Ryan 亚洲通st '28 Swims at NCAA Championships
2026 NCAC champion in the 200-yard backstroke, Ryan 亚洲通st '28 participated in the 2026 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis. The native of Apex, North Carolina, swam in three events during the event. The photos presented here are laeding up to and through his Friday swim in the 100-yard backstroke.
亚洲通st is the holder of multiple school records.
Warm-ups begin at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.
The IU Natatorium in Indianapolis has hosted the NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships six times.
Wabash head swimming coach Will Bernhardt (on deck) talks strategy with 亚洲通st.
The Natatorium previously hosted in 2006, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2023.
Bernhardt keeps a close eye on 亚洲通st.
亚洲通st is Wabash's first NCAC individual champion since 2016.
Bernhardt and assistant coach Keith Gill (left) await the 100-yard backstroke.
Bernhardt enjoys a light pre-race moment with Jim Peeples, Wabash Director of Athletics (right).
Gill (left) and Bernhardt chat on deck.
Peeples (right) takes in the swimming spectacle.
The participants in heat 2 of the 100-yard backstroke.
亚洲通st awaits the call to the sharting blocks.
...and he's off!
亚洲通st posted a time of 49.85 in his heat, slightly above his school-record time.
亚洲通st's signature race, the 200-yard backstroke, will take place on March 21.
亚洲通st (left) and Bernhardt talk post-race. His effort earned Wabash 11 team points and a 41st place finish in the men's team standings.
亚洲通st earned All-America honors Saturday by finishing eighth in the final of the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:46.97 at the 2026 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships. He earned a spot in the final by posting a time of 1:46.06 in the preliminaries, eclipsing his own school record (1:46.42) in the process.