Men's Swimming and Diving | 3/22/2026 4:30:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (pacathletics.org) - The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) had a very strong showing at the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming & Diving Championships, with five swimmers combining to earn eight All-America honors, including four First Team and four Honorable Mention accolades.
The Championships were held at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana, and hosted by Franklin College and the Indiana Sports Corp from Wednesday, March 18 through Saturday, March 21.
Saint Vincent College senior Jacob Druriza (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) and Grove City College senior Caleb Einolf (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown) led the way by repeating as All-Americans after both earned that recognition in two events each last year. This season, Dzurica swam to All-America in three individual events, while Einolf earned four overall, including two in individual races and two in relays.
Grove City junior Owen Hancock (Brunswick, Ohio/Westside Christian) finished the weekend with three All-America citations, including one individual and two relays. Swimming with Einolf and Hancock on the All-American relays were Wolverine junior Bryce Pope (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Valley Classical) and freshman George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian).
As teams, Grove City finished in 18th place overall with 53 points, their highest finish as a program and by a PAC program since the Wolverines scored 168 points to place sixth overall at the 2009 Championships. Dzurica's performances resulted in 30 points for Saint Vincent, as the Bearcats set a new program-standard by finishing 30th at NCAAs.
Highlights from the 2026 NCAA Championships:
Jacob Dzurica
- After placing eighth in the 50 Free to earn First Team All-America last year, Dzurica repeated with First Team honors again. After qualifying for Wednesday's finals with a preliminary time of 19.73 seconds, he finished fourth overall with a time of 19.79 in the Championship heat.
- On Friday, Dzurica added Honorable Mention in the 100 Back to his accolades. After placing 12th in the prelims (48.50) to qualify for the consolation final, he was 14th in that race in a time of of 48.83 for Honorable Mention All-America distinction.
- Dzurica completed the most decorated Saint Vincent men's swimming career in program history with his third All-America honor of the weekend and fifth in his career on Saturday. In the 100 Free, an event he placed 16th in during last year's Championships, he qualified for this year's final by finishing eighth in the prelims (43.80). Dzurica moved up one spot to take seventh in Saturday night's final with a time of 44.01.
Caleb Einolf
- A busy weekend of awards started for Einolf on Thursday in the 100 Fly. He earned 13th a season ago and made it back-to-back Honorable Mention All-America honors this year. He was seeded 15th following the prelims (48.16), but turned in a time of 47.63 seconds to win the consolation final and take ninth place overall.
- On Friday, Einolf swam in the 100 Breaststroke, which he placed sixth in last year. He repeated with First Team All-America laurels this season, clinching a spot in the final with a time of 53.70 in the prelim before finishing eight in Friday's championship heat in 53.88 seconds.
- Einolf also swam in the 50 Free at Championships and finished 24th out of 49 competitors in the prelims with a time of 20.24 seconds.
Owen Hancock
- Hancock's top individual performance over the weekend was in the 100 Fly. He just made the final in the event by taking eighth with a prelim time of 47.85 and then jumped two spots to earn sixth place and First Team All-America by touching in 47.79 seconds.
- Hancock also swam in the 100 Back and placed 31st in the prelims.
Relays
- Grove City competed in four relays at Championships and earned Honorable Mention All-America in both medleys. In the 400 Medley Relay Wednesday, the Wolverine quartet of Hancock, Einolf, Pope and Witte qualified 16th after the prelims (3:17.53) and took 15th place overall with a finals time of 3:17.15.
- Friday in the 200 Medley Relay, the same team was 11th after the morning prelims (1:28.24). That evening, the Wolverines tied with Pomona-Pitzer with the top time in the consolation final and shared ninth place after finishing in 1:28.02.
- On Thursday in the 200 Free Relay, Grove City's squad of Hancock, Witte, Pope and Einolf finished 19th, just three spots out of the consolation final, with a prelim time of 1:21.59.
- In the last race in Saturday's morning preliminary session, the team of Einolf, Hancock, Witte and Pope placed 20th in the 400 Free Relay (3:01.47).