Nikita Sheremet Advances to 50 Freetype Finals

ATLANTA — University of Louisville sprinter Nikita Sheremet will advance to the finals of the 50 freestyle after qualifying eighth and clocking in at 18.73 after the Day 3 preliminaries on the NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships on the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech. 
 
In the primary occasion for the Cardinals on Friday morning, Jake Eccleston put up the fifth quickest time at school historical past within the 200 breaststroke, clocking a 1:51.96 to complete 14^th general and earn Honorable Mention All-American honors. Tommy Bried turned in a 1:54.64 to complete second in his prelim warmth and 29^th general. Ben Delmar’s 1:49.37 makes North Carolina the favourite going into tonight’s closing.
 
In the five hundred freestyle, Gregg Enoch put up a 4:21.55 with Texas’ Rex Maurer throwing down a 4:08.78 to be the highest qualifier.
 
In the 50 freestyle, Sheremet was simply .02 of a second off his personal college document, posting a 18.73 to advance. Tennessee’s Gui Caribe’s 18.39 led the sector and he would be the one to beat within the finals. 
 
In the ultimate occasion of the morning, the 400 medley relay squad, the Cards boarded a 3:02.83. Rian Graham led off the backstroke leg wit ha 45.96 cut up and turned the race over to breaststroker Jake Eccleston, who went 51.27  and improved to fourth place. Aiden Musso swam the fly leg with a cut up of 46.68 and handed over third place to anchor Nikita Sheremet, who cut up 40.92 and hit the wall in second place. 
 
ESPN+ will present stay digital protection for preliminary and finals periods Wednesday via Saturday. Tape-delayed protection of the boys’s championships shall be on ESPNU at 7 p.m. ET, Monday, March 30. 
 
A complete of 270 members (235 swimmers and 35 divers) will compete within the championships. Swimmers certified for the championships both by successful their convention championship in an occasion with a longtime minimal time in that swim or by assembly the established minimal time for the occasions through which they entered. Divers had been decided by performances achieved on the Zone C Diving Championships held Mar. 8-11 in Ypsilanti, Mich. Selected divers had been introduced Thursday, Mar. 12. The full lists of all swimmers (athletes by establishment, official psych sheet, relays, and alternates) competing within the championships is accessible at usaswimming.org/ncaa.
 
Tommy Bried, Guy Brooks, Jake Eccleston, Gregg Enoch, Jackson Millard, and Nikita Sheremet together with relay swimmers Finnley Conklin, Charlie Crush, Rian Graham, and Aiden Musso will symbolize the Cards down in Atlanta. Rayce Winn will compete in 1-meter diving, whereas Ray Preas will compete on the platform.
 
Cardinal Qualifiers
Tommy Bried (400 IM)
Guy Brooks (200 Free)
Jake Eccleston (200 Breast)
Gregg Enoch (400 IM)
Jackson Millard (400 IM, 200 IM)
Nikita Sheremet (50 Free, 100 Free)
Finnley Conklin (Relay)
Charlie Crush (Relay)
Rian Graham (Relay)
Aiden Musso (Relay)
 
Diving
Rayce Winn (1-meter)
Ray Preas (Platform)
 
The Cardinals are additionally certified within the 200 medley relay, 800 free relay, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay and the 400 free relay.
 
Meet Information
Meet Information

 
 
Schedule of Events

Friday, March 27 | Live results

Finals – 6 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 28 | Live results
Trials – 10 a.m. ET | Finals – 6 p.m. ET

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