INDIANAPOLIS – On Wednesday, the NCAA Championships Committee announced the list of student-athletes that have qualified for the 2017 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving National Championships. A total of 17 Nova Southeastern University swimmers will be moving on to compete this year's championship that will be held March 8-11 at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala.
Now that the Nova Southeastern University men's and women's swim teams have captured the Sunshine State Conference titles, it is now time to turn their attention to the national championship as the 17 selected to represent NSU set their sights on more gold. On the men's side, the No. 3 men's team will be sending eight total, while the No. 5 women's swim team will be sending a total of nine. This will be the second-most in the young program's history ever sent to a national championship for NSU. In 2012, the Sharks had 19 represented at the national meet.
Out of the 55 SSC swimmers selected to compete at the national meet, NSU leads the league with their 17 qualifying swimmers. In order to qualify, student-athletes must meet either the NCAA automatic qualifying "A" or provisional "B" qualifying standards. This will be the seventh straight year NSU has sent representation to the national championships. (NOTE: The program is only seven years old).
Below is a list of NSU swimmers that are advancing and the events they qualified in:
Men's Team
Marco Aldabe – 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 Back, 200 Back
Julian Coster – 100 Fly
Anton Lobanov – 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Franco Lupoli – 200 Free, 500 Free, 1,000 Free, 1,650 Free
Thiago Sickert – 50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 100 Free
Victor Tarin – 200 Free, 500 Free
Blake Woodrow – 1,000 Free, 500 Free, 1,650 Free
Malique Elder – 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
Women's Team
Georgina Allin – 1,000 Free, 500 Free
Courtney DeVeny – 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Back
Madeline McCloskey – 1,000 Free, 1,650 Free
Brooke Munion – 1,000 Free
Caroline Oster – 200 Fly
Sydney Panzarino – 50 Free, 100 Free
Emma Wahlstrom – 200 Free, 500 Free, 100 Back, 100 Free
Malin Westman – 200 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Madison Yelle – 1,000 Free, 1,650 Free
In addition to the individual qualifiers, all five of both the men's and women's relay teams have qualified to compete in the 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay events.
Men's
Women's
