CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference recorded five individual national titles at the 2026 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
California’s Yamato Okadome totaled the first two national titles of his career, winning both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events. The sophomore from Chiba, Japan, topped the podium with times of 49.90 (100 breast) and 1:48.61 (200).
Virginia’s Maximus Williamson also recorded his first two national titles of his career as just a freshman, earning just the fifth and sixth event titles in Virgina men’s program history, and the first two since 2011. Williamson won the 200 freestyle, the first freshman to do so since 2016, clocking the second-fastest time ever for a freshman with a time of 1:30.03. He followed up with a win in the 200 IM with a time of 1:38.48.
Adding to the list of firsts was SMU’s Luke Sitz, who won gold in the 1-meter dive with a total score of 428.10. The sophomore also finished as the runner-up in the 3-meter dive with a score of 495.30, finishing just 2.45 points behind the first-place winner. Sitz's victory marks the first NCAA Championship in the 1-meter dive in SMU history.
The ACC closed out the championships with four teams finishing in the top-10, led by NC State at No. 6 with 258.5 points. California (231 points), Virginia (192) and Stanford (136) also placed in the top 10.
Top 8 Finishes by Event & First-Team All-Americans
1650 free
7. Liam Custer, Stanford | 14:37.28
200 medley relay
5. NC State | 1:21.23 (McCarty, Diehl, Hayes & Salls)
6. California | 1:21.58 (Petty, Okadome, Battaglini & Wrede)
800 free relay
2. Stanford | 6:06.39 (Dupont Cabrera, Ekk, Zhao & McFadden)
4. Virginia | 6:06.85 (Williamson, King, Heilman & Aikins)
5. NC State | 6:07.20 (Winkler, Diehl, Williams & Fox)
100 fly
4. Thomas Heilman, Virginia | 43.58
7. Aiden Hayes, NC State | 43.85
8. Julian Koch, Pitt | 44.28
400 IM
5. Ryan Erisman, California | 3:36.32
200 free
1. Maximus Williamson, Virginia | 1:30.03
3. Henry McFadden, Stanford | 1:30.13
6. Kaii Winkler, NC State | 1:30.93
7. Keaton Jones, California | 1:31.08
100 breast
1. Yamato Okadome, California | 49.90
200 free relay
3. NC State | 1:13.73 (McCarty, Salls, Fox & Winkler)
6. California | 1:14.62 (Wrede, Battaglini, Petty & Puggaard)
8. Louisville | 1:14.94 (Sheremet, Crush, Musso & Graham)
1-meter diving
1. Luke Sitz, SMU | 428.10
2. Matteo Santoro, Miami | 412.50
8. Max Fowler, Georgia Tech | 350.20
100 back
7. Marcus Reyes-Gentry, Notre Dame | 44.14
8. Aiden Hayes, NC State | 44.49
200 breast
1. Yamato Okadoma, California | 1:48.61
4. Ben Delmar, North Carolina | 1:49.66
8. Eli Martin, Virginia Tech | 1:52.04
50 free
4. Quintin McCarty, NC State | 18.47
7. Nikita Sheremet, Louisville | 18.65
8. Brendan Whitfield, Virginia Tech | 18.66
400 medley relay
7. California | 3:00.41 (Petty, Okadome, Puggaard & Wrede)
8. Virginia | 3:00.55 (King, M. Heilman, T. Heilman & Williamson)
3-meter diving
2. Luke Sitz, SMU | 495.30
4. Matteo Santoro, Miami | 465.95
200 IM
1. Maximus Williamson, Virginia | 1:38.48
5. Arsenio Bustos, NC State | 1:41.02
6. Daniel Diehl, NC State | 1:41.03
100 free
4. Julian Koch, Pitt | 40.43
6. Quintin McCarty, NC State | 40.90
8. Brendan Whitfield, Virginia Tech | 41.22
200 fly
2. Thomas Heilman, Virginia | 1:38.16
5. Logan Robinson, Florida State | 1:39.44
200 back
3. David King, Virginia | 1:37.42
8. Jack Aikins, Virginia | 1:40.69
400 free relay
2. NC State | 2:43.31 (Fox, McCarty, Williams & Winkler)
8. California | 2:46.59 (Wrede, Battaglini, Petty & Jones)
Platform diving
5. Misha Andriyuk, Stanford | 398.90
6. Joshua Thai, Claifornia | 395.85
Final Team Point Totals
6. NC State, 258.5
7. California, 231
9. Virginia, 192
10. Stanford, 136
11. Virginia Tech, 86
12. Louisville, 82
19. North Carolina, 50.5
20. Pittsburgh, 48
21. Miami, 46
23. SMU, 44
25. Florida State, 40
34. Georgia Tech, 17
37. Notre Dame, 16