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NCAA Women's Championships
Panthers Already Making History at NCAA Championships
3/20/2026 10:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
ATLANTA, Ga. — Through the first half of the 2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, Pitt's women have earned three All-American Honorable Mention honors and made program history in the process.
The 800 medley relay of Avery Kudlac, Sydney Gring, Mary Clarke and Claire Jansen finished 12th in 7:00.57, becoming the first Pitt women's relay to score at the NCAA Championships in 39 years. The quartet earned All-American Honorable Mention recognition for the effort.
Gring added an individual honor in the 100 butterfly, placing 16th in 51.33 to claim All-American Honorable Mention. She is joined in the record books by the 200 free relay of Kudlac, Mary Clarke, Jansen and Gring, which also earned All-American Honorable Mention with a 16th-place finish in 1:28.46.
Competition continues through Saturday with several Panthers remaining in action.
Up Next
Friday, March 20
- 100-yard backstroke
- 200-yard breaststroke
- 500-yard freestyle
- 50-yard freestyle
- 400-yard medley relay
- Three-meter diving
Saturday, March 21
- 200-yard individual medley
- 100-yard freestyle
- 200-yard butterfly
- 200-yard backstroke
- 400-yard freestyle relay
- Platform diving
Pitt athletes to watch in remaining competition:
- Sydney Gring: 200 IM, 100 backstroke
- Claire Jansen: 200 backstroke, 100 backstroke
- Kimmy Shannon: 200 IM, 200 backstroke
- Parker Del Balso, Mary Clarke, Avery Kudlac, Angelina Messina: relays
- Jess Vega, Mariana Osorio Mendoza, Cassie Guerrera: platform diving
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