Kenyon closes NCAA Championship in fourth

3/21/2026 9:38:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Kenyon College men's swimming and diving team closed its run at 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championship and the 2025-26 season on Saturday night with a fifth place showing, totalling 299 points for the four day event.

For the evening, the Owls added two finishes inside the top three and logged three more strong consolation heat finishes to end the championship in fourth place.

Kenyon's best finish of the evening came in the 100 freestyle, where Djordje Dragojlovic closed his collegiate career with a second place finish. His 42.72 time broke his own program record from November 25 by nearly a second. He will leave Gambier with 10 national titles and 27 All-America awards.

Dragojlovic teamed up with Neil Abrahamson, Teo Jaworski and Spencer Stluka for the 400 freestyle relay, where the quartet broke the season's fastest time by nearly two seconds and earned first team All-American honors.

Back in individual events, the Owls had three strong finishes in consolation heats. Ethan Manske turned in the best of that trio in the 200 backstroke, where he took second in the consolation heat with a 1:46.40 time. It earned him second team All-American honors and bested his season fastest time by over two seconds.

Noel Tumbasz clocked in at 1:59.70 in the 200 breaststroke to take third in his consolation heat. The time eclipsed his season best and also gave him second team All-American honors. Back in the 100 freestyle, Jaworski took sixth in the consolation heat with a 44.34 mark, which resulted in second team All-American honors and was his fastest time of the season.

In the end, Denison came away with the title, coming in at 437 points. New York University took second at 388.5, and Chicago finished ahead of Kenyon with 353 points.

For the championship, Kenyon tallied one win, eleven first team All-America honorees and eight second team selections. The Owls' fifth-place spot in the final team standings gave the program its 48th consecutive top-five finish at NCAA Championship meets.

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