Wednesday, February 25
Greensboro, N.C.
10 a.m. Prelims/6 p.m. Finals
West Virginia University
vs
Big 12 Championships
Hellmann Places Fourth to Lead Mountaineers at Big 12 Championships
February 25, 2026 08:50 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sophomore Levi Hellmann placed fourth on 3-meter to lead the Mountaineers on the second night of the 2026 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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This marked the highest finish in any event for Hellmann as he narrowly missed out on a third-place finish with 367.90 total points. TCU's David Ekdahl placed third with 374.70 points.
Despite no swimmers in the A final, the Mountaineers achieved multiple milestones. In the C final of the men's 200-yard individual medley, sophomore Joey Stebbins swam the sixth-fastest time in program history (1:46.62) to place second in the heat.
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Redshirt junior Christian Simpson finished third with the eighth-fastest time in program history (1:47.30).
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During prelims in the morning, freshman Jake Salcedo moved up the leaderboard in the men's 500-yard freestyle. He now holds the third-fastest time in program history after swimming a 4:22.95. He would go on to place eighth in the B final.
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Freshman Baylee Sloan also posted a top-10 program time during prelims. She recorded a 2:02.67 in the women's 200-yard IM for the 10th-fastest time in program history.
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Meet Schedule
Thursday, Feb. 26
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This marked the highest finish in any event for Hellmann as he narrowly missed out on a third-place finish with 367.90 total points. TCU's David Ekdahl placed third with 374.70 points.
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Redshirt junior Christian Simpson finished third with the eighth-fastest time in program history (1:47.30).
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During prelims in the morning, freshman Jake Salcedo moved up the leaderboard in the men's 500-yard freestyle. He now holds the third-fastest time in program history after swimming a 4:22.95. He would go on to place eighth in the B final.
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Freshman Baylee Sloan also posted a top-10 program time during prelims. She recorded a 2:02.67 in the women's 200-yard IM for the 10th-fastest time in program history.
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Meet Schedule
Thursday, Feb. 26
- 10 a.m. – Prelims
- 5:15 p.m. – Men's 1-meter diving
- 6 p.m. – Finals
- 100 butterfly
- 400 IM
- 200 freestyle
- Women's 3-meter diving
- 4x100 medley relay
- 10 a.m. – Prelims
- 6 p.m. – Finals
- 200 butterfly
- 100 breaststroke
- 100 backstroke
- Men's platform diving
- 200 freestyle relay
- 10 a.m. – Prelims
- 6 p.m. – Finals
- 200 backstroke
- 100 freestyle
- 1650 freestyle
- 200 breaststroke
- Women's platform diving
- 400 freestyle relay
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/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back/Breast
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