ATHENS, Ga. – Both Juliette Landi and Ethan Swart punched tickets to the 2026 NCAA Championships on Monday, highlighting a strong day on the boards for Auburn with two days of competition to go at the Zone B Championships inside Gabrielsen Natatorium.
Landi was dynamic from the get-go. The freshman from Spring, Texas pieced together a 334.25 for fifth place after the first six dives.
Kyleigh Kidd, fresh off a top-12 finish on Sunday in the 1-meter competition, wasn’t too far off the pace in prelims. Her 312.90 put the senior in ninth place going into finals. Maria Faoro (302.60) and Chloe Brothers (283.45) both earned second lists as well.
In finals, Landi added on a 325.50 for a total of 650.75. The sixth-place finish was well inside the top nine cut mark, solidifying a spot in the 2026 NCAA Championships.
Faoro (607.10), Kidd (591.95) and Brothers (585.75) finished 13th, 14th and 15th, respectively.
Monday also marked the first competition for the men in Athens. Like the Auburn women, Ethan Swart, Ben Wilson and Talan Blackmon were all solid enough to make their way into finals.
Swart led the group with a 364.75 to sit sixth after his initial list. Wilson utilized a personal-best 362.70 to wind up eighth and Blackmon’s 327.75 had him 16th before finals.
Moments later, Swart conjured a 367.85 in finals for a total of 732.60. The Indiana native locked in the eighth and final spot for the NCAA Championships, 0.10 points ahead of Georgia’s Matthew Bray.
Wilson’s total of 706.10 was good enough for 12th place, earning a provisional cut. The Australian will get to dive in the 1-meter at NCAAs should he qualify in another event.
Blackmon would go on to finish 13th at 693.55.
Tuesday’s slate of diving includes the women’s platform and men’s 3-meter competitions. Action begins at 10:15 a.m. CT with the women’s tower.
Below are the number of qualifying spots in each discipline and the remaining schedule of events:
Women
1-meter – 11
3-meter – 9
Platform – 7
Men
1-meter – 8
3-meter – 6
Platform – 7
Any diver that is eligible to compete as noted above will be allowed to optionally enter any other event(s) at the championships, provided that the diver finished in the top 12 at the same zone meet and has achieved the zone qualifying score for that event prior to the NCAA Championships.
Tuesday, March 10
10:15 a.m. CT – Women’s Platform prelims
11:40 a.m. CT – Women’s Platform finals
1:40 p.m. CT – Men’s 3-meter prelims
3 p.m. CT – Men’s 3-meter finals
Wednesday, March 11
10:15 a.m. CT – Men’s Platform prelims
Noon CT – Men’s Platform finals