It’s February! Time for the myriad college swimming and diving conference championships. For much of NCAA Division III, this is the first real championship season in two years. Some of the 2022 meets may be held without spectators due to the lingering COVID pandemic and the varying protocols of different host schools, but there might also be more streaming options available, too.
Through all the ups and downs of the last two seasons, one thing you can count on is SwimSwam’s NCAA conference championship primer. We’ve done our best to include every D3 meet, but it’s a changing landscape and we may have some omissions. If your favorite meet isn’t on this list, let us know and we’ll add it below.
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You can bookmark this page to get continuing information on each conference championships, as we’ll be adding links to live results, live video, championship central sites and more as they become available.
Week 1
Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Friday-Sunday, February 4-6
- Location: Boston Sports Institute, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Defending Champions: Simmons women (1x); Norwich men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Albertus Magnus (women only), Colby-Sawyer (women only), Elms, Norwich, Regis, St. Joseph (CT), St. Joseph’s (ME), New England (women only), Simmons (women only)
Week 2
Liberal Arts Conference – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 9-12
- Location: Principia Natatorium, Elsah, Illinois
- Defending Champions: Luther women (1x); Luther men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Asbury, College of St. Mary (women only), Illinois Tech, Mills (women only), Minnesota-Morris (women only), Principia, Williams Baptist
North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 9-12
- Location: Trumbull Aquatics Center, Granville, Ohio
- Defending Champions: Denison women (1x), Kenyon men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Allegheny, Denison, DePauw, Hiram, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash (men only), Wittenberg, Wooster
University Athletic Association (UAA) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 9-12
- Location: Madeleine Jude Brown Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
- Defending Champions: Emory women (22x); Emory men (22x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Chicago, Emory, New York University, Rochester, WashU-St. Louis
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Saturday, February 10-12
- Location: Vigo County Aquatic Center, Terre Haute, Indiana
- Host: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Defending Champions: Franklin women (4x); Rose-Hulman men (1x)
- Championship program
- Live results
- Live video
- Championship Central
Teams: Anderson, Bluffton, Franklin, Hanover, Manchester, Rose-Hulman, Transylvania
Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) – Women
- Dates: Thursday-Saturday, February 10-12
- Location: James E. Longnecker Pool, Grove City, Pennsylvania
- Defending Champions: Grove City women (2x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Bethany, Chatham, Franciscan, Grove City, Saint Vincent, Washington & Jefferson, Westminster
Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 10-13
- Location/Host: Graham Aquatic Center, York, Pennsylvania
- Defending Champions: Messiah women (1x); Stevens men (2x)
- Live Results on Meet Mobile
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Albright, Arcadia, FDU-Florham, Hood, King’s, Lebanon Valley, Lycoming, Messiah, Misericordia, Stevens, Stevenson, Widener, Wilkes, York
New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) – Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 10-13
- Location: Colby College
- Defending Champions: Williams (2x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Williams
Northwest Conference – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 10-13
- Location: King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, Washington
- Defending Champions: Whitman women (3x); Whitworth men (3x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: George Fox, Lewis & Clark, Linfield, Pacific Lutheran, Pacific University, Puget Sound, Whitman, Whitworth, Willamette
Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 10-13
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
- Defending Champions: Lynchburg women (1x); Roanoke men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Bridgewater, Emory & Henry, Ferrum, Greensboro, Guilford (women only), Hamden-Sydney (men), Hollins (women only), Lynchburg, Randolph, Randolph-Macon, Roanoke, Virginia Wesleyan, Sweet Briar (women only), Washington and Lee
Atlantic East Conference – Men and Women
- Dates: Friday-Sunday, February 11-13
- Location: St. Mary’s College of Maryland
- Defending Champions: St. Mary’s (MD) women, (1x) Cabrini men (2x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Cabrini, Cedar Crest (women only), Gallaudet, Immaculata, Marymount, Marywood, St. Mary’s (MD) (women only)
Week 3
Allegheny Empire* – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Webster High School Aquatic Center, Rochester, New York
- Defending Champions AMCC: Alfred State women (1x); Penn St. Behrend men (14x)
- Defending Champions E8: Nazareth women (3x); Nazareth men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
*combination of Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference and Empire 8 Conference.
Teams: AMCC – Alfred State, Penn St. Behrend, Pitt-Bradford, Penn St. Altoona, and SUNY Delhi; E8 – Alfred, Hartwick, Nazareth, and Utica.
Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) – Men / Mountain East Conference (MEC) – Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton, Ohio
- Defending Champions: Findlay men (4x); Hillsdale women (2x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Alderson Broaddus (women only), Ashland, Davis & Elkins, Fairmont State, Findlay, Frostburg State, Hillsdale (women only), Malone, Notre Dame (OH), West Virginia Wesleyan, Wheeling
Liberty League – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium, Ithaca, New York
- Defending Champions: Ithaca women (2x); Rensselaer men (5x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Bard, Clarkson, Ithaca, Rensselaer, RIT, Saint Lawrence, Skidmore, Union, Vassar, William Smith (women only)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Holland Aquatic Center, Holland, Michigan
- Defending Champions: Hope women; Albion men
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Albion, Alma, Calvin, Hope, Kalamazoo, Olivet
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Defending Champions: St. Catherine women (1x); Gustavus Adolphus men (2x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Augsburg (women only), Carleton, Concordia, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, Macalester, Saint Benedict (women only), St. Catherine (women only), Saint John’s (men only), Saint Mary’s, St. Olaf
State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Burt Flickinger Aquatic Center, Buffalo, New York
- Defending Champions: SUNY Geneseo women (13x); SUNY Geneseo men (7x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Potsdam
Southern Athletic Association (SAA) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Crossplex Aquatic Center, Birmingham, Alabama
- Defending Champions: Birmingham Southern women (5x); Birmingham Southern men (7x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Berry, Birmingham Southern, Centre College, Hendrix College, Rhodes College, Sewanee
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatic Center, La Mirada, California
- Defending Champions: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women (1x); Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Caltech, Cal Lutheran, Chapman, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, La Verne, Occidental, Pomona-Pitzer, Redlands, Whittier
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Garland ISD Natatorium, Garland, Texas
- Defending Champions: Trinity women (16x); Southwestern men
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Austin, Centenary, Colorado, McMurry, Ozarks, Southwestern, Trinity
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Wednesday-Saturday, February 16-19
- Location: Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, Brown Deer, Wisconsin
- Defending Champions: La Crosse women (9x); Stevens Point men (21x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Eau Claire, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Whitewater
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Saturday, February 17-19
- Location: Pleasant Prairie RecPlex, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
- Defending Champions: Carthage women (3x); Carthage men (4x)
- Live Results
- Championship Central
Teams: Augustana, Carroll, Carthage, Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin, North Central, Wheaton
Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Saturday, February 17-19
- Location: Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium, Akron, Ohio
- Defending Champions: John Carroll women (5x); John Carroll men (5x)
- Live Results
- Live Video (if available): TBD
- Championship Central
Teams: Baldwin Wallace, John Carroll, Mount Union, Ohio Northern, Wilmington
Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) – Men
- Dates: Thursday-Saturday, February 17-19
- Location: James E. Longnecker Pool, Grove City, Pennsylvania
- Defending Champions: Grove City men (3x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Bethany, Chatham, Franciscan, Grove City, Saint Vincent, Washington & Jefferson, Westminster
USA South Conference – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Saturday, February 17-19
- Location: Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, North Carolina
- Defending Champions:
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Piedmont, Pfeiffer, Southern Virginia, Warren Wilson
Centennial Conference – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 17-20
- Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Defending Champions: Gettysburg women (1x); Franklin & Marshall men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central: Men’s meet / Women’s meet
Teams: Bryn Mawr (women only), Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg, McDaniel, Swarthmore, Washington College, Ursinus
Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 17-20
- Location: Brunswick, New Jersey
- Defending Champions: Rowan women (2x); USMMA men
- Live results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: DIII – Baruch, Hunter, Kean (women only), Lehman, Mary Washington, Montclair State, Mt. St. Mary, Queens College (NY), Ramapo, Rowan, Staten Island, Salisbury, SUNY Maritime, TCNJ, USMMA, William Paterson | DI – St. Francis (NY) men
New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) – Men
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 17-20
- Location: Colby College
- Defending Champions: Williams (2x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Williams
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 17-20
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Defending Champions: MIT women (9x); MIT men (12x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central: Men’s meet / Women’s meet
Teams: Babson, Clark, MIT, Mount Holyoke (W), Smith (W), Springfield, US Coast Guard Academy, Wellesley (W), Wheaton, WPI
Landmark Conference – Men and Women
- Dates: Friday-Sunday, February 18-20
- Location/Host: Germantown Swim Center, Germantown, Maryland
- Defending Champions: Catholic women (2x); Catholic men (5x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Catholic, Drew, Elizabethtown, Goucher, Juniata (women only), Scranton, Susquehanna
Midwest Conference (MWC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Friday-Sunday, February 18-20
- Location: Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
- Defending Champions: Lake Forest women (1x); Grinnell men (5x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central: Men’s meet / Women’s meet
Teams: Beloit, Grinnell, Illinois College, Knox, Lake Forest, Lawrence, Monmouth, Ripon, St. Norbert
Little East Conference (LEC) – Men and Women
- Dates: Sunday-Tuesday, February 20-22
- Location: Boston Sports Institute, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Defending Champions: Keene State women (14x); [first-ever men’s championship]
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championship Central
Teams: Bridgewater State, Eastern Connecticut State, Keene State, Plymouth State, Rhode Island College (women only), UMass Dartmouth (women only), Western Connecticut State, Western New England (women only), Westfield State (women only)
Week 4
New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association (NEISDA) – Men and Women
- Dates: Thursday-Sunday, February 24-27
- Location: Tootell Aquatic Center, Kingston, Rhode Island
- Defending Champions: Roger Williams men (2x); Roger Williams women (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video
- Championships Central
Teams: Bridgewater State, Eastern Connecticut State, Gordon, Husson, Keene State, Maine Maritime Academy, Plymouth State (women only), Rhode Island College (women only), Roger Williams, UMass Dartmouth, Western Connecticut State, Western New England (women only), Westfield State (women only)
Also, Franciscan University is now in the PAC instead of AMCC starting last year
American Rivers Conference Invitational
Chatham is no longer women only, this is their 3rd year sending at least one man to the conference championship meet in the PAC
Aren’t NCAA applications / selections due Feb 21? Why would a conference elect to have their meet after that time? Even if you’re unlikely to make the meet…doesn’t that seem odd?
Most, if not all, of those schools also belong to other conferences that have a meet this week or next. Not sure the point of the NEISDA “super conference” meet thoufh
Not to state the obvious: But, has anyone considered the consolidation of this plethora of conferences into 1) a more manageable number of conferences; and 2) an amplification in the over quality of each new alignment?
I’m confused by your note of a more manageable number? What is unmanageable about the current number? Also many of these conference meets are already quite long in morning session and are close to capacity at the pools for their championships.
division 3 is the largest of the three divisions. Plus lower budgets for travel so more conferences means less travel stress on those budgets.
Like Division III Nationals?