CANTON, Ohio — The West Virginia Wesleyan College men's and women's swimming teams demonstrated determination, resilience, and continued progress at the 2026 Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) and Mountain East Conference (MEC) Swimming Championships, held February 10–13 at the C.T. Branin Natatorium.
 
West Virginia Wesleyan finished ninth overall in the men's team standings with 255 points and 10th in the women's standings with 26 points.
 
The Bobcats were led by a core group of swimmers who competed across individual and relay events. Combined, the Bobcats had 31 time drops, 10 finals swims, two podium finishes and a new team record in the 100-yard breatstroke.
 
Aaron Dworsky emerged as one of Wesleyan's most consistent performers, competing in multiple individual and relay events. He recorded a 55.42 finish in the 100-yard backstroke finals. He also delivered strong swims in sprint freestyle and relay events, including contributing to Wesleyan's medley relay and posting competitive performances in the 50-yard freestyle preliminaries and finals. Dworsky had personal bests in all of his individual events and swam in the finals in both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke,
 
Yigit Ataman delivered one of the Bobcats' strongest individual performances of the championship in the breaststroke events. He qualified for the finals of the 100-yard breaststroke with an impressive preliminary time of 56.05. He also played a key role in Wesleyan's medley relay, contributing a strong breaststroke leg to the team's overall performance. He placed second in the 100 (the team record) and 5th in the 200 breaststroke. In the 100 breaststroke he went 55.41, breaking the team record set in 2024 by Marcus Walker. He finished 14th in the 200 IM and 17th in the 100 butterfly.
 
Alex Cedillo contributed as an integral member of Wesleyan's relay team, swimming the butterfly leg of the Bobcats' 200-yard medley relay. He also had personal bests in all of his events and swam in the finals in the 200 butterfly.
 
Ryan Guerron anchored Wesleyan's medley relay and also competed in sprint freestyle events. He recorded a 26.35 performance in the 50-yard freestyle finals, while also contributing to relay success.
 
Steve Escobedo competed in the 50-yard freestyle, recording a time of 27.98 in the preliminaries and advancing to finals competition. He also competed in sprint events later in the meet.
 
Owen Caynor dropped 40 seconds in the 1650 and 28 seconds in the 1000.
 
The Bobcats' men's relay team of Dworsky, Ataman, Cedillo, and Guerron posted a time of 1:41.84 in the 200-yard medley relay, finishing ninth overall.
 
As the Bobcats' only women's team entry, Bre Waldron represented Wesleyan in the demanding distance freestyle events, delivering a strong performance in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:30.13, finishing 19th overall. Waldron dropped time in all of her events; she dropped 8.5 seconds in the 400 IM and went under 5:00. She dropped nearly 25 seconds in the 1000 free and she qualified to swim in the finals in three events.