UF S&D | Fifteen Gator Men Invited to NCAA Championships

5 individual men and five relays will compete in Atlanta, Ga.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Fifteen members of the Florida men’s swimming & diving team were invited to compete at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga., as the organization announced Wednesday.

The Championships will be held March 23-26 at the McAuley Center in Atlanta, with Georgia Tech serving as the host institution.

Adam Chaney, Jace Crawford, Will Davis, Bobby Finke, Trey Freeman, Nicholas Hernandez-Tome, Dillon Hillis, Mason Laur, Oskar Lindholm, Macguire McDuff, Alfonso Mestre, Kieran Smith, Kevin Vargas and Tyler Watson advanced to the national championships based on their season-best times in 12 different events.

Five relays also qualified for the NCAA Championships: 200 free relay (1:15.18), 400 free relay (2:46.91), 800 free relay (6:08.00), 200 medley relay (1:22.06) and 400 medley relay (3:02.61).

The Gators bring a plethora of NCAA experience to the meet, with Chaney, Davis, Finke, Freeman, Friese, Hillis, Mestre, Smith, Vargas and Watson all having competed at the championships in their careers.

Below is a list of each event the Gators were invited to compete in during the NCAA Meet.

Name

Event

Time

Standard

Adam Chaney

50 free

18:81

A

100 back

44.51

A

100 free

41.83

B

Jace Crawford

200 fly

1:42.12

B

Will Davis

50 free

19.12

B

Bobby Finke

1650 free

14:27.70

A

Trey Freeman

200 free

1:32.20

B

500 free

4:13.38

B

1650 free

14:39.74

B

Eric Friese

50 free

19.23

B

100 fly

44.86

A

Nicholas Hernandez-Tome

1650 free

14:54.46

B

Dillon Hillis

100 breast

51.32

A

200 breast

1:52.43

B

Mason Laur

400 IM

3:43.40

B

Oskar Lindholm

1650 free

14:50.78

B

Macguire McDuff

50 free

19.15

B

100 free

42.24

B

Alfonso Mestre

500 free

4:11.26

A

1650 free

14:53.32

B

Kieran Smith

200 free

1:30.42

A

500 free

4:10.15

A

200 back

1:39.51

B

Kevin Vargas

400 IM

3:42.81

B

Tyler Watson

500 free

4:14.96

B

1650 free

14:40.45

B

Jack VanDeusen was selected as an alternate in the 1650 free, with his season-best swim coming in at 14:55.57.

Although they were not invited to NCAAs in other events, each Gator can potentially add an optional event in which they have met the minimum time standard. The other events in which the invited swimmers have recorded B standard times can be found here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__s3.amazonaws.com_sidearm.sites_gatorzone.com_documents_2022_3_9_2022-5Fm-5Fpsych-5Fsheet-5Fupdated.pdf&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=pLeXnDdNSg1NJhtcCNtFKWQFNznu1xpShrQC8uCSmd9puvj-Q-cat_GZIuSRtj8u&s=2iTGn4UC4PAjSfLmynHmCagmNBKzvh9aAxNzaOAhoBs&e= >.

A total of 270 participants (235 swimmers and 35 divers) will compete in the championships. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered. Divers will be determined by performances achieved at the Zone Diving Championships held March 7-9. The complete lists of all swimmers (athletes by institution, official psych sheet, relays and alternates) competing in the championships is available at usaswimming.org/ncaa<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.usaswimming.org_times_otherorganizations_ncaa-2Ddivision-2Di&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=pLeXnDdNSg1NJhtcCNtFKWQFNznu1xpShrQC8uCSmd9puvj-Q-cat_GZIuSRtj8u&s=lcx8SpZpkDuIVReRYRxXhaXgWQ6O529aJEKr8DEnhEw&e= >.  Selected divers will be announced Thursday, March 10.
ESPN3 will provide digital broadcast coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. Additionally, ESPNU will air a two-hour show at 6 p.m. Eastern time, Tuesday, April 5.

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