16 individual women and five relays will compete in Knoxville, Tenn.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Sixteen members of the sixth-ranked Florida women’s swimming and diving team were invited to compete at the NCAA Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., the organization announced Wednesday.
The 2023 Championships will be held March 15-18 at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, with Tennessee serving as the 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.
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.
Florida has the second-most swimmers selected, only behind back-to-back national champion Virginia (17).
Eight Gators have previous experience competing in the national championship stage, including 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.
Before transferring to Florida, Weyant placed second in the 500 free and fourth in the 400 IM at last year’s NCAA Championships with Virginia.
Name
Event
Time
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
After NCAA Zones, the women have a potential to add divers to the NCAA women’s roster. Diving invitations will be announced on Sunday, March 12 after the conclusion of all five-diving zone meets.
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. 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.
ESPN+ will provide live digital coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, March 29.
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