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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