AUBURN, Ala. – Taking advantage of the last opportunity to drop time before the NCAA selections, the Auburn Tigers delivered several top 10 performances throughout the weekend inside the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
Auburn breaststrokers stole the show. Junior Zoey Zeller found time in the 200 breast, jumping all the way to the No. 4 performer in program history with a 2:08.69.
On the men’s side, Maston Ballew scared the school record in the same event. A 1:52.10 came within 0.01 seconds of the all-time mark.
In the men’s 100 breast, it was Uros Zivanovic’s 51.10 that had the Orange and Blue fans making some noise. The time also goes down as the second-fastest in program history.
Freshmen Bradford Johnson and Mack Schumann also made their way up the performer list. Johnson became the ninth-fastest performer in the 100 fly at 45.52. Meanwhile, Schumann’s 3:43.46 moved him up to No. 7 on the all-time list.
Senior Kalle Makinen made some waves in the 100 back. A 45.22 leapfrogged the Finnish native to No. 5 all-time.
Danny Schmidt (200 IM), Sohib Khaled (100 fly) and Lora Komoroczy (100 back) all recorded season-best times to move themselves up the list for possible NCAA qualification.
The field for the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships will be posted on Wednesday, March 5. The Men’s qualifiers will be released the following Wednesday, March 12.
For John Fox’s divers, the group will compete at the 2026 Zone B Championships, March 8-11 at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia, for their chance to punch a ticket to NCAAs.