The Virginia Cavaliers Swimming and Diving teams represent the University of Virginia in all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Swimming and Diving Events. In 2021, the women's side won the NCAA Championship, a first for any Atlantic Coast Conference team, and finished in the national top 10 for a third consecutive season. The men's side also finished in the national top 10 for the second consecutive season. In 2026, the women won their sixth consecutive NCAA Championship.
History Swimming and diving was introduced at the University of Virginia in 1925, when it was only a men's sport. It was introduced as a women's sport in 1974. Both the men's and women's teams have been successful in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with the men having won sixteen ACC championships, and the women having won 22 including 7 straight . The women won six consecutive NCAA Championships in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Virginia swimmers hold NCAA, U.S. Open, and American Records across multiple events.
Roster
+ 2023–24Men (33)Women (31) Name Event Hometown Class Name Event Hometown Class Jack Aikins Back/Free/IM Atlanta, GA JR Samantha Baron Fly/IM Bellevue, WA SR Hayden Bellotti Free/Fly Sugar Land, TX FR Ella Bathurst Free/Back/IM Tampa, FL JR Jack Berube Back/Free Dallas, TX FR Ruby Borzekowski Diving Takoma Park, MD FR Colin Bitz Fly/IM Owings Mills, MD JR Izzy Bradley Free/Back Charlottesville, VA SO Connor Boyle Free Naperville, IL JR Aimee Canny Free/IM Knysna, RSA SO Matt Brownstead Free Port Matilda, PA SR Aimee Crosbie Free Auckland, NZL FR William Cole Fly/Back/Free Prospect, KY SR Claire Curzan Free/Fly/Back Cary, NC SO Tim Connery Fly/Free/IM Davidson, NC JR Maddie Donohoe Distance Annandale, VA 5Y Teddy Cross Back Charlottesville, VA SO Cavan Gormsen Distance Wantagh, NY FR Tristen Davin Back/Free/Fly Littleton, CO FR Maddie Grosz Diving Vienna, VA SR Noah Dyer Free Herndon, VA FR Abby Harter Fly/IM/Breast Broadlands, VA SR Jay Gerloff Breast Chesapeake, VA FR Tess Howley Fly/Back Rockaway Beach, NY FR Patrick Gilhool Back/Free/Fly Bethlehem, PA SO Abby Kapeller Fly/Back/Free Excelsior, MN JR Matthew Heilman Breast/IM Crozet, VA SO Elizabeth Kaye Diving Atlanta, GA JR Tanner Hering Free/IM Greensboro, NC SR Anna Keating Breast/IM Vienna, VA SR Alex Hotta Free Tokyo, JPN SO Sophia Knapp Distance Virginia Beach, VA SO Max Iida Breast/IM Glenview, IL JR Amanda Leizman Diving Beachwood, OH SR August Lamb Free/Fly Charlottesville, VA 5Y Morgan Manley Diving Denver, CO FR Zach Larrick Free/IM Arcadia, CA FR Kate Morris Fly/Free Glen Ellyn, IL JR Simon Lins Free Oakland, CA FR Lainey Mullins Free/Fly/IM Hockessin, DE FR Jack Madoch Free/Fly Middleton, WI FR Ella Nelson Breast/IM Nashville, TN 5Y Oliver Mills Diving Alexandria, VA SR Jasmine Nocentini Free/Breast Padova, ITA 5Y Jack Moore Free/IM Ashburn, VA SR Carly Novelline Free/Back Wilmette, IL SO Kamal Muhammad Fly/Free/IM Atlanta, GA SO Maxine Parker Free Bannockburn, IL SR Noah Nichols Breast/IM Midlothian, VA SR Maggie Schalow Free/Fly Corona Del Mar, CA FR Sam O'Brien Back/Free Round Hill, VA SO Zoe Skirboll Breast/IM Pittsburgh, PA SO Nicholas Sanders Diving Boulder, CO JR Reilly Tiltmann Fly/Back/Free Brookfield, WI JR Sebastien Sergile Fly/Free Alpharetta, GA SO Alex Walsh Back/Breast/IM Nashville, TN SR Matthew Styczen IM Saylorsburg, PA JR Gretchen Walsh Free/Fly/Back Nashville, TN JR Will Tenpas Breast/IM Chevy Chase, MD 5Y Emma Weber Breast/IM Denver, CO SO Peter Thompson Free/IM Billings, MT JR Sophia Wilson Back/IM Guildford, GBR SR Will Thompson Back/Free Chapel Hill, NC FR Dean Treanor Diving Cornelius, NC FR
Facility
The University of Virginia Aquatic and Fitness Center opened in 1996. This building was a big accomplishment for the team, previously one of two national top 20 teams without an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The Aquatic and Fitness Center was built not only with a 50-meter Olympic-sized pool, but also with a warm-water pool, whirlpool and sauna, classrooms, fitness areas, locker rooms, a bookstore, and a dining area. The $18.5 million facility features a 50-meter pool that converts to a short course 25-yard pool, as well as state of the art lane lines and gutters. The facility underwent renovation in 2004, adding a three-court gymnasium, indoor running track, multipurpose rooms, a cycling room, and free weight and cardiovascular areas were added.
