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Nine Indiana Swimmers, All Five Relays Qualify for NCAA Championships
3/4/2026 2:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 6-ranked Indiana swimming and diving will send nine swimmers and all five relays to the 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships following the NCAA's announcement of selections to the national meet on Wednesday (March 4).
The four-day meet will run March 18-21 inside the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. Indiana can secure additional qualifiers via the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, March 9-11 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
IU will have a representative in 16 of the 19 swimming events as well as multiple swimmers in eight of the 14 individual events. Three Hoosiers are qualified in each of the following events: the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke.
Including relays, Hoosiers own 12 top 10 seeds and seven top 5 seeds in their events. Freshman Alex Shackell is the No. 3 seed in both the 100-yard butterfly (49.95) and 200-yard butterfly (1:50.71) after medaling and setting the program record in both events at the Big Ten Championships.
Classmate Liberty Clark is also projected to have a strong NCAA debut as the No. 3 seed in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.84), No. 5 seed in the 100 free (46.22) and No. 9 seed in the 50 free (21.47). Clark is the program record holder in the 50 and 100 and gets closer to the 200 school record with every swim. Grace Hoeper is the third freshman on the NCAA roster and will compete in the same events as Clark.
Junior Miranda Grana ranks No. 4 in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.06), No. 5 in the 100-yard butterfly (49.98) and No. 6 in the 100-yard backstroke (49.89). Last season, Grana finished third in the 100 back, fourth in the 100 fly and ninth in the 200 back. This season, she has already gone faster in the 100 fly and 100 back than her NCAA times last March.
Four of Indiana's relays project to reach the podium (top eight). IU's Big Ten record-breaking 400-yard freestyle relay ranks No. 3 nationally after the quartet of Shackell, Clark, senior Kristina Paegle and Hoeper won the conference title in 3:07.72.
INDIANA WOMEN'S SWIMMING QUALIFIERS
2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Liberty Clark – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Mya DeWitt – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Miranda Grana – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly
Macky Hodges – 200 backstroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Grace Hoeper – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Jonette Laegreid – Relay alternate
Kristina Paegle – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Alex Shackell – 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
Reese Tiltmann – 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
200 freestyle relay
400 freestyle relay
800 freestyle relay
200 medley relay
400 freestyle relay
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The four-day meet will run March 18-21 inside the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. Indiana can secure additional qualifiers via the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, March 9-11 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
IU will have a representative in 16 of the 19 swimming events as well as multiple swimmers in eight of the 14 individual events. Three Hoosiers are qualified in each of the following events: the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke.
Including relays, Hoosiers own 12 top 10 seeds and seven top 5 seeds in their events. Freshman Alex Shackell is the No. 3 seed in both the 100-yard butterfly (49.95) and 200-yard butterfly (1:50.71) after medaling and setting the program record in both events at the Big Ten Championships.
Classmate Liberty Clark is also projected to have a strong NCAA debut as the No. 3 seed in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.84), No. 5 seed in the 100 free (46.22) and No. 9 seed in the 50 free (21.47). Clark is the program record holder in the 50 and 100 and gets closer to the 200 school record with every swim. Grace Hoeper is the third freshman on the NCAA roster and will compete in the same events as Clark.
Junior Miranda Grana ranks No. 4 in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.06), No. 5 in the 100-yard butterfly (49.98) and No. 6 in the 100-yard backstroke (49.89). Last season, Grana finished third in the 100 back, fourth in the 100 fly and ninth in the 200 back. This season, she has already gone faster in the 100 fly and 100 back than her NCAA times last March.
Four of Indiana's relays project to reach the podium (top eight). IU's Big Ten record-breaking 400-yard freestyle relay ranks No. 3 nationally after the quartet of Shackell, Clark, senior Kristina Paegle and Hoeper won the conference title in 3:07.72.
INDIANA WOMEN'S SWIMMING QUALIFIERS
2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Liberty Clark – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Mya DeWitt – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Miranda Grana – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly
Macky Hodges – 200 backstroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Grace Hoeper – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Jonette Laegreid – Relay alternate
Kristina Paegle – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Alex Shackell – 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
Reese Tiltmann – 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
200 freestyle relay
400 freestyle relay
800 freestyle relay
200 medley relay
400 freestyle relay
@IndianaSwimDive
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#NeverDaunted
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