FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Arizona Women's Swimming is headed to Federal Way, Wash. alongside Men's and Women's Diving for the 2023 Pac-12 Championships. Both competitions are set to begin on Wed, Feb. 22 and run through Sat, Feb. 25 at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center. Daily Coverage of the championships will be carried by the Pac-12 Networks, Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app.
The Wildcats have been posting impressive times and scores in both swimming and diving this season, with five Pac-12 weekly honors under their belts. Junior Julia Heimstead received Women's Swimmer of the Week back in January, Bjorn Markentin took home Men's Diver of the Week earlier this month, and Delaney Schnell secured Women's Diver of the Week three times this season. Throughout the competitions, the Cats are not only looking for finalist spots, but NCAA A and B cut qualifying times and scores as nationals are approaching.
Defending Pac-12 champion Delaney Schnell is looking to take the top spot once again in the 1-meter and platform diving events, which would mark her third year in a row taking the titles. Diver Bjorn Markentin was a close runner up at last years championship, taking second place in the 3-meter and third in the platform. On the swimming side, the Arizona women finished fifth as a team last season, with several individual Wildcat finalists. Among them is Heimstead, who posted three NCAA B cut times and three top ten finishes.
Diving
Men's and Women's Pac-12 Diving Championships will kick off on Wed, Feb. 22 at 11:30 a.m. MST with the men's 1-meter preliminary rounds, followed by finals at 1:00 p.m. The next day, the women will begin with 1-meter prelims at 2:50 p.m. and finals at 5:20 p.m.
Day to Day Schedule/Results (all times MST)
Wed, Feb. 22
Men's 1M Final: Bjorn Markentin, 5th place (329.90)
Thurs, Feb. 23
Women's 1M Final: Delaney Schnell, 1st place (355.50)
Men's 3M Final:
Bjorn Markentin, 4th place (400.70)
Fri, Feb. 24
Men's Platform Final: Bjorn Markentin, 2nd place (355.95)
Women's 3-Meter Final: Delaney Schnell, 1st place (373.60)
Sat, Feb. 25
Women's Platform Final: Delaney Schnell, 2nd place (325.05)
Swimming
Women's Swimming Pac-12 Championship will run through Wed. to Sat. and will be followed by the Pac-12 Invitational on Sun, Feb. 26. The competitions will begin on day one with the 200 Medley and 800 Free Relay finals at 7:00 p.m. MST.
Day to Day Schedule/Results (all times MST)
Wed, Feb. 22
200 Medley Relay Final: Armstrong, Anderson G, Gewalt, Schwengel; 6th place (1:38.87)
800 Free Relay Final: Heimstead, Lindsay, Copeland, Mackowiak; 6th place (7:09.57)
Thurs, Feb. 23
200 Medley Relay: Heimstead, Schwengel, Burt, Wozniak; 4th place (1:29.50)
50 Free: Alyssa Schwengel, 21st place (22.75)
Fri, Feb. 24
400 IM: Daisy Anderson, 20th place (4:19.46), Tia Lindsay, 23rd place (4:22.06)
100 Fly: Julia Heimstead, 3rd place (52.03; NCAA B Cut), Maddy Burt, 14th place (52.03; NCAA B Cut), Alexa Puccini, 23rd place (54.68)
200 Free: Julia Heimstead, 8th place (1:46.68; NCAA B Cut)
100 Breast: Eleni Gewalt, 15th place (1:02.04)
100 Back: Paige Armstrong, 18th place (53.95)
400 Medley Relay: Heimstead, Gewalt, Burt and Schwengel, 6th place (3:37.05)
Sat. Feb. 25
1650 Free: Stella Copeland, 16th place (16:49.76), Lizzie Mackowiak, 22nd place (17.12.22), Steffi Beisel, 27th place (17:41.55)
200 Back: Tia Lindsay, 23rd place (1:59.18)
200 Breast: Kelly Wetteland, 21st place (2:16.10)
200 Fly: Julia Heimstead, 10th place (1:57.11)
400 Free Relay: Schwengel, Heimstead, Wozniak and Burt, 6th place (3:16.86)
Sun, Feb. 25
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Invitational
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