Michigan
NCAA Championships
Michigan Surges to Fifth on Day Three of NCAA Championships
3/20/2026 11:13:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Site: Atlanta, Ga. (McAuley Aquatic Center)
Event: NCAA Championships (Day 3 of 4)
U-M Team Result: 5th Place of 44 Teams (228 Points)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 21 -- at NCAA Championships - Day Four (Atlanta, Ga.), 10 a.m./ 6 p.m.
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team placed a finalist in every swimming event on Friday (March 20) to regain fifth place with 228 points on the third day of the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the McAuley Aquatic Center.
Bella Sims took her second medal of the week with a silver in the 100-yard backstroke, posting a time of 49.62 seconds. Letitia Sim finished fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a mark of 2:05.85, while Hannah Bellard took seventh in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:35.80. Brady Kendall closed out the individual events with a seventh-place result in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall at 21.33.
It was a successful morning for the Maize and Blue as Michigan qualified a swimmer for every individual final across four events. Sims took third in the 100 back, and Sim placed sixth overall in the 200 breast. Bellard and Kendall took seventh and eighth in the 500-yard and 50-yard freestyles, respectively. Kiarra Milligan placed 11th overall in the three-meter dive to score valuable points for the Maize and Blue.
Michigan closed out the third day of competition with the 400-yard medley relay. The team of Sims, Sim, Kendall and Stephanie Balduccini took bronze in the event with a time of 3:24.44.
Michigan will wrap up the NCAA Championships and its season on Saturday (March 21) at McAuley Aquatic Center. Preliminaries are scheduled for 10 a.m., and finals will get underway at 6 p.m.
Team Standings (After Day Three)
1. No. 1 Virginia 437.5 2. No. 3 Texas 272 3. No. 2 Stanford 242.5 4. No. 6 Tennessee 240.5 5. No. 4 Michigan 228 6. No. 5 California 199 7. No. 6 Indiana 176 8. No. 8 Louisville 144.5 9. No. 9 NC State 141.5 10. No. 10 Florida 113.5 11. No. 13 Alabama 74.5 12. No. 11 Ohio State 65 13. No. 19 Georgia 54 14. No. 12 USC 53 15. Miami 48
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