CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 14 Washington University in St. Louis men's swimming and diving team began the 2026 UAA Championships with 3-meter diving and the 800 freestyle relay. The Bears sit in seventh with 100 points.
 
Top Finishers

• 1-Meter Diving
  • First-year Ian Corey finished 13^th overall with a score of 358.65
     
• 800 Freestyle
  • The team of junior Marco Minai, senior Ethan Feng, first-year Gavin Coggan and first-year Parker Chan finished fourth with a time of 6:34.82
    • NCAA B cut/2025 NCAA qualifying time
  • Seniors Orluke Borjigin, Henry Tavens, Kai Taft and Matt Giardinelli finished 10^th overall in 6:38.79
    • NCAA B cut

 
The Bears begin day two of the championships tomorrow with preliminaries at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m. Tomorrow will include the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and the 400 medley relay.
 
 
Standings

1.	Emory	173
2.	Chicago	148
3.	NYU	146
4.	CWRU	116
5.	Carnegie Mellon	102
6.	Rochester	101
7.	WashU	100
8.	Brandeis	66

 
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