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Division III Swimming Championships Recap

BC's Erb and WLU's Jobe Earn Multiple All-American Honors

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — ODAC swimmers brought home 11 All-American awards following four days of competition at the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of Indiana University Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Ind.

Bridgewater College standout and two-time ODAC Swimmer of the Meet Zachary Erb took home two individual All-American awards including the lone first team honor secured by a league swimmer for finishing fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke. He also garnered second team laurels in the 200-yard individual medley (16th).

Washington and Lee University star Dalton Jobe closed his stellar career with four second team All-America swims to give him 10 for his career. He earned two individual honors in the 200-yard IM and the 200-yard freestyle. He then joined teammates Charles Byars, Leighton Chapman, and Thomas Denton on second team plaudits in the 800-yard freestyle relay. He and Byars, Chapman, and William Gordon took home second team distinction in the 400-yard freestyle relay to close the competition.

A total of nine ODAC swimmers competed at IUI. Below are entries for each of the ODAC's competitors in Indiana.

    • ZACHARY ERB
      • 200-YARD IM
        • Prelims: 14th at 1:48.84
        • Final: 16th at 1:49.23 — 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • 100-YARD BREASTSTROKE
        • Prelims: 5th at 0:53.72
        • Final: 4th at 0:53.42 – 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • 200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
        • Prelims: disqualified
    • HENRY BROOKS
      • 100-YARD BUTTERFLY
        • Prelims: 35th at 0:49.13 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 100-YARD BACKSTROKE
        • Prelims: 19th at 0:49.00 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 200-YARD BACKSTROKE
        • Prelims: 29th at 1:50.46 (did not qualify for finals)
    • GRACIE MAUGHAN
      • 200-YARD IM
        • Prelims: 61st at 2:11.97 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 100-YARD BREASTSTROKE
        • Prelims: 35th at 1:05.46
      • 200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
        • Prelims: 43rd at 2:25.35 (did not qualify for finals)
    • CHARLES BYARS
      • 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 20th at 1:21.62 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Finals: 13th at 6:37.77 – 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 14th at 2:59.03 (did not qualify for finals)
        • Finals: 15th at 3:00.42 – 2nd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • LEIGHTON CHAPMAN
      • 50-YARD FREESTYLE
        • Prelims: 20th at 1:21.62 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 100-YARD FREESTYLE
        • Prelims: 25th at 0:44.74 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 20th at 1:21.62 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Finals: 13th at 6:37.77 – 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 14th at 2:59.03 (did not qualify for finals)
        • Finals: 15th at 3:00.42 – 2nd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • THOMAS DENTON
      • 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 20th at 1:21.62 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Finals: 13th at 6:37.77 – 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • WILLIAM GORDON
      • 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 14th at 2:59.03 (did not qualify for finals)
        • Finals: 15th at 3:00.42 – 2nd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
    • MARIA JELLIG
      • 200-YARD BACKSTROKE
        • Prelims: 31st at 2:03.71 (did not qualify for finals)
    • DALTON JOBE
      • 200-YARD IM
        • Prelims: 13th at 1:48.69
        • Finals: 14th at 1:48.16 – 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • 200-YARD FREESTYLE
        • Prelims: 13th at 1:38.05
        • Finals: 12th at 1:38.45 – 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 20th at 1:21.62 (did not qualify for finals)
      • 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Finals: 13th at 6:37.77 – 2ND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
      • 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
        • Prelims: 14th at 2:59.03 (did not qualify for finals)
        • Finals: 15th at 3:00.42 – 2nd TEAM ALL-AMERICAN