{"id":640032,"date":"2026-03-26T17:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=640032"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:52:05","slug":"ncaa-mens-championships-luke-sitz-makes-history-for-smu-with-1-meter-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-luke-sitz-makes-history-for-smu-with-1-meter-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Men&#8217;s Championships: Luke Sitz Makes History for SMU with 1-Meter Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Men&#8217;s Championships: Luke Sitz Makes History for SMU with 1-Meter Crown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SMU\u2019s <strong>Luke Sitz<\/strong> scored 428.10 points Saturday to win 1-meter diving gold at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Sitz was second after prelims but scored 428.10 in finals. That was nearly 16 points better than Miami freshman <strong>Matteo Santoro<\/strong> to get the victory. He was one of only three divers to top 400 points in finals and one of only four to do it at any point on the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a lifetime goal of mine,&#8221; Sitz said. &#8220;It&#8217;s really special to knock this goal off my bucket list, and just hoping do it again tomorrow with 3-meter. It&#8217;s just surreal to me right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/NCAA-Division-I-Men-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2026-ncaa-division-i-mens-swimming-and-diving-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete Meet Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sitz is the <a href=\"https:\/\/smumustangs.com\/documents\/2025\/9\/18\/2025-26_MFactbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first Mustang men\u2019s athlete to win an NCAA title<\/a> at the swimming and diving championships since swimmer <strong>Lars Frolander<\/strong> in 1998. He\u2019s the first diver to win a crown since <strong>Scott Donie<\/strong> won 3-meter and platform in 1990 and the first SMU diver ever to win 1-meter.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the first SMU athlete in any sport to win an NCAA title since a golfer named <strong>Bryson DeChambeau<\/strong> in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was kind of just hoping to do my thing,&#8221; Sitz said. &#8220;Coming off of prelims in second place, I was feeling pretty confident, but I knew I had a job to do, so just trying to keep a level head and do the best I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Santoro scored 412.50. Two freshman scored in the top four, with Florida rookie <strong>Jesus Agundez<\/strong> fourth with a score of 395.30. Third was Tennessee sophomore <strong>Bennett Greene<\/strong> at 400.90. Eight of the top 12 spots belonged to freshmen or sophomores.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moritz Wesemann<\/strong> of USC, the leader after prelims with 406.85 points, slid in finals, finishing fifth with a tally of 390.60. Weseman had been the bronze medalist last year and the top returning finisher.<\/p>\n<p>Sitz improved from seventh place last year. Greene was 13th.<\/p>\n<p>Florida was the big winner in the team competition, with Agundez fourth and <strong>Conor Gesing<\/strong> sixth. Texas scored a solitary point in 16th place with <strong>Jacob Jones,<\/strong> but they were dealt a blow when <strong>Nick Harris<\/strong> withdrew early in prelims. Harris was 10th last year and ninth in 2024. Cal didn\u2019t score, neither did top-three hopeful Indiana, which has recently dominated springboard, with <strong>Joshua Sollenberger<\/strong> 17th.<\/p>\n<p>Utah\u2019s <strong>Elias Petersen<\/strong> medaled for a second straight year in seventh at 354.80. He was fourth last year. <strong>Max Fowler<\/strong> got a medal on his home boards at Georgia Tech in eighth. 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