Wildcats Enter 2026 A-10 Championships Wednesday

Wednesday, February 18

Hampton, VA

10 a.m./3 p.m.

Davidson College

Atlantic 10 Championships

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Wildcats Enter 2026 A-10 Championships Wednesday

2/17/2026 3:14:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Swimming & Diving

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It's championship season in swimming and diving, and the Davidson Wildcats will enter the four-day Atlantic 10 Conference Championships Wednesday at the Hampton AquaPlex in Hampton, Va.

Prelims will be at 10 a.m. each day, with finals set for 3 p.m. Wednesday, then at 6 p.m. the remaining days.

For live stats, video, records and more, visit A-10 Championship Central here.

SETTING THE SCENE
• Dating to the program's first A-10 Championship in 2015, the Wildcats have secured five Most Outstanding Performer Awards in the women's championship and two in the men's championship. That includes three honors by Elise Lankiewicz (2015, 2016, 2017), two by Shelby Stanley (2021, 2022) and two by current senior Dylan Felt (2023, 2024).
• Third place is the highest finish for Davidson's teams within the A-10. In 2021, the Wildcats took third in both the men's and women's standings, and the Davidson women were also third in 2016. Last season, the men were fourth, and the women were sixth.
• George Washington has swept the team championships the last four years.

MEDALS, MEDALS, MEDALS
Felt won three individual gold medals last year to lead the Wildcats and take his career medals total to 12 (7 golds).

Felt has won three straight A-10 golds in the 500 free and 1,650 free. Last year, he also won the 200 free, after previously taking silver in the event the last two seasons. He's also earned two silvers and a bronze with the 800 free relay. Felt owns A-10 records in the 200 free (1:32.96) and 1,650 free (15:09.08).

Mitch McClain, Henry Shoemaker and Fletcher Smith joined Felt on the silver-medal 800 free relay last year.

For the Davidson women, Elle Jacobsen (1M diving) and Ginny Thorsen (200 free) earned bronze medals last year.

'CATS IN THE TOP 10
Led by Felt's top ranking in the 200 free and 500 free, a number of Wildcats have posted top-10 A-10 times this season.

Men
100 free: Felt (4th, 43.95)
200 free: Felt (1st, 1:35.19); Fletcher Smith (8th, 1:38.97)
500 free: Felt (1st, 4:23.87); Henry Shoemaker (3rd, 4:27.59); Davis Moore (9th, 4:30.57)
1,650 free: Felt (2nd, 15:30.16), Shoemaker (4th, 15:33.83); Moore (9th, 15:47.88)
100 back: Liam McDonough (8th, 49.20)
200 back: L. McDonough (7th, 1:49.36)
200 breast: Nathan Widman (6th, 2:02.58); Max Boylan (10th, 2:03.27)
200 fly: Smith (4th, 1:46.51); Robby Votta (8th, 1:48.59)

Women
100 free: Caroline Furbay (10th, 51.35)
100 back: Ann Thompson (5th, 55.64)
200 back: Thompson (4th, 2:00.20)
100 breast: Maggie McCabe (10th, 1:03.74)
200 breast: McCabe (10th, 2:19.09)
100 fly: McKenna Smith (6th, 55.21)
200 IM: Nora Ratmeyer (6th, 2:03.91)