Head coach Ryan Wochomurka and the Auburn Tigers are preparing for the Last Chance Invite, scheduled for February 27-28 at the James E. Martin Aquatic Center. This event serves as the final opportunity for swimmers to qualify for next month’s NCAA Championships.
Competition will start on Friday, February 27 at 10 a.m. Central Time, with live results available through Meet Mobile.
At the recent 2026 SEC Championships, Auburn’s women’s team scored 654.5 points over six days, finishing seventh overall. Lisa Klevanovich earned a bronze medal in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.55 seconds, making her the third-fastest performer in program history in that event.
Junior Zoey Zeller entered Auburn’s top ten performers in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 59.65 seconds, ranking fifth all-time at Auburn. Annika Finzen reached finals in both the 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke on the last day of competition and achieved a personal best of 1:59.89 in the IM final.
Auburn’s relay teams also performed well during the championships. The group of Maggie McGuire, Bella Ekk, Wyllo Hanson and Julia Strojnowska recorded a time of 7:03.86 in the 800 freestyle relay—the ninth-fastest mark in school history—while Lora Komoroczy, Kiia Metsakonkola, Izzy Iwasyk and Klevanovich finished their 200 medley relay at 1:35.07, which is third-best all-time for Auburn.
The men’s team scored 652 points to finish fifth at SECs under coach Wochomurka’s guidance and produced fourteen top-ten swims in program history along with a bronze medal performance in the men’s 800 freestyle relay.
Freshman Daniel Krichevsky finished sixth in the men’s 200 free and ninth in the men’s 100 free; his time of 1:31.87 moved him to number three all-time at Auburn for that event and was also third-fastest ever by an Auburn swimmer. He contributed an anchor split of 1:30.83 during their bronze-medal-winning relay effort.
Other freshmen also had strong showings: Abdalla Nasr won his consolation final heat of the men’s 100 butterfly with a time of 44.91 seconds—second-fastest ever by an Auburn swimmer—and placed fifth overall in the men’s A final for the same stroke; Maston Ballew posted top-ten times in both breaststroke events; Luke Bedsole swam into sixth place on Auburn’s all-time list for his performance anchoring relays; Mack Schumann registered two more top-ten times across distance events.
The men’s relays included notable finishes as well: Ivan Tarasov, Uros Zivanovic, Sohib Khaled and Kalle Makinen clocked a time of 1:22.41 (second-fastest ever) for their medley relay while Makinen joined Zivanovic, Nasr and Krichevsky to swim another second-best program mark (3:02.09) over four legs.
In diving events coached by John Fox, Juliette Landi advanced to number five on Auburn’s all-time list after scoring a total of 351.65 points on three-meter springboard while Ethan Swart moved up to seventh place among program divers after posting a score of 402.50 points on three-meter board as well.
John Fox’s squad accounted for five championship finalists during SECs alongside ten consolation finalists and five C-finalists throughout competition week.
Sophomore Chloe Brothers reached championship finals appearances twice—competing strongly both from one-meter springboard and platform heights.
