Ohio Swim’s DiBetta and Szoke Set for NCAA Nationwide Swim and Dive Championships

ATLANTA, Georgia – Ohio swimming senior Casadie DiBetta and junior Zita Szoke journey to Atlanta, Georgia, March 18-21 for the NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by Georgia Tech University on the McAuley Aquatic Center. Szoke begins her week on Thursday, March 19, with the 200 free. She returns to the pool on Friday, March 20, for the 50 free, and on Saturday, March 21, with the 100 free. DiBetta opens her week on Thursday with the 100 breaststroke and finishes on Friday with the 200 breaststroke. Each day’s prelims will start at 10 a.m. ET, with finals starting at 6 p.m. ET. Only the highest eight swimmers in every occasion will transfer on to the finals that night. All classes may be streamed on ESPN+. 

This is the third-straight yr that Szoke (Serbia, Becej) has punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships. Szoke presently holds the 30^th-fastest time within the NCAA within the 100 free, after setting an Ohio pool, Mid-American Conference, and Mid-American Conference Championship document within the prelims of the MAC Championships with a time of 47.55. In the 50 free, Szoke is tied for 63-fastest within the NCAA with a time of twenty-two.10, which set an Ohio document throughout her MAC Championship swim. In the 200 free, Szoke is tied for the 69^th quickest within the NCAA with a time of 1:44.82.

DiBetta (St. Clairsville, Ohio) is headed to her first NCAA Championships after punching her ticket within the 200 breaststroke, with a time of two:09.33, which is the 49^th-fastest time within the NCAA. With her 200-yard breaststroke swim on the MAC Championships, DiBetta set an Ohio document and is the primary breaststroke swimmer from Ohio to go to the NCAA Championships in 26 years. DiBetta holds the 55^th-fastest time within the NCAA within the 100 Breaststroke, with a time of 59.78, which she completed on the MAC Championships, setting an Ohio document.

Szoke and DiBetta are coming off spectacular MAC Championship performances, the place Szoke was topped a champion within the 100- and 200-yard freestyles, and DiBetta was topped champion within the 200-yard breaststroke. Both DiBetta and Szoke had been named First Team All-MAC for his or her efforts through the season.

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