INDIANAPOLIS -- The Grove City College men's swimming and diving team opened competition at the 2026 NCAA Division III Championships by earning All-America honors in the 400 medley relay Wednesday night at the Indiana University Natatorium. 

The quartet of junior Owen Hancock (Brunswick, Ohio/Westside Christian), senior Caleb Einolf (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown), junior Bryce Pope (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Valley Classical) and freshman George Witte (Columbia, S.C./Covenant Classical Christian) earned 15th place Wednesday night by combining for a Grove City-record time of 3 minutes, 17.15 seconds in the consolation finals.

The foursome entered the Championships as the No. 18 seed and advanced to the finals with a preliminary time of 3:17.53. That time earned the 16th and final spot in Wednesday night's finals session.

Einolf also competed in the 50 free preliminaries Wednesday morning and finished 24th with a time of 20.24 seconds. 

Einolf earned a pair of All-America honors individually at the 2025 NCAA Championships. This is the first All-America honor for Hancock, Pope and Witte. They are the 61st, 62nd and 63rd NCAA All-Americans in Grove City men's swimming and diving program history.

Einolf and Hancock will both compete in the preliminaries of the 100 butterfly Thursday. Both men will compete in the fifth of six heats. Grove City's four representatives will also compete in the preliminaries of the 200 free relay.

Thursday's preliminary session begins at 10 a.m.