No. 6 Florida Women Prepped for NCAA Championships
17 individual women and five relays will compete in Knoxville, Tenn. this week
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Seventeen Gator women begin national championship competition at the 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships starting Wednesday night.
The 2023 Championships will be held March 15-18 at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, with Tennessee serving as host institution.
Anna Auld, Talia Bates, Micayla Cronk, Camille DeBoer, Zoe Dixon, Kathleen Golding, Nina Kucheran, Katie Mack, Tylor Mathieu, Hayden Miller, Ekaterina Nikonova, Olivia Peoples, Amanda Ray, Aris Runnels, Emma Weyant and Mabel Zavaros advanced to the national championships based on their season-best times in 11 different events.
Florida’s 16 swimmers selected are the second-most swimmers among the nation, only behind back-to-back national champion Virginia (17). There are only nine schools in the country with double-digit swimmers to qualify, and only three SEC programs.
Maha Amer joined the group after qualifying in the NCAA Diving Zones early last week. Amer, who won silver in the 1-meter at the SEC Championships last month, will compete in all three events.
The Gators also qualified five relays, with the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay all hitting the qualifying standard.
Nine Gators have previous experience competing in the national championship stage, including Amer, Bates, Cronk, Nikonova, Mack and Mathieu, all who earned All-American honors last year. Florida also qualified the freshman trio of DeBoer, Dixon, and Miller.
Name
Event
Time
Maha Amer
1-meter
3-meter
Platform
Anna Auld
500 Free
4:40.32
1650 free
16:09.52
400 IM
4:10.36
Talia Bates
100 free
47.75
200 free
1:44.37
Micayla Cronk
50 free
22.08
100 free
47.99
200 free
1:43.77
Camille DeBoer
1650 free
16:11.63
Zoe Dixon
200 IM
4:09.36
400 IM
4:06.18
Kathleen Golding
200 IM
1:56.49
400 IM
4:07.83
Nina Kucheran
100 Breast
59.12
Katie Mack
50 Free
22.01
Tylor Mathieu
500 Free
4:39.21
1650 Free
16:03.99
Hayden Miller
500 Free
4:39.88
1650 Free
15:59.21
Ekaterina Nikonova
50 Free
22.07
100 Free
47.86
200 Free
1:43.96
Olivia Peoples
100 Fly
51.81
Amanda Ray
200 Fly
1:55.88
Aris Runnels
100 Back
51.97
100 Fly
52.10
Emma Weyant
500 Free
4:37.96
1650 Free
16:08.24
400 IM
4:01.18
Mabel Zavaros
200 Back
1:53.14
400 IM
4:07.41
500 Free
4:39.28
SEC Championship Recap
Florida is coming off its first SEC Championship since 2009, and the 18th in program history. The Gators shined in College Station, winning nine medals and setting three school records.
Weyant won three medals, including gold in the 400 IM and 800 Free Relay. In just her third meet as a Gator, Weyant’s swim of 4:01.18 in the 400 IM was the second-fastest in school history.
Kucheran cemented herself in Florida history, swimming the fastest 100 breast in Gator history at 59.12. The grad transfer also won two medals in relays.
Anchoring three medal-winning relays at SEC’s, Cronk also added a bronze in the 200 free to her resume.
Florida’s 200 medley relay and 400 free relay teams set school records at last month’s SEC Championships en route to a dominating week.
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Championship Coverage
A total of 322 participants (281 swimmers and 41 divers) will compete in the championships. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered.
All meet information, including schedules, tickets, heat sheets/results, streaming links, parking and fan policies, can be found on the 2023 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships Central page<https://utsports.com/sports/2022/11/29/2023-ncaa-womens-swimming-diving-championships-central.aspx> on Tennessee’s website.
ESPN+ will provide live digital coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday, and fans can follow along with live stats here <https://swimmeetresults.tech/NCAA-Division-I-Women-2023/> or on the MeetMobile app.
Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, March 29.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday – Finals at 6 p.m.
200 Medley Relay
800 Free Relay
Thursday – Prelims at 10 a.m. | Finals at 6 p.m.
500 Free
200 IM
50 Free
1-Meter Diving
200 Free Relay
Friday – Prelims at 10 a.m. | Finals at 6 p.m.
400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
3-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay
Saturday – Prelims at 10 a.m. | Finals at 6 p.m.
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly
Platform Diving
400 Free Relay
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