The University of San Diego women’s swimming team concluded its season at the 2026 CSCAA National Invitational Championship, earning 77 points to secure 36th place in the women’s standings, according to a March 15 announcement. The three-day event took place from March 12 to March 14 at FAST Aquatics Center in Ocala, Florida.
This result marks the end of the Toreros’ 2025-2026 campaign and highlights several strong individual performances. Sydney Wilson led the team with notable swims in distance freestyle events. She finished as high as 12th in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 16:48.31 and placed 17th in the 1,000 freestyle (10:10.72). Wilson also competed in the preliminaries of the 500 freestyle.
Ally Diehl advanced to the B Final in the 200 freestyle after qualifying with a time of 1:49.70 and improved her performance to finish eleventh overall at 1:48.63. Gwendolyn Smith reached the B Final in the 400 individual medley, placing fourteenth with a final swim of 4:20.07.
Other contributors included Skylar Bruner, who finished ninth in the 1,000 freestyle and competed in the longer distance as well, and Haley Borja, who swam both backstroke sprint events. In relay competition, Mallory Paine, Milan Bever, Borja and Diehl combined for a twenty-sixth-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay while Diehl joined Paine, Smith and Bruner for twenty-fourth place in the 800 freestyle relay.
Kentucky won the women’s team title with a total of 553 points. Rice followed with just over five hundred points and Ohio State rounded out the top three teams.
