Twelve Orediggers Invited to DII Swimming & Diving Championships

By: Sam Boender

NCAA Championships Selection Announcement
 
INDIANAPOLIS – The Colorado School of Mines Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving groups had a report 12 people together with three relays invited to the 2026 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships.
 
It marks the biggest Oredigger contingency ever slated to compete on the nationwide meet which might be held at Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind., March 10-14. Mines additionally had two people listed as alternates. Bruno Albertoni, Vladislav Kazakin, Jakson Winn, and the 800-freestyle relay had been the Oredigger males incomes invites. The checklist of invitations for Mines’ girls included Anna Bream, Willow Coburn, Kaya Flaherty, Mary Flikkema, Julie Gill, Savannah Karas, Mikaela Khan, Ava LaBrose, Jordan Tierney, the 800-freestyle relay, and the 400-medley relay. Lucas Hoke appeared because the ninth males’s alternate. Cameryn Schmidt was the highest girls’s alternate. It’s price mentioning that Mines has had alternates chosen for the nationwide area a number of occasions up to now 10 years together with final season.
 
Albertoni’s invitation places him within the area for the diving qualifier which takes place previous to the beginning of the championships. The official area for 1-meter and 3-meter diving might be stuffed from that qualifier. His nationwide bid comes within the first 12 months Mines introduced diving again following a multi-year hiatus. Kazakin secured formal invites within the 500-free, 1000-free, and 1650-free. It would be the sophomore’s second consecutive journey to the NCAA occasion after he raced the 200-free, 500-free, and 1000-free as a real freshman with all-America finishes within the 500 and 1000. Winn claimed an official bid within the 100-back. The senior will return to the nationwide pool after racing on the Orediggers’ 200-medley relay as a real freshman in 2023. Mines’ relay will characteristic a number of relay-only swimmers. Hoke’s alternate itemizing is within the 1000-free. Kazakin and Winn even have the choice to race any occasion by which they produced a NCAA-qualifying time through the season, as would Hoke if chosen.
 

All however one of many 9 Oredigger girls might be making their first-ever look on the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships. Bream was invited within the 400-IM, 200-IM, and 200-breast after successful RMAC titles within the first two. Coburn additionally earned an official bid within the 400-IM. Flaherty’s invite was within the 100-fly with Flikkema claiming her berth within the 100-back. Gill appears to signify Mines within the 1000-free and Karas will do the identical within the 200-fly. Khan and Labrose grabbed formal invitations within the 200-fly and 200-free, respectively. Tierney’s invitation was within the 100-breast and can make the senior a four-time NCAA qualifier after she completed as excessive as third within the nation within the 100-breast in 2024. The distance relay and 400-medley relay might embrace relay-only swimmers. However, with not less than 4 people invited, the Oredigger girls have the choice to race in each relay with groups made up of invited swimmers. Schmidt’s alternate itemizing was within the 100-breast. Just like the boys, these invited even have the choice to race any occasion by which they produced a NCAA-qualifying time through the season.
 

A full preview together with reside protection data for the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships might be launched at www.minesathletics.com the week of the occasion.
 
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