Fourteen Jumbos Earn 2026 Men's Swimming & Diving All-Conference Awards

MEDFORD, MA (February 24, 2026) - Fourteen members of the Tufts University men's swimming & diving team were recognized following the conclusion of the 2026 NESCAC Championships on Sunday. The All-Conference awards are given for placing among the top three in an event at the NESCAC meet.

Jumbos earning the recognition are freshman JJ Arbuckle, freshman Harry Belbot, sophomore Max Gerke, sophomore Sam Harris, junior Will Kaminski, sophomore Ron Lyubman, junior Jack Nussbaum, freshman Nico Ogawa, junior Rafae Shafi, freshman Isaac Shang, senior Armaan Sikka, junior Jan Springer, freshman Spencer Thompson and junior Jay Wilkinson.

Gerke and Sikka both had top-three finishes in five events at the conference meet hosted by Colby College February 19-22. Gerke did it in the 50 and 100 butterfly events as well as with the 200 and 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay foursomes. Sikka won the 100 butterfly - the second individual NESCAC title of his career - and was also top-three for the 100 freestyle, 200 and 400 freestyle relays and the 200 medley relay.

Kaminski and Lyubman are All-Conference recipients for three events. Kaminski was a part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays along with the 200 medley relay. Lyubman's achievement came in the 200 and 500 freestyles along with the 800 freestyle relay.

All-Conference in two events went to Ogawa (50 backstroke and 200 medley relay) and Wilkinson (one- and three-meter diving). He won the one-meter diving competition. Earning the honor in one event are Arbuckle (400 individual medley), Belbot (800 freestyle relay), Harris (800 freestyle relay), Nussbaum (200 breaststroke), Shafi (800 freestyle relay), Shang (200 freestyle relay), Springer (400 freestyle relay) and Thompson (50 backstroke).

This is the fourth straight year that Sikka has earned All-Conference honors. He was the NESCAC Rookie of the Year in 2023. Shafi is recognized for the third time, while Lyubman, Nussbaum and Wilkinson are now two-time All-Conference honorees. Wilkinson was the NESCAC Diver of the Year in 2023. The others earned the recognition for the first time.

Head coach Adam Hoyt's Tufts team finished second at the 2026 NESCAC Championships.