20 individual men and five relays will compete in Indianapolis this week.
Gainesville, Fla. – The No. 2 Florida men’s swimming and diving will travel 16 swimmers and four divers to Indianapolis, Ind. to compete in the 2024 Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.
Championship action is set to take place March 27-30 at the IU Natatorium, with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana Sports Corporation both serve as hosts institution.
Peter Bretzmann, Eric Brown, Scotty Buff, Adam Chaney, Edouard Fullum-Huot, Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero, Mason Laur, Joshua Liendo, Oskar Lindholm, Giovanni Linscheer, Jonny Marshall, Macguire McDuff, Jake Mitchell, Aleksas Savickas, Julian Smith, and Andrew Taylor advanced to the national championships based on their season-best times in 16 different events.
Skip Donald, Peyton Donald, Conor Gesing and Anton Svirskyi will join the group qualifying in the NCAA Diving Zones<https://floridagators.com/news/2024/3/13/gators-find-success-at-zones-qualifying-six-for-ncaa-championships.aspx> early last week. Svirskyi will make his second NCAA appearance; earning his first All-American honor after finishing 15th on platform at the 2022 NCAA Championships. Additionally, Skip Donald will be making his second-straight Championship appearance. He qualified in all three diving events last year, while his brother Peyton Donald will make his NCAA return in the 1-Meter and his first in the 3-Meter. Gesing is set for his first appearance after qualifying in the 1-Meter.
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.
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* 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.
* 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://www.usaswimming.org/times/otherorganizations/ncaa-division-i>.
* 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 6 p.m. Eastern time, Tuesday, April 2.
On No. 2 Florida
* Florida has the third-most swimmers qualify, sitting behind Arizona State (17) and North Carolina State (18).
* The Gators had 14 athletes earn 42 All-Americans, won four national championship titles and broke three NCAA relay records en route to a sixth-place finish at last year’s NCAA championships.
* 200 Free Relay 1:13.35 – NCAA, US Open, Meet, School, Pool Record
* Joshua Liendo, Adam Chaney, Eric Friese, Macguire McDuff
* 400 Medley Relay 2:58.32 – NCAA, US Open, Meet, School, Pool Record
* Adam Chaney, Dillon Hillis, Joshua Liendo, Macguire McDuff
* 400 Free Relay 2:44.07 – NCAA, US Open, Meet, School, Pool Record
* Joshua Liendo, Adam Chaney, Julian Smith, Macguire McDuff
* The No. 4 Florida men’s team brought home their 12th consecutive SEC Championship on Feb. 24, scoring an NCAA and program best 1,584 points. This title marks the 45th SEC Championship in program history, the second-most by any SEC team across all sports (Kentucky MBK – 49). The Gators sit behind their own 13-year consecutive record from 1955-1968 and is one of two programs in the history of the SEC to garner 12 straight titles (Florida – 13 from 1955-1968; Auburn – 16 from 1996-2012).
* Josh Liendo tied with Texas A&M’s Baylor Nelson for the men’s Commissioner’s Trophy with the meet’s high point totals of 91 each and Conor Gesing was named the Men’s Diver of the Meet.
* The Gators claimed 12 gold (seven individual, five relays), six silver and five bronze medals.
* On top of the American Record set by the 200 Medley Relay Team (Chaney, Smith, Buff, McDuff), the Gators set nine Auburn pool, Five SEC Meet and three program records.
* Florida holds the top spot in six individual events, while all five relays sit second behind Arizona State.
2024 NCAA Qualifiers:
Name
Event
Time
Peter Bretzmann
200 Breast
1:53.05
Eric Brown
500 Free
4:14.31
1650 Free
14:50.57
400 IM
3:42.67
Scotty Buff
100 Fly
44.38
100 Back
45.29
Adam Chaney
50 Free
18.91
100 Free
42.17
100 Back
44.87
Edouard Fullum-Huot
50 Free
19.02
Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero
200 IM
1:42.07
200 Fly
1:41.33
Mason Laur
400 IM
3:39.65
200 Fly
1:42.00
Joshua Liendo
50 Free
18.55
100 Free
40.82
100 Fly
43.89
Oskar Lindholm
500 Free
4:14.24
1650 Free
14:51.28
Giovanni Linscheer
400 IM
3:39.61
500 Free
4:13.10
1650 Free
14:38.78
Jonny Marshall
100 Back
44.12
200 Back
1:36.68
Macguire McDuff
50 Free
18.87
100 Free
41.30
200 Free
1:30.64
Jake Mitchell
200 Free
1:31.84
500 Free
4:11.28
1650 Free
14:48.21
Aleksas Savickas
100 Breast
51.01
200 Breast
1:50.42
Julian Smith
100 Free
42.07
100 Breast
51.26
200 IM
1:42.61
Andrew Taylor
500 Free
4:13.48
1650 Free
14:38.41
Skip Donald
3-Meter
Platform
Peyton Donald
1-Meter
3-meter
Conor Gesing
1-Meter
Anton Svirskyi
1-Meter
Platform
2024 NCAA DI men’s swimming and diving championships schedule | All times ET.
Wednesday, March 27:
6:00 p.m. Finals: 200-yard medley relay
Finals: 800-yard freestyle relay
Thursday, March 28:
10:00 a.m. – Trials: 500-yard freestyle
Trials: 200-yard individual medley
Trials: 50-yard freestyle
Trials: One-meter diving, noon
5:15 p.m. – Consolation Finals: One-meter diving
6:00 p.m. – Consolation Finals: 500-yard freestyle
Finals: 500-yard freestyle
Consolation Finals: 200-yard individual medley
Finals: 200-yard individual medley
Consolation Finals: 50-yard freestyle
Finals: 50-yard freestyle
Finals: One-meter diving
Finals: 200-yard freestyle relay
Friday, March 29:
10:00 a.m. – Trials: 400-yard individual medley
Trials: 100-yard butterfly
Trials: 200-yard freestyle
Trials: 100-yard breaststroke
Trials: 100-yard backstroke
Trials: Three-meter diving
5:15 p.m. – Consolation Finals: Three-meter diving
6:00 p.m. – Consolation Finals: 400-yard individual medley
Finals: 400-yard individual medley
Consolation Finals: 100-yard butterfly
Finals: 100-yard butterfly
Consolation Finals: 200-yard freestyle
Finals: 200-yard freestyle
Consolation Finals: 100-yard breaststroke
Finals: 100-yard breaststroke
Consolation Finals: 100-yard backstroke
Finals: 100-yard backstroke
Finals: Three-meter diving
Finals: 400-yard medley relay
Saturday, March 30:
10:00 a.m. – Trials: 100-yard freestyle
Trials: 200-yard backstroke
Trials: 200-yard breaststroke
Trials: 200-yard butterfly
Trials: Platform diving
3:45 p.m. – Trials: 1,650-yard freestyle — All but heat of time finals
5:15 p.m. – Consolation Finals: Platform diving
6:00 p.m. – Finals: 1,650-yard freestyle (last heat of timed finals)
Consolation Finals: 200-yard backstroke
Finals: 200-yard backstroke
Consolation Finals: 100-yard freestyle
Finals: 100-yard freestyle
Consolation Finals: 200-yard breaststroke
Finals: 200-yard breaststroke
Consolation Finals: 200-yard butterfly
Finals: 200-yard butterfly
Finals: Platform diving
Finals: 400-yard freestyle relay
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