Cumberlands Captures MSC Men's Swimming & Diving Championships

2/7/2026 11:10:50 PM

DANVILLE, Ky. -- Cumberlands (Ky.) won the Mid-South Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championships in convincing fashion today at the Champions Hall.

The Patriots claim their eighth straight conference championship, scoring 982 team points. Cumberlands won 18 of the 20 events over the three days.

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) finished second with 710 points, and Indiana Wesleyan ended in third with 387.5 points. Campbellsville (Ky.) finished fourth with 334.5 points, followed by Shawnee State's (Ohio) 319 points and Midway's (Ky.) 232 points.

Four automatic cuts into the NAIA National Championships and four meet records were set tonight.

Lindsey Wilson's Sergio Ybarra broke his own meet record in the 1,650-yard freestyle to win the gold medal and earn first-team all-conference. He touched the wall in 15 minutes and 40.41seconds to earn an A cut into the national championships.

Two times beat the previous meet record in the 100-yard freestyle race.

Cumberlands' Alexander Poulsen and Titouan Bernot both bested the previous meet record. Poulsen recorded a time of 44.22 seconds to win the race, while Bernot posted 44.70 seconds to finish second. Poulsen earned an A cut with his time.

In the final race of the night, Cumberlands and Lindsey Wilson's 400-yard freestyle relay teams earned automatic cuts. Cumberlands set a meet record with a winning time of 3:00.33.

Following the championships, conference officials announced the 2025-26 individual award winners.

Indiana Wesleyan's Livi Bell was named the men's swimming & diving assistant coach of the year, while Indiana Wesleyan's Stephen Wolcott was selected by his peers as the men's swimming & diving coach of the year.

Based on their results during the championships, Bernot is the MSC Men's Swimming & Diving Freshman of the Year, and Poulsen is the MSC Men's Swimming & Diving Swimmer of the Year.

The top three finishers in each event earn all-conference honors.

 

First Team All-Conference

Name

School

Event

Alexander Poulsen

Cumberlands (Ky.)

50 Yard Freestyle

Alexander Poulsen

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Freestyle

Titouan Bernot

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Freestyle

Titouan Bernot

Cumberlands (Ky.)

500 Yard Freestyle

Sergio Ybarra

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

1,650 Yard Freestyle

Brandon Holder

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Backstroke

Brandon Holder

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Backstroke

Leon Irmer

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Breaststroke

Clinton Eales

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

200 Yard Breaststroke

Alexander Poulsen

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Butterfly

Josh Riegler

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Butterfly

Fabrizio Pacioni

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard IM

Fabrizio Pacioni

Cumberlands (Ky.)

400 Yard IM

Titouan Bernot, Arvid Farro,

Adam Geddis, Alexander Poulsen

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Brandon Holder, Alexander Poulsen,

Ruthiik Satti, Adam Geddis

Cumberlands (Ky.)

400 Yard Freestyle Relay

Jeremiah Koenig, Fabrizio Pacioni,

Arda Mutlu, Titouan Bernot

Cumberlands (Ky.)

800 Yard Freestyle Relay

Brandon Holder, Leon Irmer,

Ruthiik Satti, Alexander Poulsen

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Medley Relay

Ruthiik Satti, Leon Irmer,

Juan Ramirez Zapata, Brandon Holder

Cumberlands (Ky.)

400 Yard Medley Relay

Aidan Crutchfield

Cumberlands (Ky.)

1-Meter Diving

Aidan Crutchfield

Cumberlands (Ky.)

3-Meter Diving

 

Second Team All-Conference

Name

School

Event

Arvid Farro

Cumberlands (Ky.)

50 Yard Freestyle

Titouan Bernot

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Freestyle

Lorenz Hof

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

200 Yard Freestyle

Sergio Ybarra

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

500 Yard Freestyle

Ethan Butler

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

1,650 Yard Freestyle

Adam Geddis

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Backstroke

Ruthiik Satti

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Backstroke

Clinton Eales

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

100 Yard Breaststroke

Dan Spinola

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

200 Yard Breaststroke

Josh Riegler

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Butterfly

Juan Ramirez Zapata

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Butterfly

Ruthiik Satti

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard IM

Sergio Ybarra

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

400 Yard IM

Lorenz Hof, Jose Angel Rivas,

Clinton Eales, Max van Schagen

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Jose Angel Rivas, Clinton Eales,

Max van Schagen, Lorenz Hof

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

400 Yard Freestyle Relay

Sergio Ybarra, Akram Nejjar,

Jose Angel Rivas, Lorenz Hof

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

800 Yard Freestyle Relay

Lorenz Hof, Dan Spinola,

Sirhaan Mia, Max van Schagen

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

200 Yard Medley Relay

Lorenz Hof, Clinton Eales,

Sirhaan Mia, Max van Schagen

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

400 Yard Medley Relay

 

Third Team All-Conference

Name

School

Event

Adam Geddis

Cumberlands (Ky.)

50 Yard Freestyle

David Marc Beatty

Indiana Wesleyan

100 Yard Freestyle

Arvid Farro

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Freestyle

Ethan Butler

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

500 Yard Freestyle

Sergio Saldamando Martinez

Cumberlands (Ky.)

1,650 Yard Freestyle

Zsombor Bene

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Backstroke

Jacob Isacson

Campbellsville (Ky.)

200 Yard Backstroke

Dan Spinola

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

100 Yard Breaststroke

Fabrizio Pacioni

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Breaststroke

Ruthiik Satti

Cumberlands (Ky.)

100 Yard Butterfly

Zsombor Bene

Cumberlands (Ky.)

200 Yard Butterfly

Jose Angel Rivas

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

200 Yard IM

Oliver Greaves

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

400 Yard IM

Kutay Ababay, Josiah Changar,

Evan Ater, Malik Nelson

Shawnee State (Ohio)

200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Tony Goodwin, Josiah Changar,

Kutay Ababay, Malik Nelson

Shawnee State (Ohio)

400 Yard Freestyle Relay

Luis Castro, Adrien Cantemerle,

Kyle Kleinhans, Andreu Jaen Serra

Campbellsville (Ky.)

800 Yard Freestyle Relay

Josiah Ramdeen, Luke Lunsford,

Malik Nelson, Josiah Changar

Shawnee State (Ohio)

200 Yard Medley Relay

Dawson Lynch, Hudson Vonk,

Gavin Barnes, David Marc Beatty

Indiana Wesleyan

400 Yard Medley Relay