OCALA, Fla. -The Georgetown University men's swimming & diving team captured its fifth-consecutive BIG EAST Championship with 910.5 points in the 2026 BIG EAST Championships, Presented by Jeep. The women's team finished in third with 1303 points.
ON THE RECORD
"An amazing week to cap off an amazing season. We are 2026 BIG EAST champions! It is a great feeling and it was a total team effort. I am so impressed by our team's grit and fire this week. We battled every event, every race and showed the conference what Hoya Swimming & Diving is about. Today was the fifth BIG EAST title in a row for our men. Our women's team scored its highest total in program history. The future for this program is extremely bright. Hoya Saxa!" - Head Coach
John Carroll on today's contest
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- Owen Watkins captured his third individual gold medal of the week with a record-breaking time of 42.61 in the 100 free.
- In the 200 breaststroke, the Hoyas swept the podium with Nick Pezzella (1:57.83) finishing in first, Ben Tunila (1:58.60) finishing in second and Michael Mostofi coming in third (1:59.21).
- In the 1650 free, Camille Weiss finished in fourth with a time of 16:53.88.
- Heidi Wu earned third place in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:58.06
- In the 200 backstroke, Conor Jellig (1:45.61), Ronan Krauss (1:46.83) and Isaac Holtham (1:48.04) finished in third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
- The 400 free relay team of Isaac Holthamm Nick Pezzella, Watkins, and Daren Chen captured first with a time of 2:55.38.
- Madeline Malonem, Lila Connor, Ines Lovato and Taplin Seelbach took second in the 200 free relay with a time of 3:21.43.
- Watkins was named Men's Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Year.
- John Carroll along with assistant coaches Sam Milligan and Meg Tomayko were named Co-Men's Coaching Staff of the Year.
- Tomayko was also named Men's Diving Coach of the Year.
