Ivy League Women’s Championships Produce 11 Automatic Qualifications for 2026 NCAAs

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2026 Ivy League Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Championships

Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
Location: Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Heart, Windfall, RI
Defending Champions: Princeton ladies (3x)
Groups: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale
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The Historical Eight will probably be effectively represented on the NCAA Division I Ladies’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta subsequent month. On the 2026 Ivy League Ladies’s Championships, which passed off at Brown College this previous weekend, 7 swimmers from 4 colleges met the automated qualifying requirements with their profitable occasions in 11 occasions. The one occasions through which the Ivy League won’t be represented are the 100 breast and 200 breast.

On Day 2, the primary day of particular person occasions, all three winners punched their tickets to the Large Dance. Harvard’s Alexandra Bastone clocked a 4:40.94 within the 500 free, clearing the usual by 2.76 seconds. Eleanor Solar of Princeton gained the 200 IM with 1:55.62, 2.26 seconds beneath the automated qualifying time. Her teammate Sabrina Johnston took the 50 free in 22.07, .21 quicker than the reduce.

Day 3 noticed three new swimmers make the reduce, starting with Harvard’s Sydney Lu. She gained the 100 fly in 51.97, .55 beneath the AQ time. Solar added a second occasion with a 4:05.55 victory within the 400 IM (7.65 seconds beneath). Brown’s Morgan Lukinac notched a 1:44.20 to win the 200 free with 1.33 to spare. And Anya Mostek of Harvard blasted a 51.31 within the 100 again to punch her ticket with a margin of 1.34 seconds.

Day 4 added one new identify and three repeats. Penn’s Sydney Bergstrom beat the NCAA customary by 22.66 seconds in profitable the 1650 free with 16:02.63. Mostek picked up her second backstroke occasion, profitable the 200 with 1:52.70 (1.86 seconds beneath); Lukinac added the 100 free to her repertoire with 48.29 (.31 beneath); and Solar made it three-for-three with a 1:54.78 within the 200 fly (2.33 beneath).

Particular person Occasion Winners

Occasion
2026 NCAA Minimize
Swimmer
Faculty
Profitable Time

500 Free
4:43.70
Alexandra Bastone
Harvard
4:40.94

200 IM
1:57.88
Eleanor Solar
Princeton
1:55.62

50 Free
22.28
Sabrina Johnston
Princeton
22.07

100 Fly
52.52
Sydney Lu
Harvard
51.97

400 IM
4:13.20
Eleanor Solar
Princeton
4:05.55

200 Free
1:45.53
Morgan Lukinac
Brown
1:44.20

100 Breast
1:00.30
Jessey Li
Yale
1:00.55

100 Again
52.65
Anya Mostek
Harvard
51.31

1650 Free
16:25.29
Sydney Bergstrom
Penn
16:02.63

200 Again
1:54.56
Anya Mostek
Harvard
1:52.70

100 Free
48.60
Morgan Lukinac
Brown
48.29

200 Breast
2:11.27
Aliana Marakovic
Harvard
2:11.93

200 Fly
1:57.11
Eleanor Solar
Princeton
1:54.78

All images courtesy of Ryan Samson/Ivy League