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.
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.
Redshirt junior Christian Simpson finished third with the eighth-fastest time in program history (1:47.30).
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.
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.
Meet Schedule
Thursday, Feb. 26
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.
Redshirt junior Christian Simpson finished third with the eighth-fastest time in program history (1:47.30).
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.
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.
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
Players Mentioned
Diving
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Free/Back/IM
/ Men's Swimming & Diving
Free/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back/Breast
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