Bergdahl, Storm Prepare for NCAA Championships

SAN DIEGO – San Diego State’s Moa Bergdahl and Abby Storm have their sights set on postseason glory this week when they compete in the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, March 18-21, at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bergdahl is scheduled to swim in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, while Storm is slated to participate in the 100 and 200 backstroke. The Aztec teammates are making their initial appearances in the NCAA Championships.

All meet information, including schedules, heat sheets/results, streaming links, parking and fan policies, can be found on the 2026 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships Central page with a link available on GoAztecs.com.

Every session of the meet will be streamed on ESPN+, and fans can also follow along with live results online or by using the Meet Mobile app.

Preliminaries will begin each morning at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT), with the finals set to get underway at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). The NCAA Championships will actually commence on Wednesday, March 18 with the finals of the 1,650 freestyle, 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). However, Bergdahl and Storm will be swimming in their respective events over the final three days of the meet (Thursday-Saturday).

A native of Halmstad, Sweden, Bergdahl secured a berth in the NCAA Championships in the 100 breast after setting a career-fast time of 59.53 at the Utah Tech Trailblazer Invitational last November, which ranks third in program history and 34th nationally this year.

Additionally, Bergdahl was slotted 55th on the NCAA Championships psych sheet for the 200 breast as of March 13 after placing seventh at the Mountain West Championships last month with an NCAA qualifying standard and season-fast swim of 2:10.97.

Meanwhile, Storm punched her ticket to the national meet in the 200 back after surpassing an NCAA qualifying time at the Utah Tech Trailblazer Invitational, where she logged a career-best time of 1:53.27, which ranks second on the school’s all-time charts.  With her effort, the SDSU senior earned a No. 37 seed entering the NCAA Championships.

A native of Denver, Colorado, Storm was also invited to compete in the 100 back on the strength of her leadoff split of 52.03 in the Aztecs’ victorious 400 medley relay at the same Utah Tech meet. That performance is slotted third in program history and netted her a No. 44 seed heading into nationals.

At last month's Mountain West Championships, Storm earned all-Mountain West honors in the 100 and 200 back and as a member of SDSU’s 200 medley and 400 medley relays.

SDSU is in the midst of another highly successful season after capturing its fifth consecutive Mountain West championship and 10th overall last month in Houston, Texas. The Aztecs’ trademark depth was on display throughout the meet, as the Scarlet and Black recorded 36 finishes in the championship finals, highlighted by two gold, seven silver and four bronze medals.

San Diego State posted a 10-0 record in dual-meet competition during the 2025-26 campaign, extending its winning streak to 85 in that category with a home victory over the San Diego Toreros on Jan. 23. The Aztecs have not lost a dual meet since Jan. 8, 2018, a span of over eight years.

2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships
McAuley Aquatic Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga.
Event Schedule
SDSU swimmers in parentheses

Wednesday, March 18 – Finals at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
1,650 Freestyle
200 Medley Relay
800 Free Relay

Thursday, March 19 – Prelims at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT | Finals at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
100 Fly
400 IM
200 Free
100 Breast (Moa Bergdahl)
1M Diving
200 Free Relay

Friday, March 20 – Prelims at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT | Finals at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
100 Back (Abby Storm)
200 Breast (Moa Bergdahl)
500 Free
50 Free
3M Diving
400 Medley Relay

Saturday, March 21 – Prelims at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT | Finals at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT<
200 IM
100 Free
200 Fly
200 Back (Abby Storm)
Platform Diving
400 Free Relay