Cardinals Finish Fourth at ACC Championships

Saturday, February 21

Atlanta, GA

Prelim 9:30 | Finals 5:30 ET

University of Louisville

ACC Championships

Thilda Hall poses with her silver medal in the 1650 free at ACCs

February 21, 2026 | Swimming & Diving

Complete ACC Championships Results

By: Nancy Worley

ATLANTA -- On the final night of racing, the University of Louisville finished fourth at the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech.

The UofL women finished fourth, scoring 925 points. Louisville trailed only champion Virginia (1027.5) which won its seventh consecutive title, Stanford (1039) and California 1027.5.  The Louisville men (844) finished fourth behind champion Cal (1154), Stanford (1076) and North Carolina State (973).

The UofL women's silver medal in the 400 free relay, may have been the last event of the meet, but turned out to be the race of the night for the Cardinals. Caroline Larsen led off with a 46.82 split handing off a third place to Julia Dennis, who had to race the ACC champion Anna Moesch of Virginia and Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske in her leg, turned in a split of 47.05 and fourth place. Julie Mishler was next in the water and split 47.52 and held on to fourth. Anastasia Gorbenko anchored with a split of 46.75 and made up two places when she hit the wall second to break the school record with a 3:08.14. Virginia set an NCAA record with a gold medal swim of 3:05.30.

The men's 400 relay finished 8^th and tied the second fastest time in school history with a 2:48.20 put up by Nikita Sheremet (41.86), Guy Brooks (41.85), Matias Santiso (42.58) and Rian Graham (41.91). NC State took the title with a conference record time of 2:43.53.

In the early heats of the 1650 freestyle, Oscar Isberg posted a time of 15:14.50 to finish 20^th and swimming in the lane next to him was teammate Kayden Lancaster, who turned in a 15:14.78 for 21^st. Freshman Max Hatcher stopped the clock at 15:16.22 to land in 25^th.

In the women's 1650, Thilda Hall won silver with a time of 15:50.88, which ranks second in the school record book. Leticia Romao, who also swam in the final heat put up a 16.09.65 to finish fourth in the heat but fifth overall in the timed final. Virginia's Katie Grimes won gold with a time of 15:45.20.

In the 200 backstroke, Xeniya Ignatova placed sixth in the consolation final with a time of  1:53.30. In the C-final, Camille Murray was into the wall first with a 1:53.30, shaving two seconds off her prelim time. The event was won by Virginia's Claire Curzan, who posted the gold medal time of 1:46.09, resetting her own NCAA record.

In the men's 200 backstroke, Jackson Millard finished fourth with a time of 1:40.32 in the A-final. Filip Kosinski was sixth in the B-final with a time of 1:40.75. Virginia's David King won gold by shavig off 1.08 off his prelim time to board a 1:38.14.

In the 100 freestyle, Julia Dennis shaved .24 off her preliminary time to post a tie of 46.79 to rank second all-time in the Louisville record book and fourth in the championship heat. Caroline Larsen won the B-final with a time of 47.22 and freshman Julie Mishler was fifth in that heat with a time of 48.33. In the C-final, Daria Golovaty was second, turning in a 48.14. Virginia's Anna Moesch went 45.71 for gold.

In the men's 100 free, Nikita Sheremet set a new school record with a time of 41.39 and a fifth place finish in the A-final. In the B-final, Guy Brooks went 42.23 for sixth in his heat and 10^th overall.  The event was won by Brendan Whitfield's 40.93 after coming into the final as the No. 3 seed.
Anastasia Gorbenko set a school record in the 200 breaststroke and won bronze after posting a time of 2:05.02, shaving 1.38 off her prelim.  Mia Cheatwood was fifth with a time of 2:06.40, dropping .45 off her prelim time. Senior Kim Herkle put up a 2:07.52 for eight. Stanford's Lucy Bell won gold with a time of 2:02.67.

In the men's 200 breast, Jake Eccleston was seventh after posting a 1:53.56 in the A-final. Finnley Conklin touched third in the B-final with a time of 1:53.43 and Tommy Bried was seventh in the same heat, boarding a 1:54.40. Yamato Okadome of California turned in the gold medal time of 1:48.87.