KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee swimming & diving gets into the postseason calendar as it gets the SEC Championships underway. Tennessee is hosting this year’s SEC Championships at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatics Center Feb. 16-21.
All meet information including schedules, tickets, heat sheets/results, streaming, parking, and fan policies can be found on the 2026 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships Central page. Each session of the SEC Championships will be streamed on SEC Network+, with fans able to follow live results by using Meet Mobile.
The championship meet begins on Monday with the men’s 1-meter event. Tuesday features the women’s 1-meter, as well as finals in the 1650 Frees, 200 Medley Relay and the 800 Free Relay. Wednesday sees competition in the 100 Back, 200 Fly, and 100 Breast, as well as the men’s 3-meter.
Thursday begins the back half of the meet, with competition in the 100 Fly, 400 IM, and 200 Free on the individual side. Thursday also sees the women’s 3-meter and the 400 Medley Relay. Friday’s schedule features the 200 Breast, 50 Free, and 500 Free, while the men’s Platform and 200 Free Relay get underway as well. The championship meet ends on Friday, with a slate that includes the 200 IM, 100 Free, 200 Back, Women’s Platform, and 400 Free Relay.
At the 2025 SEC Championships, the men’s and women’s programs finished third overall. The Big Orange won a combined 28 medals, with 12 golds, nine silver, and seven bronze between the two teams. The Lady Vols finished the week with 1172, bringing home seven SEC titles and 18 total medals. The Vols finished the meet with 977.5 points, behind 10 total medals and five championships.
Camille Spink swept the 50 Free, 100 Free, and 200 Free at the 2025 SEC Championships, becoming the first SEC swimmer to achieve the feat since 2007. Spink was named the co-recipient SEC Commissioner’s Trophy, awarded to the top individual point scorers of the meet. Spink looks to win her third consecutive SEC title in both the 50 and 100 Free, which was last accomplished by fellow Lady Vol Erika Brown who did so from 2018-20.
Ella Jansen and Emily Brown enter for the Lady Vols as two of the top swimmers in the conference in multiple events heading into the SEC Championships. Both swimmers rank second and third respectively in the 200 Fly, with Brown setting the school record in the event earlier this season. Jansen is the SEC leader in the 400 IM, entering the meet with the fourth-best time in the event in the nation.
On the men’s side, Gui Caribe comes in with a pair of bronze medal performances in the 50 and 10 Free at the 2025 SEC Championships. Caribe has the best time in the country in the 100 Free of 40.91, while ranking third nationally and second in the conference in the 50 Free. The Vols come in as the defending champions in both the 200 and 400 Free Relays after taking the SEC titles last year. At last year’s championship meet, the Vols set NCAA records in both competitions as they captured the gold medals.
Martin Espernberger returns for the Vols after taking second place in the 200 Fly back in 2025. Espernberger took gold in the event in 2024 and looks to medal in the event for the third consecutive season. Bennett Greene took home bronze for the Vols in 2025, and aims to improve on that mark this year. Koby Bujak-Upton and Nikoli Blackman sit one and two in the conference in the 200 Free, with an eye on medaling for Tennessee at the conference championships.
Following the SEC Championships, Tennessee turns its attention to the NCAA meets. The Zone B Diving Championships take place March 7-11, taking pace in Athens, Ga. Following zones, Tennessee gets into the men’s and women’s championships in Atlanta. The NCAA Women’s Championships take place March 18-21, while the NCAA Men’s Championships get underway March 25-28.
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