Team records All times are in Short Course Yards (SCY). Red highlight denotes an American Record, blue highlight denotes both an American Record and an NCAA Record, green highlight denotes an NCAA Record. Men + Virginia Men's Team Records Event Record Holder Meet Date 50 Freestyle 18.60 Matt Brownstead 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Championship 3/24/2022 100 Freestyle 41.22 Matt Brownstead 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Championship 3/26/2022 200 Freestyle 1:31.84 David King 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Championship 3/26/2025 500 Freestyle 4:10.00 Matt McLean 2009 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men) 2/26/2009 1000 Freestyle 8:46.50 Matt McLean 2009 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men) 2/28/2009 1650 Freestyle 14:35.12 Matt McLean 2009 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men) 2/28/2009 100 Backstroke 45.05 Matt Brownstead 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Championship 3/29/2024 200 Backstroke 1:38.36 David King 2025 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men) 2/22/2025 100 Breaststroke 50.82 Noah Nichols 2023 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men) 2/17/2023 200 Breaststroke 1:50.69 Noah Nichols 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Championship 3/30/2024 100 Butterfly 44.41 Spencer Nicholas 2024 Tennessee Invitational 11/21/2024 200 Butterfly 1:39.09 Thomas Heilman 2025 CSCAA Dual Challenge (Michigan, Virginia, Arizona St, Tennessee) 11/22/2025 200 Individual Medley 1:41.61 Maximus Williamson 2025 CSCAA Dual Challenge (Michigan, Virginia, Arizona St, Tennessee) 11/22/2025 400 Individual Medley 3:38.43 Brendan Casey 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Championship 3/29/2019 1 Meter Diving (6) 390.83 JB Kolod 2014 3 Meter Diving (6) 444.75 JB Kolod 2014 Platform Diving 405.25 JB Kolod 2015200 Freestyle Relay1:14.47 Matt Brownstead2022 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men)2/16/2022 Matt King Connor Boyle August Lamb400 Freestyle Relay2:46.45 Matt Brownstead2022 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men)2/19/2022 Jack Aikins Connor Boyle Matt King800 Freestyle Relay6:11.30 David King2025 NCAA Division I Men's Championship3/26/2025 Sebastien Sergile Jack Aikins Hayden Bellotti200 Medley Relay1:22.51 Matt Brownstead2023 Atlantic Coast Championship (Men)2/14/2023 Noah Nichols Max Edwards August Lamb400 Medley Relay3:02.01 Jack Aikins2024 Tennessee Invitational11/20/2024 Noah Nichols Spencer Nicholas Connor Boyle
Women + Virginia Women's Team Records Event Record Holder Meet Date 50 Freestyle 20.37 Gretchen Walsh 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/21/2024 100 Freestyle 44.71 Gretchen Walsh 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/22/2025 200 Freestyle 1:39.23 Anna Moesch 2026 NCAA division women's Championship (Women) 3/22/2026 500 Freestyle 4:28.90 Leah Smith 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/16/2017 1000 Freestyle 9:20.15 Leah Smith 2016 Atlantic Coast Championship (Women) 2/20/2016 1650 Freestyle 15:25.30 Leah Smith 2016 Atlantic Coast Championship (Women) 2/20/2016 100 Backstroke 48.10 Gretchen