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La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's swimming & diving team is set to compete in the 2026 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship (presented by Culver's) at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, February 18-21. The 54th edition of the women's championship will be held in conjunction with the 63rd gathering of the men's teams.

UWL has won a conference-leading 22 championships in program history after capturing last year's title with 1,018.00 points, the highest total at the league meet since 2005. UW-Eau Claire placed second last year with 855.00 points as UW-Stevens Point finished third (520.00), UW-Oshkosh fourth (406.00) and UW-Whitewater fifth (332.00).

UW-Eau Claire has won 21 league titles while UW-Stevens Point owns six. Former conference member UW-Madison secured four first-place finishes. 

Competition begins on February 18 at 1:45 p.m., with the preliminaries of the men's three-meter diving. The finals will start at 6:30 p.m., and include a pair of relay events. For competition held February 19 and February 20, preliminaries will begin at 10 a.m., with the finals commencing at 6:30 p.m. The final day on February 21 will feature 10 a.m. preliminaries and a 5:45 p.m. start for the finals. 
 
Medals will be awarded to the top-eight finishers in each of the individual events and the individuals comprising the top-three relay teams. 

The Eagles return two individuals winning an individual event at the WIAC Championships, including Joanne Banaszak winning the one-meter title in 2025 and three-meter crowns in 2024 and 2025. She was selected the 2024 and 2025 WIAC Diver of the Meet. Zoey Rank captured the 200 I.M. last season and named the WIAC Newcomer of the Year.

Libby Cleveland has been a member of five conference winning relays while Rank and Paige Rundahl are two-time relay champions. Cleveland was on the first-place 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay in 2024 and 2025 and the 400 medley relay last season.   

Rank won the title in the 200 and 400 medley relays a year ago while Rundahl was on the first-place 200 freestyle relay in 2024 and 400 freestyle relay in 2023.

The Eagles' Ava Pulvermacher was a member of the first-place 200 freestyle relay last season while Reilly Eiynck was on the first-place 400 freestyle relay in 2023.

Steve Mohs is in his seventh season as UWL's head coach in 2025-26. The men's squad finished second at the 2025 WIAC Championships, winning two individual and three relay crowns. The Eagles were third at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 league championships under Mohs and placed fourth in 2020. The 2021 WIAC Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 public health threat.

The Eagles' women's squad has won three (2020; 2022; 2025) WIAC titles under Mohs. UWL won six individual titles at the 2025 championships and three relays as Mohs was named the WIAC Coach of the Year. The Eagles captured the 2022 title with five individual and three relays titles with Mohs earning the league's coach of the year award. He was selected the WIAC Coach of the Year in his first season at UWL in 2019-20 as the team captured the conference title with six individual and three relay first-place finishes.

UWL placed second at the 2023 and 2024 WIAC Championships under Mohs. 

Jack Englehardt is in his third year as UWL's assistant swimming & diving coach and recruiting coordinator in 2025-26. He came to UWL after serving as head men's swimming coach at Madison (Wis.) West High School from 2019-23, leading the team to a third-place finish at the 2021 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) State Championships. Named the 2020-21 Big Eight Conference Co-Coach of the Year, Englehardt also served as the assistant women's coach at Madison West in 2021-22. He won 15 WIAC titles (four individual; 11 relay) at UW-Stevens Point.

Jeremiah Jackson is in his seventh season as UWL's diving coach in 2024-25. Prior to arriving at UWL, Jackson was the head diving coach at Saint Mary's University (Minn.) from 2005-19. He served as the boys and girls coach at Winona (Minn.) High School for 20 years.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Central Diving Regional is set for February 27-28 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships are scheduled for March 18-21 in Indianapolis, Indiana.