Two divers placed in the top seven for the Case Western Reserve University men's swimming and diving team on the third day of 2026 University Athletic Association Championships hosted by the University of Chicago at the Ratner Athletics Center in Chicago on Friday.

NCAA Qualifying Score

• 1-Meter Dive: First-year Ryan Wells

1-Meter Dive

• Championship Final
  • First-year Ryan Wells, fourth, 434.20
  • Junior Jack Rudofsky, seventh, 383.00

200 Medley Relay

• First-year Sebastian Illum, sophomore Edgar Rutkauskas, senior William Froass, first-year Trevor Novak
  • Sixth, 1:30.35

100 Breast

• B Final
  • Rutkauskas, 10th, 55.72 seconds
• C Final
  • First-year Oliver Lazenby, 19th, 57.46 seconds (57.17 seconds in prelims)

100 Back

• B Final
  • Froass 12th, 50.13 seconds
• C Final
  • Illum, 17th, 50.51 seconds
  • First-year Hudson Perkins, 23rd, 51.75 seconds
  • Junior Michael Boelens, 24th, 51.82 seconds

400 IM

• B Final
  • Sophomore Sam Schultz, 15th, 4:02.41 (4:01.35 in prelims)
• C Final
  • Senior Tyler Ahten, 18th, 4:01.78
  • Senior Joshua Hernandez, 19th, 4:05.09
  • Sophomore Vladimir Shibalov, 22nd, 4:10.49

200 Free

• B Final
  • Novak, 16th, 1:40.51 (1:40.40 in prelims)
• C Final
  • Sophomore Owen Miao, 19th, 1:40.31
  • Senior John Drumm, 21st, 1:41.06 (1:40.55 in prelims)
  • Senior Mason Bencurik, 22nd, 1:41.10 (1:40.71 in prelims)

100 Fly

• C Final
  • Sophomore Edward Steward, 20th, 49.85 seconds (49.78 in prelims)
  • Froass, 24th, 50.46 seconds (50.13 in prelims)

B Cut Tracker (4)

• 1-Meter Dive: Ryan Wells
• 3-Meter Dive: Ryan Wells
• 800 Free Relay: Mason Bencurik, Trevor Novak, Owen Miao, John Drumm
• 500 Free: John Drumm

School Record Tracker (2)

• 800 Free Relay
  • Mason Bencurik, Trevor Novak, Owen Miao, John Drumm
• 200 Free Relay
  • Trevor Novak, William Froass, Ben Borvendeg, Mason Bencurik

Team Standings (after three days)

1. Emory, 1,272.5 points
2. NYU, 1,159.0 points
3. Chicago, 967.5 points
4. Carnegie Mellon, 774.5 points
5. WashU, 721.0 points
6. CWRU, 536.5 points
7. Rochester, 400.0 points
8. Brandeis, 269.0 points

Up Next

The final day of the conference championships will feature the 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 1650 Free, 400 Free Relay, and the women's 3-meter dive. Preliminary action is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET with the evening session scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.