Walsh 2024 Atlantic Coast Championship (Women) 2/23/2024 200 Backstroke 1:46.10 Claire Curzan 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/22/2026 100 Breaststroke 56.09 Jasmine Nocentini 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/22/2024 200 Breaststroke 2:01.29 Kate Douglass 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/18/2023 100 Butterfly 46.97 Gretchen Walsh 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/21/2025 200 Butterfly 1:49.16 Alex Walsh 2024 Atlantic Coast Championship (Women) 2/23/2024 200 Individual Medley 1:48.37 Kate Douglass 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/16/2023 400 Individual Medley 3:55.97 Alex Walsh 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Championship 3/22/2024 1 Meter Diving 335.00 Sydney Dusel 2017 3 Meter Diving 392.25 Kylie Towbin 2018 Platform Diving 297.85 Kylie Towbin 2018200 Freestyle Relay1:23.63 Jasmine Nocentini2024 Atlantic Coast Championship (Women)2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh Alex Walsh Maxine Parker400 Freestyle Relay3:05.84 Gretchen Walsh2023 NCAA Division I Women's Championship3/18/2023 Kate Douglass Lexi Cuomo Alex Walsh800 Freestyle Relay6:44.13 Gretchen Walsh2024 Atlantic Coast Championship (Women)2/20/2024 Alex Walsh Aimee Canny Claire Curzan200 Medley Relay1:31.10 Claire Curzan2025 NCAA Division I Women's Championship3/19/2025 Alex Walsh Gretchen Walsh Maxine Parker400 Medley Relay3:19.58 Claire Curzan2025 Atlantic Coast Championship (Women)2/21/2025 Alex Walsh Gretchen Walsh Anna Moesch
Yearly records Men
Women
Championships Team NCAA Championships Women (6)
+Virginia Cavaliers NCAA Championships Year Team National Champion Score Runner-Up Score Location 2026 Women Virginia 589 Stanford 380.5 Atlanta, GA 2025 Women Virginia 544 Stanford 417 Federal Way, WA 2024 Women Virginia 527.5 Texas 441 Athens, GA 2023 Women Virginia 542 Texas 415 Knoxville, TN 2022 Women Virginia 551.5 Texas 406 Atlanta, GA 2021 Women Virginia 491 NC State 354 Greensboro, NC
Team ACC Championships Women (22)
Men (16) +Virginia Cavaliers Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Team Score LocationWomen 1410.5Atlanta, GA Women 1451.5 Greensboro, NC Women 1637.5* Greensboro, NC Women 1536* Greensboro, NC Women 1418 Atlanta, GA Women 1486 Greensboro, NC Women 1492.5 Greensboro, NC Women 1382 Greensboro, NC Women 1332.5 Greensboro, NC Women 1308.5 Atlanta, GA Women 1433 Greensboro, NC Men 759.5 Greensboro, NC Women 832 Greensboro, NC Men 626.5 Christiansburg, VA Women 848 Christiansburg, VA Men 820 Atlanta, GA Women 776 Atlanta, GA Men 806 Chapel Hill, NC Women 877.5 Chapel Hill, NC Men 832 College Park, MD Women 848 College Park, MD Men 833 Atlanta, GA Women 800 Atlanta, GA Men 694 College Park, MD Men 726.5 Atlanta, GA Men 848.5 Charlottesville, VA Women 675 Charlottesville, VA Men 780 Chapel Hill, NC Women 710 Chapel Hill, NC Men 872 College Park, MD Men 883.5 Charlottesville, VA Men 801 Chapel Hill, NC Men 704 College Park, MD Women 766.5 College Park, MD Women 818 Charlottesville, VA Men 769 Raleigh, NC Women 766.5 Raleigh, NC Men 754 Chapel Hill, NC*ACC Record
NCAA Champions
+ Title SummaryMenWomen Individual Relay Total Individual Relay Total 4 0 4 25 10 35