Lady Vols finish fifth at NCAA Championships
Tennessee finishes in fifth place at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Tennessee's women's swimming and diving team posted a fifth-place finish at the 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, which concluded March 22 at McAuley Aquatics Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 2026 marks the third consecutive season the Lady Vos finished top five nationally. Tennessee recorded 16 podium finishes and won four medals, including three silver and one bronze.
All five Tennessee relay teams earned podium finishes. Diver Desharne Bent-Ashmeil, along with swimmers Camille Spink and Ella Jansen all earned All-America certificates in multiple events. Spink, who won a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle, finished fifth in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 46.
28 seconds. Jansen and Emily Brown both earned First-Team AlljAmerica honors in the 200-meter butterfly. Brown finished sixth with a time of 1:52.
13, while Jansen came in seventh (1:52. 35). The Lady Vols' 400-meter freestyle relay team of Spink, Emily Armen, Jansen and Julianna Brocska posted an eighth-place finish.