Four Crimson Hawks Set for NCAA Division II Swim and Dive Championships

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Four student-athletes from Indiana University of Pennsylvania will compete this week on the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships.

Sophomore Gem Crittenden and junior Kasha Stokes will signify the Crimson Hawks on the ladies’s aspect, every qualifying for 2 occasions.

Crittenden, the Most Outstanding Performer on the PSAC Swimming and Diving Championships, will compete within the 200 butterfly and the 400 particular person medley. Stokes will race within the 100 and 200 backstroke occasions.

On the boys’s aspect, divers Jeremiah Laslavic and Nicholas Roddy will signify IUP. Both athletes are aware of the nationwide stage, as every positioned within the high 20 within the males’s 3-meter six-dive championship finally yr’s meet.

Crittenden and Stokes additionally competed on the nationwide championships final season. Stokes set the IUP all-time report within the 200 backstroke on the meet with a time of 1:58.70, breaking the earlier mark by almost six seconds. Crittenden made her debut at nationals within the 400 IM whereas additionally competing within the 200 butterfly.

The diving occasions will start Tuesday, with swimming occasions scheduled to comply with later within the week.