Virginia set for 2021 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships

Courtesy UVA Media RelationsVirginia swimming diving

No. 1 Virginia women’s swimming & diving heads to the 2021 NCAA Championships that run March 17-20 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

Live championship coverage will air on ESPN3 for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. ESPNU will air a two-hour show at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 6. Links for live results and the live stream are available on VirginiaSports.com.

Wednesday will be the 800-yard freestyle relay finals at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday will begin with prelims in the morning at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.

‘Hoos in the Rankings

  • Paige Madden (Mobile, Ala.) enters the meet with the top times in the 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle and 1650-yard freestyle.
  • Kate Douglass (Pelham, N.Y.) leads the NCAA in the 50-yardd freestyle and 100-yard freestyle and is second in the 100-yard butterfly.
  • Alex Walsh (Nashville, Tenn.) enters with the top time in the 200-yard individual medley and is eighth in the 200-yard breaststroke.
  • Ella Nelson (Nashville, Tenn.) is second in the NCAA in the 400-yard individual medley, fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke and sixth in the 200-yard individual medley.
  • Alexis Wenger (Detroit, Mich.) is third in the 100-yard breaststroke.
  • Lexi Cuomo (Clifton, Va.) has the fourth-fastest time in the 100-yard butterfly.
  • Abby Harter (Broadlands, Va.) ranks eighth in the 200-yard butterfly.
  • Jocelyn Porter (Cornelius, N.C.) earned a spot in all three diving events at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships.

Schedule

March 17 — 6 p.m. finals

  • 800-yard Freestyle Relay

March 18 — 10 a.m. trials | 6 p.m. finals

  • 200-yard Freestyle Relay
  • 500-yard Freestyle
  • 200-yard Individual Medley
  • 50-yard Freestyle
  • 400-yard Medley Relay
  • One-meter Diving

March 19— 10 a.m. trials | 6 p.m. finals

  • 400-yard Individual Medley
  • 100-yard Butterfly
  • 200-yard Freestyle
  • 100-yard Breaststroke
  • 100-yard Backstroke
  • Three-meter Diving
  • 200-yard Medley Relay

March 20 — 10 a.m. trials | 6 p.m. finals

  • 1,650-yard Freestyle
  • 200-yard Backstroke
  • 100-yard Freestyle
  • 200-yard Breaststroke
  • 200-yard Butterfly
  • Platform Diving
  • 400-yard Freestyle Relay