Eight Alabama Swimmers Punch Ticket to NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
3/2/2023 2:38:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
The Crimson Tide will look to add divers to the NCAA meet at the upcoming NCAA Zone B Diving Championships
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Eight Alabama swimmers earned qualifying spots for the upcoming NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, which will be held on the campus of Tennessee, March 15-18.
The eight qualifiers will represent Alabama across nine events, with seven of those featuring multiple Crimson Tide swimmers.
Alabama's women are coming off a fourth-place team finish at the Southeastern Conference Championships with the program capturing four gold medals across the meet. Last season, the Crimson Tide earned a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, marking its best national finish in school history. It was also Alabama's second consecutive top-10 national finish.
Rolling to the National Championships
- Kensey McMahon earned her NCAA qualifying ticket in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:40.03
- McMahon will also represent the Crimson Tide in the 1,650 freestyle as the reigning SEC champion punched her NCAA ticket with an automatic, qualifying time of 15:47.02
- Cat Wright (1:55.82), Diana Petkova (1:56.31), Avery Wiseman (1:58.00) all punched their way through in the 200 individual medley. The trio will also race in the 100 breaststroke.
- Jocelyn Fisher will be the fourth representative for Alabama in the 100 breaststroke, earning her NCAA qualifying berth with a time of 59.61
- Rhyan White (51.47) and Emily Jones (52.28) both punched their NCAA ticket in the 100 butterfly
- White earned an automatic NCAA spot in the 100 backstroke with a time of 50.84, and will be joined by Jones (52.36). The duo will also swim in the 200 backstroke.
- Kalia Antoniou (47.46) and Petkova (48.86) will also race in the 100 freestyle
- Wiseman will represent Alabama in the 200 breastroke with an automatic, qualifying time of 2:05.85. White (2:08.10) and Fisher (2:09.36) will also swim in the event.
- Alabama will also be taking Mackenzie Brandt, Kasia Norman and Kailyn Winter for relays, where the Tide has qualified for the 200 medley and 400 medley
More Qualifiers
- Alabama also has the opportunity to add to its NCAA squad early this month with UA divers looking to qualify for nationals at the NCAA Zone B Championships
- The field for men's NCAAs will be announced at a later date
Up Next
- Before the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, the Crimson Tide diver contingent will look to punch their own tickets to the NCAAs at the Zone B Diving Championships, March 5-8, in Knoxville, Tenn.
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