MEDFORD, MA (February 25, 2026) - Four Tufts University Jumbos will be in action at the NCAA Diving Regional hosted by Connecticut College on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 27-28). For the women's team, junior
Arya Gupta and senior
Malia Leung will compete. On the men's side, juniors
Elias Brandt and
Jay Wilkinson will be in action.
2026 NCAA Region 3 Diving Championships
Dates: Friday, February 27 through Saturday, February 28
Location: New London, CT – Lott Natatorium (270 Mohegan Ave Pkway, New London, CT 06320)
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Divers will be challenging for spots in the upcoming NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships to be held March 18-21 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Connecticut College Regional is one of four in the nation this weekend that will send divers to Nationals.
This weekend's schedule will begin on Friday with the men's three-meter competition at 2 pm. The women's one-meter event will follow. On Saturday the men's one-meter event begins at noon, with women's three-meter following.
The Connecticut College Regional has been allocated seven national berths for women based upon the 27 individuals who qualified for the Regional. For the men, four national berths in the Region - based on the 13 entries - will be awarded. NCAA Championship berths will be determined by individual finishes at the Regional and officially announced on Monday, March 2.
Divers were invited to the Regional after achieving the NCAA qualifying standard at least twice on the same board during the regular-season, or once at the conference championship meet on either board.
For the 2025-26 season thus far, Leung has best marks of 466.80 in one-meter during a dual meet at MIT on January 24, and her three-meter best was 432.10 at the NESCAC Championships. Both of Gupta's season-bests came at NESCAC with 376.55 for one-meter and 387.45 in three-meter. Both Brandt and Wilkinson posted their best scores at the MIT dual meet on January 24. Wilkinson amassed a 540.00 total in one-meter and 531.43 in three-meter, while Brandt had 512.00 (one-meter) and 479.24 (three-meter) scores.
Leung is competing at the Diving Regional for the fourth straight year. She scored third in one-meter and sixth in three-meter at the 2024 Regional to qualify for NCAA's, where she was an All-American in both events. Both Brandt and Gupta will be at their third Regional this weekend. Brandt and Leung both earned alternate spots for the 2025 NCAA meet last year, but ultimately did not attend. Wilkinson returns to the NCAA Diving Regional after missing last year due to an injury. He was second in three-meter at the 2024 Diving Regional to earn a spot in the NCAA meet where he achieved All-American honors in three-meter.
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