ATLANTA, Ga. (theACC.com) - The Virginia women’s team and the California men’s team are the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving Champions after the final day of competition on Saturday at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
With the women’s title, Virginia claimed its seventh-straight conference championship, the 17th since 2008 and 22nd overall. The Cavaliers finished with a total of 1410.5 points.
In just its second season as a member of the conference, California earned its second straight men’s ACC Championship title. The Golden Bears finished with a total of 1154 points.
Virginia’s Claire Curzan was named the 2026 ACC Most Valuable Women’s Swimmer of the meet after winning four gold medals in the 100 back, 200 back, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay.
California’s Yamato Okadome was named the 2026 ACC Most Valuable Men’s Swimmer of the meet after winning three gold medals in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 400 medley relay.
Virginia’s Katie Grimes snagged her second individual ACC title of the meet, swimming a 15:45.20 in the women’s 1650 free to set the top time in the league this season. NC State’s Max Carlsen earned the fifth-straight men’s 1650 free title for the Wolfpack, finishing in a time of 14:32.68 to claim the highest best time in the conference this season.
Virginia swept the 200 back as Claire Curzan swam a time of 1:46.09 to break her own meet, conference, US Open, NCAA and American record and win her second gold medal of the meet, while David King swam a time of 1:38.14 in the 200 back to snag the first individual ACC title of his career.
Virginia’s Anna Moesch set a season-best time of 45.71, breaking her own NCAA top-time of the season by 0.27 seconds, to claim her second individual gold medal of the meet. Virginia Tech’s Brendan Whitfield swam a time of 40.93 in the men’s 100 free to claim the first individual ACC title of his career.
Reigning women’s 200 breast NCAA Champion Lucy Bell clocked a time of 2:02.67 for Stanford to win the first individual conference title of her career in the event. California’s Yamato Okadome racked up his second individual title of the meet, swimming a time of 1:48.87 to win gold in the men’s 200 breast and set a new conference record.
Virginia’s squad of Curzan, Anna Moesch, Aimee Canny and Sara Curtis set a new meet, conference and NCAA record in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:05.30, winning the Cavaliers seventh straight gold medal in the event.
The NC State crew of Kaii Winkler, Quintin McCarty, Jerry Fox and Hudson Williams set a new meet and conference record in the men’s 400 free relay to sit atop the podium in first place with a time of 2:43.53.
The top three finishers in each event, plus all members of the first-place relay teams at the ACC Championships, will be named to the All-ACC Team.
Final Women’s Standings
1. Virginia, 1410.5
2. Stanford, 1039
3. California, 1027.5
4. Louisville, 925
5. NC State, 851.5
6. Pitt, 552
7. North Carolina, 522.5
8. Duke, 432.5
9. Virginia Tech, 409.5
10. Florida State, 371
11. Notre Dame, 366
12. Miami, 322
13. Georgia Tech, 274
14. SMU, 261
15. Boston College, 98
Final Men’s Standings
1. California, 1154
2. Stanford, 1076
3. NC State, 973
4. Louisville, 844
5. Virginia Tech, 715.5
6. Florida State, 624.5
7. Virginia, 577.5
8. North Carolina, 572.5
9. Notre Dame, 488
10. SMU, 407
11. Pitt, 401
12. Georgia Tech, 357
13. Miami, 162
14. Duke, 138
15. Boston College, 112
Award Winners
Most Valuable Women’s Diver: Chiara Pellacani, Miami
Most Valuable Women’s Swimmer: Claire Curzan, Virginia
Most Valuable Men’s Diver: Max Fowler, Georgia Tech
Most Valuable Men’s Swimmer: Yamato Okadome, California
Event Winners
Women’s 3-meter diving: Chiara Pellacani, Miami | 352.50
Men’s 1-meter diving: Luke Sitz, SMU | 429.75
Men’s 3-meter diving: Max Fowler, Georgia Tech | 459.75
Women’s 1-meter diving: Margo O’Meara, Miami | 333.45
Women’s 200 Medley Relay: Louisville | 1:32.26
Men’s 200 Medley Relay: Florida State | 1:22.28
Women’s Platform Diving: Ellie Cole, Stanford | 392.40
Women’s 800 Free Relay: Virginia | 6:45.34
Men’s 800 Free Relay: Stanford | 6:07.40
Men’s Platform Diving: Misha Andriyuk, Stanford | 412.30
Women’s 200 Free Relay: Virginia | 1:23.75
Men’s 200 Free Relay: NC State | 1:14.02
Women’s 500 Free: Katie Grimes, Virginia | 4:33.78
Men’s 500 Free: Max Carlsen, NC State | 4:09.44
Women’s 200 IM: Torri Huske, Stanford | 1:51.27
Men’s 200 IM: Arsenio Bustos, NC State | 1:40.39
Women’s 50 Free: Sara Curtis, Virginia | 21.09
Men’s 50 Free: Quintin McCarty, NC State | 18.63
Women’s 400 IM: Lucy Bell, Stanford | 3:59.11
Men’s 400 IM: Josh Zuchowski, Stanford | 3:38.58
Women’s 100 Fly: Torri Huske, Stanford | 48.26
Men’s 100 Fly: Aiden Hayes, NC State | 44.07
Women’s 200 Free: Anna Moesch, Virginia | 1:39.72
Men’s 200 Free: Henry McFadden, Stanford | 1:31.05
Women’s 200 Fly: Mia West, California | 1:51.52
Men’s 200 Fly: Logan Robinson, Florida State | 1:38.78
Women’s 100 Back: Claire Curzan, Virginia | 48.38
Men’s 100 Back: Evan Petty, California | 44.21
Women’s 100 Breast: Eneli Jefimova, NC State | 56.77
Men’s 100 Breast: Yamato Okadome, California | 50.32
Women’s 400 Medley Relay: Virginia, 3:20.42
Men’s 400 Medley Relay: California, 3:00.74
Women’s 1650 Free: Katie Grimes, Virginia | 15:25.
Men’s 1650 Free: Max Carlsen, NC State | 14:32.68
Women’s 200 Back: Claire Curzan, Virginia | 1:46.09
Men’s 200 Back: David King, Virginia | 1:38.14
Women’s 100 Free: Anna Moesch, Virginia | 45.71
Men’s 100 Free: Brendan Whitfield, Virginia Tech | 40.93
Women’s 200 Breast: Lucy Bell, Stanford | 2:02.67
Men’s 200 Breast: Yamato Okadome, California | 1:48.87
Women’s 400 Free Relay: Virginia | 3:05.30
Men’s 400 Free Relay: NC State | 2:43.53