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The last time for each was in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA has gone back and forth between hosting men\u2019s and women\u2019s at the same sites. In 2022, both were in Atlanta, but they\u2019ve diverged to separate men\u2019s and women\u2019s sites in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both men\u2019s and women\u2019s NCAAs will be in the same sites for each of the next four years. In 2025, that is Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington. The 2026 meets will be at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, the consecutive years with both meets held on successive weekends in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Also announced on Wednesday were the homes for the Division II and Division III championship meets. The 2027 and 2028 Division II Championships will call the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis home. Indy has hosted the meet five times since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The Division III Championships will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. That meet has been at only three locations \u2013 GAC, IU Natatorium and the Conroe Independent School District Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas \u2013 since 2012. 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