Indiana males’s swimming and diving finishes third at NCAA championships

Indiana males’s swimming and diving concluded its season on the NCAA males’s swimming and diving championships, ending in third place with 351 factors. The championships, which have been hosted by Georgia Tech University, occurred Wednesday by Saturday at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. 

The championships featured 21 whole occasions over 4 days. 

Competition commenced Wednesday with the 1,650-yard freestyle. Indiana senior Zalán Sárkány positioned second, ending with a program and convention report time of 14:12.20. However, the hassle was not sufficient for gold, as Florida freshman Ahmed Jaouadi earned first place by setting an NCAA report time of 14:10.03.  

Sárkány’s 1,000-yard cut up time of 8:33.10 was an NCAA report. His efficiency within the opening occasion earned the Hoosiers 17 group factors, and a sixth-place end from sophomore Luke Whitlock added 13 extra, for 30 whole group factors to open the meet. 

The 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay additionally occurred Wednesday, with Indiana squads taking fourth and sixth place, respectively, and incomes a complete of 56 group factors. Indiana’s fourth place end in the 200-yard medley relay was fronted by junior Mikkel Lee, whose time of 18.26 was the group’s quickest of the occasion. 

Indiana ended day one of many championships with 86 whole factors, knotted with the University of Florida for first place. 

Thursday was the primary full day of occasions, with 5 preliminary races and 6 finals. Two Hoosiers swam nicely sufficient within the morning preliminaries to qualify for a remaining race: freshman Josh Bey within the 400-yard particular person medley and sophomore Alexei Avakov within the 100-yard breaststroke. Avakov’s time of fifty.89 seconds was a private greatest. 

Bey and Avakov each earned first-team All American honors with top-10 finishes. 

In the finals, Bey completed seventh with a time of three:37.23, awarding Indiana 12 factors, and Avakov completed sixth with one other private greatest time of fifty.58, including 13 extra factors. 

Indiana’s time of 1:15.32 within the 200-yard freestyle relay Thursday earned a Twelfth-place title for 10 group factors. 

With 5 particular person Hoosiers and the relay scoring factors, Indiana ended day two in fourth place with a complete of 132.5 factors. 

Six extra occasions have been slated for Friday, together with the meet’s first diving occasion. After 4 preliminary races, 5 Hoosiers certified for his or her respective finals. Senior Owen McDonald completed third in the 100-yard backstroke preliminary with a private greatest time of 43.98. 

Two totally different races featured two Hoosiers within the high eight. First, Bey and junior Toby Barnett each certified for the 200-yard breaststroke remaining, adopted by Sárkány and junior Aaron Shackell cracking the highest eight of the 500-yard freestyle preliminary. Shackell’s time of 4:11.01 was a private greatest. 

No Hoosier certified for the ultimate of the 50-yard freestyle or 3-meter diving. McDonald, Bey, Barnett, Sárkány and Shackell have been all honored as first-team All Americans with their finals {qualifications}. 

McDonald completed the 100-yard backstroke remaining in fifth place for 13.5 factors whereas Barnett completed sixth within the 200-yard breaststroke remaining for 13 factors. Sárkány and Shackell completed fourth and seventh within the 500-yard freestyle remaining for 15 and 12 factors, respectively. 

Bey earned 17 factors and Indiana’s second silver medal of the championships with a second-place end within the 200-yard breaststroke remaining. Bey’s time of 1:48.79 was .18 seconds slower than University of California, Berkeley, sophomore Yamato Okadome, who took gold. 

Sárkány swam a Big Ten and program report 4:07.95 within the remaining of the 500-yard freestyle, putting fourth. 

In the 400-yard medley relay, Indiana positioned fifth, ending in 2:59.96, including 28 factors to the group’s operating tally. 

Following Friday’s occasions, Indiana rose to 3rd place with a complete rating of 254, 77 factors behind Florida and 86.5 factors behind the University of Texas at Austin. 

Three Hoosiers certified for the ultimate of the 200-yard particular person medley Saturday: McDonald, who was the highest qualifier, Bey and freshman Nolan Cakir. Bey and Cakir each swam private bests within the preliminary race. 

Additionally, sophomore Raekwon Noel and senior Kai van Westering discovered their manner into the highest eight of the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard backstroke, respectively. Indiana despatched no swimmers or divers to the ultimate of the 100-yard freestyle or platform diving. 

McDonald, Bey, Cakir, Noel and van Westering joined the listing of Indiana’s first-team All-Americans with their preliminary race outcomes. 

McDonald started Indiana’s remaining afternoon in Atlanta with a second-place end within the 200-yard particular person medley, incomes the Hoosiers’ third silver medal. With a time of 1:38.57, McDonald was .09 seconds behind University of Virginia freshman Maximus Williamson. 

Bey and Cakir, the 2 different Hoosiers who certified for the ultimate, completed seventh and eighth, respectively. Indiana earned a complete of 40 factors within the 200-yard particular person medley. 

Noel completed sixth in the 200-yard butterfly for 13 factors. Van Westering completed fourth within the 200-yard backstroke for 15 factors. Indiana completed seventh within the 400-yard freestyle relay, leading to 24 factors for the group, finalizing the Hoosiers’ 351 whole factors. 

Indiana completed the day in third place, behind Florida and Texas, its fifth consecutive top-five end and second straight third-place title.