Stanford concluded its season with a tenth-place finish at the 2026 men’s swimming and diving championships held at the McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech on Mar. 28. The team achieved another top ten national ranking, with several individual athletes reaching career milestones.
The result continues Stanford’s streak of five consecutive seasons finishing in the top ten at the NCAA championships. This performance highlights consistent competitiveness among collegiate programs, although Stanford last finished in the top five in 2017.
On the final day, attention was on platform diving as Misha Andriyuk and Gunnar Grubbs represented Stanford in their last event of the season. Grubbs completed his freshman year by placing twelfth, earning second-team All-America honors with a score of 371.10—just ten points short of his personal best. His fifth-round inward 3½ somersault tuck scored an event-high 80.00 points.
Andriyuk delivered a standout performance during trials, finishing second with a score of 421.30 after an impressive back 3½ somersault tuck that earned him an 89.00 on his fourth dive. In finals, despite early struggles that placed him seventh after three dives, he rebounded with a reverse 3½ somersault tuck scoring 93.50—including two perfect scores—which propelled him to fifth place overall and marked his highest career finish. Andriyuk became only the third Stanford diver to be named a two-time first team All-American in platform diving.
In swimming events, Ethan Ekk and Josh Zuchowski competed strongly in the 200 backstroke heats; Ekk posted a time of 1:38.78 while Zuchowski set a new school record at 1:38.33 before both earned second-team All-America honors by finishing twelfth and tenth respectively—Zuchowski’s best-ever NCAA result.
Gibson Holmes set a personal record (1:40.27) while claiming second-team All-America recognition for his sixth-place heat finish in the 200 butterfly; Henry McFadden also competed in this event and finished twenty-third overall.
Andres Dupont Cabrera participated in the fourth heat of the men’s 100 freestyle with a time just shy of his seed mark (41.82), tying for fifth in his heat and placing twenty-third overall.
The Cardinal closed out their relay events as Dupont Cabrera, McFadden, Rafael Gu, and Jonathan Tan swam to thirteenth place overall (2:47.78) in Saturday’s morning session for All-America status.
Texas secured its second consecutive national championship title ahead of Florida and Indiana.
