Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
- Dates:
- Diving: Sunday, February 15–Tuesday, February 17
- Swimming: Tuesday, February 17–Saturday, February 21
- Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending champions: UVA women (6x); Cal men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video: ESPN+ ($)
- Schedule of Events (PDF)
- Championship Central
- Teams: Boston College, Cal, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (women swimming & diving/men diving), NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Virginia, Virginia Tech
The ACC has released their final pre-meet psych sheet for the 2026 ACC Championships that are due to start swimming events on Wednesday, February 18th.
As usual, the psych sheets don’t tell us much as most of the top swimmers are over entered, either because they are still deciding their final event schedule or because they don’t want other teams to figure out what they are doing.
Stanford star Torri Huske is entered in just four events, the 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, and 200 IM. This is one less than the five she was entered in last year. She is the top seed in the 50 free and the 100 fly and she is seeded 2nd in the 100 free and 7th in the 200 IM with her season best times.
Huske is the reigning NCAA Champion in the 200 IM, having swum the event in 1:49.67 last year. That would be the top time in the event, coming in ahead of teammate Lucy Bell, who is currently the top seed in 1:52.50.
Over the last four years, she has alternated between the 50 free and the 200 IM, swimming the 200 IM in 2022 and 2025 and the 50 free in 2023. She has also leaned into her sprint freestyle more on the international scene, dropping the 200 IM from her Nationals lineup earlier this summer.
There are a few factors that will influence Huske’s decision to swim one or the other. One factor is the new NCAA schedule has the 200 IM and 100 free back-to-back on the final day of the meet, while the 50 free is on day three with no event conflicts for Huske. The ACC schedule is the same as usual, so the 200 IM will not have conflict this week.
Another consideration is the fact that if Huske does not swim the 200 IM, another Stanford swimmer, Lucy Bell, will be the favorite to win and a few other Cardinal could also make the ‘A’ final. In the 50 free, there is one other Cardinal seeded in the top-8 with Annam Olasewere, but she is not favored for the title and the next fastest Stanford swimmer is Gigi Johnson at 17th.
Regardless of her 50 free/200 IM decision, she will race the 100 fly and the 100 free. Huske will be the favorite in the 100 fly, but she will likely face steep competition in the 100 free from Virginia’s Anna Moesch, who has a faster lifetime best in the event.
Other Notable Entries
- Cal’s Mia West is entered in 9 events, more than any other swimmer. Her entries include every event on day one and day two: 500 free (8th), 200 IM (6th), 50 free (22nd), 400 IM (7th), 100 fly (7th), 200 free (3rd), 200 fly (5th), 100 back (7th), 100 free (6th).
- Claire Weinstein, also from Cal, is entered in five events, the 100 free (12th), 200 free (5th), 500 free (2nd), 1650 free (1st), and 400 IM (19th).
- Louisville’s Anastasia Gorbenko has six event entries: the 200 IM (3rd), 400 IM (9th), 200 free (6th), 100 breast (T-2nd), 200 breast (11th), and 200 back (4th).
- NC State’s Daniel Diehl is entered in the 100 breaststroke with the 53.38 he swam in October which seeds him 29th in the event. He has only raced the 100 breast four times in the last two years, two of which were this season. He is also entered in the 200 IM (3rd), 200 free (11th), 100 back (15th), and 200 back.
- Quintin McCarty, from NC State, is entered in the 200 freestyle (14th) along with the 50 free (2nd), 100 back (17th), and 100 free (7th) that he swam last year.
- Virginia’s Aimee Canny has eight event entries with the 100 free (47.79), 200 free (4th), 500 free (1st), 200 IM (4th), 400 IM (4th), 200 fly (7th), 100 breast (6th), and 200 breast (3rd).
- Claire Curzan, from UVA, is entered in the 50 free (5th), 100 fly (2nd), 200 free (7th), 200 fly (1st), 100 back (1st), 200 back (1st), and 100 free (5th).
- UVA’s Thomas Heilman has six event entries in the 200 IM (), 50 free (41st), 100 fly (2nd), 200 free (25th), 200 fly (1st), and 100 free (30th).
- Fellow Cavalier Maximus Williamson will only have one event decision to make between the 50 free (11th), and 200 IM (1st), and he will also swim the 200 free (5th) and 100 free (9th).
