MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Sixteen individuals and eight relays from the St. Olaf College men's and women's swimming and diving teams were officially honored for their performances at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Swimming & Diving Championships in the 2026 MIAC Swimming & Diving Awards, as announced on Monday.
St. Olaf's women's team had 12 individuals and five relays honored for their performances, while the men's team had four individuals and three relays recognized in the year-end awards. The top-three finishers in all individual and relay events earned All-MIAC honors, while the No. 4-6 finishers inn individual events and the fourth-place relay landed Honorable Mention All-MIAC honors.
Below are lists of St. Olaf's honorees organized alphabetically by last name.
St. Olaf's Women's Swimming & Diving Honorees
| Name(s) |
Event |
Place/Accolade |
Time/Score |
| Savannah Carr |
Three-meter diving |
5th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
392.15 |
| Emma Haines |
One-meter diving |
6th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
371.00 |
| Zibby Hanifl |
One-meter diving |
4th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
400.60 |
|
Three-meter diving |
4th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
411.60 |
| Katie Homme |
50-yard freestyle |
t-4th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
24.24 |
| McKenna Hultgren |
200-yard butterfly |
2nd - All-MIAC |
2:09.65 |
|
100-yard butterfly |
3rd - All-MIAC |
58.33 |
| Erica Johnson |
One-meter diving |
3rd - All-MIAC |
420.30 |
| Alayna McCormick |
One-meter diving |
5th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
394.35 |
|
Three-meter diving |
6th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
390.00 |
| McKelvey McDaniel |
1,650-yard freestyle |
5th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
18:12.61 |
| Lena Minetto |
200-yard butterfly |
5th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
2:12.19 |
| Alana Schmitzer |
100-yard breaststroke |
t-3rd - All-MIAC |
1:06.63 |
| Olivia Small |
100-yard backstroke |
1st - All-MIAC |
56.59 |
|
200-yard backstroke |
2nd - All-MIAC |
2:04.71 |
|
100-yard butterfly |
6th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
58.91 |
| Paige Steenblock |
400-yard individual medley |
1st - All-MIAC |
4:35.14 |
|
200-yard individual medley |
3rd - All-MIAC |
2:10.95 |
|
200-yard breaststroke |
5th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
2:26.51 |
| Olivia Small, Alana Schmitzer, McKenna Hultgren, Katie Homme |
200-yard medley relay |
3rd - All-MIAC |
1:46.27 |
| Olivia Small, Paige Steenblock, McKenna Hultgren, Katie Homme |
400-yard medley relay |
3rd - All-MIAC |
3:54.39 |
| Alana Schmitzer, Sawyer Eastman, Samantha Sylvester, Katie Homme |
200-yard freestyle relay |
3rd - All-MIAC |
1:37.11 |
| Sawyer Eastman, McKelvey McDaniel, Alana Schmitzer, Paige Steenblock |
800-yard freestyle relay |
3rd - All-MIAC |
7:51.17 |
| Alana Schmitzer, Sawyer Eastman, Samantha Sylvester, Katie Homme |
400-yard freestyle relay |
4th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
3:33.90 |
St. Olaf's Men's Swimming & Diving Honorees
| Name(s) |
Event |
Place/Accolade |
Time/Score |
| Travis Elling |
1,650-yard freestyle |
6th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
17:08.58 |
| Nick Starcevich |
50-yard freestyle |
3rd - All-MIAC |
20.85 |
|
100-yard breaststroke |
5th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
58.02 |
|
100-yard freestyle |
6th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
47.01 |
| William Wallace |
100-yard freestyle |
1st - All-MIAC |
45.26 |
|
100-yard butterfly |
3rd - All-MIAC |
50.37 |
| Aiden Yung |
200-yard breaststroke |
2nd - All-MIAC |
2:05.80 |
|
400-yard individual medley |
3rd - All-MIAC |
4:11.20 |
|
200-yard individual medley |
5th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
1:56.75 |
| Aiden Yung, Nick Starcevich, Jack Homme, Luke Williams |
200-yard medley relay |
4th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
1:34.34 |
| Beau Giddings, Aiden Yung, Jack Homme, Nick Starcevich |
400-yard medley relay |
4th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
3:27.84 |
| Nick Starcevich, Jack Homme, Travis Elling, Luke Williams |
200-yard freestyle relay |
4th - Honorable Mention All-MIAC |
1:25.37 |
