5 points, followed by FIU (700), Tulane (646.5), James Madison (583), Marshall (555.5), Florida Atlantic (553) and North Texas (467).
 
Liberty’s Aly Bozzuto claimed her second NCAA automatic qualifying mark as she won the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 59.57. She also qualified for NCAAs in the 500-yard freestyle on Wednesday. FIU’s Frida Loebersli was second in 1:00.80, while Maja Piotrowicz of Florida Atlantic was third in 1:01.11.
 
East Carolina’s Frida Zuniga broke the Championship record and won the 3-meter diving event with a total of 378.45 points. It is her second event win of the Championship and second time winning the 3-meter event, along with 2024 when she previously set the record with 352.80 points. North Texas’ Kamryn Wong also bested the previous record and placed second with 354.90 points, while her Mean Green teammate Sydney Guidara placed third with 315.85 points.
 
Marshall’s Lauren McNamara captured the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 1:58.16, while Rice’s Reese Cole and Tulane’s Varvara Gkiouzepa tied for second in 1:58.61. McNamara is Marshall’s first champion in the American.
 
Rice won the 800-yard freestyle relay with the team of Ava Portello, Avery Karacz, Ava Hamblett and Reese Cole finishing in a time of 7:12.09. Liberty was second in 7:15.68, ahead of third-place Tulane in 7:16.10.
 
Freshman Gwyneth Frick won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 52.92, ahead of East Carolina’s Carlie Clements (53.14) and Liberty’s Dakota Howard (53.60.
 
The action concludes Saturday with preliminaries beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern and finals starting at 3:45 p.m. Eastern. Both sessions will be available on ESPN+.
 
2026 American Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship
 
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, February 18
200-yard Medley Relay – Diana Santamaria, Frida Loebersli, Oumy Diop, Tawannah McLemore, FIU – 1:36.24 – Championship Record
500-yard Freestyle – Ava Portello, Rice – 4:42.67 – NCAA Automatic Qualifier
200-yard Individual Medley – Reese Cole, Rice – 1:58.28
50-yard Freestyle – Aly Bozzuto, Liberty – 22.27 – NCAA Automatic Qualifier
Team Diving Event – Sydney Guidara, Kamryn Wong, Amelia Sharp, North Texas – 298.25

Thursday, February 19
200-yard Freestyle Relay – Alexandra Volk, Emory Hill, Madison Wimmer, Jamie Cornwell, James Madison – 1:30.22
400-yard Individual Medley – Reese Cole, Rice – 4:12.61 – NCAA Automatic Qualifier
100-yard Butterfly – Kamryn Cannings, Liberty – 51.77 – NCAA Automatic Qualifier
200-yard Freestyle – Lise Coetzee, Tulane – 1:46.77
1-meter Diving Finals – Frida Guzman, East Carolina – 314.75 (Championship record set by Sydney Guidara in prelims - 320.55)
400-yard Medley Relay – Gwyneth Frick, Aly Bozzuto, Kamryn Cannings, Dakota Howard, Liberty – 3:33.70

Friday, February 20
800-yard Freestyle Relay – Ava Portello, Avery Karacz, Ava Hamblett, Reese Cole, Rice – 7:12.09
3-meter Diving Finals – Frida Guzman, East Carolina – 378.45 – Championship Record
100-yard Backstroke – Gwyneth Frick, Liberty – 52.92
100-yard Breaststroke – Aly Buzzuto, Liberty – 59.57 – NCAA Automatic Qualifier
200-yard Butterfly – Lauren McNamara, Marshall – 1:58.16

Saturday, February 21
Session 7 - 10:30 a.m. (Swimming Prelims) | 11 a.m. (Diving Prelims) | ESPN+
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
200-yard Breaststroke
Platform Diving Prelims

Session 8 – 3:45 p.m. (Early 1,650 Free Heats) | 4:45 p.m. (Diving Consolations) | 5:40 p.m. (Senior Recognition) | 6 p.m. (Finals) | ESPN+
Platform Diving Consolations
1,650-yard Freestyle*
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
200-yard Breaststroke
Platform Diving Finals
400-yard Freestyle Relay

* The 1,650-yard Freestyle is a timed final event. The fastest heat of scoring athletes will be swum at the beginning of finals. The remaining heats will begin prior to the start of the finals session (backed up from a 5 p.m. warm-up time, depending on the number of heats).