Alabama Opens the 2022 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships with a Trip to the Podium

200 Medley Relay at the 2022 NCAA Championships

Alabama Opens the 2022 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships with a Trip to the Podium

3/23/2022 8:17:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

The Crimson Tide’s 200 medley relay finished fifth and reached the podium on the first day of the men’s NCAA Championships

ATLANTA – Alabama opened the 2022 Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships with a fifth-place finish in the 200 medley relay Wednesday evening at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the Georgia Tech campus.

Matt Menke, Derek Maas, Tyler Sesvold and Jonathan Berneburg cranked out a season-best 1:22.04 in the sprint medley to take fifth place. The Tide's time was just .15 off the school record set in 2017.

The Crimson came back to score in the 800 freestyle relay, where Charlie Hawke, Menke, Kaique Alves and Maas combined to stop the clock with a 6:16.19, finishing in 16^th place.

At the end of the first day of competition, Alabama stood in ninth place in the team race with 30 points.

Alabama Head Coach Margo Geer

"We got things rolling today with a great swim in the 200 medley relay and then coming back and scoring in the 800 freestyle relay, an event we didn't even swim at this meet a year ago. That 200 medley came together and was our fastest of the season and one of the fastest in school history. We're looking forward to getting our divers started tomorrow with 1-meter and another relay round as well. We're focused on being at our best when it counts and fighting for every point as move into the rest of this week."

The Schedule

Thursday through Saturday will feature a full slate of events each day with prelims getting underway at 9 a.m. CT and finals starting at 5 p.m. CT
Thursday's preliminary session includes the 1-meter springboard, where the Tide has Kevin Li and Mohamed Farouk competing, while finals will see the Tide in the 200 freestyle relay

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