Michigan
NCAA Championships
Michigan in Fifth After Day One of NCAA Championships
3/18/2026 8:18:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Site: Atlanta, Ga. (McAuley Aquatic Center)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 1 of 4)
U-M Team Result: 5th Place of 24 Teams (56 Points)
Next U-M Event: Thursday, March 19 -- at NCAA Championships - Day Two (Atlanta, Ga.), 10 a.m./ 6 p.m.
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team used two top-eight relay finishes on Wednesday (March 18) to score 56 points and sit in fifth place after the first day of the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships inside McAuley Aquatic Center.
Rebecca Diaconescu and Marian Ploger got the meet started with the 1,650-yard freestyle. Diaconescu posted a time of 16:16.61, while Ploger clocked a 16:17.66 to finish 25th and 26th, respectively.
In the evening session, the team of Bella Sims, Letitia Sim, Brady Kendall and Lexi Greenhawt hit the water for the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet combined to post a time of 1:33.18 to take sixth overall.
Sims, Hannah Bellard, Stephanie Balduccini and Christey Liang closed out the first session with a fourth-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 6:48.04.
Michigan will be back in action Thursday (March 19) for the second day of the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Preliminaries at the McAuley Aquatic Center will get started at 10 a.m., with finals commencing at 6 p.m.
Team Standings (After Day One)
1. No. 1 Virginia 100
2. No. 3 Texas 89
3. No. 2 Stanford 59
No. 8 Louisville 59
5. No. 4 Michigan 56
6. No. 6 Tennessee 52
7. No. 5 California 49
8. No. 6 Indiana 46
9. No. 11 Ohio State 39
10. No. 19 Georgia 34
11. No. 10 Florida 31
12. No. 9 NC State 28
13. No. 12 USC 24
14. No. 13 Alabama 22
15. No. 15 Wisconsin 16
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