The Florida men will send 15 swimmers to Minneapolis from March 22-25
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Fifteen members of the SEC Champion and fifth-ranked Florida men’s swimming team were invited to compete at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, Minn., the organization announced Wednesday.
The 2023 Championships will be held March 22-25 at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota.
Amro Al-Wir, Eric Brown, Adam Chaney, Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero, Dillon Hillis, Mason Laur, Joshua Liendo, Oskar Lindholm, Giovanni Linscheer, Macguire McDuff, Alfonso Mestre, Jake Mitchell, Aleksas Savickas, Julian Smith and Tyler Watson advanced to the national championships based on their season-best times in 11 different events. Alberto Mestre is the first alternate.
Five Gator relay teams qualified as well, with the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay. Florida has the top times this season in the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay.
Florida is tied for the third-most swimmers qualified with Arizona State and Texas, and just behind last year’s champion Cal (16) and North Carolina State (18).
Chaney, Hillis, Lindholm, Mestre and Watson all were All-Americans at last year’s national championships. Chaney won two national titles in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay, while Hillis was a member of the 200 medley relay national championships team.
Name
Event
Time
Amro Al-Wir
200 Breast
1:52.33
Eric Brown
500 Free
4:12.95
1650 Free
14:44.06
Adam Chaney
50 Free
18.71
100 Free
42.26
100 Back
44.17
Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero
200 IM
1:43.09
200 Fly
1:41.37
Dillon Hillis
100 Breast
50.90
200 Breast
1:51.14
Mason Laur
400 IM
3:40.18
Joshua Liendo
50 Free
18.35
100 Free
41.22
100 Fly
44.11
Oskar Lindholm
1650 Free
14:52.71
Giovanni Linscheer
400 IM
3:40.90
500 Free
4:12.69
Macguire McDuff
50 Free
18.95
100 Free
41.59
200 Free
1:32.34
Alfonso Mestre
500 Free
4:10.15
1650 Free
14:52.88
1650 Free
16:08.24
Jake Mitchell
200 Free
1:32.69
500 Free
4:09.85
1650 Free
14:46.91
Aleksas Savickas
100 Breast
50.73
200 Breast
1:50.08
Julian Smith
100 Free
41.98
200 Free
1:42.64
100 Breast
51.52
Tyler Watson
500 Free
4:13.92
1650 Free
14:38.50
After NCAA Zones, the men have a potential to add divers to the NCAA men’s roster. Diving invitations will be announced on Sunday, March 12 after the conclusion of all five-diving zone meets.
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 6-11. 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<file://uaadrive/groups/Communications/SIDDATA/Swimming%20and%20Diving/2022-23/Releases/usaswimming.org/ncaa>.
ESPN+ will provide live digital coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. Tape-delayed coverage of the men’s championships will be on ESPNU at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, Tuesday, April 4.
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