March 26, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Arizona men's swimming & diving team will have 17 swimmers and a diver competing this week at the 2013 NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships, which runs Thursday-Saturday at the IUPUI Natatorium in downtown Indianapolis. The meet is hosted by IUPUI and the Indiana Sports Commission.
Preliminaries begin each day at 11 a.m. ET with finals slated for a 7 p.m. ET start. ESPN3.com will carry a live broadcast of the finals sessions on Friday and Saturday. ESPNU will air a tape-delayed telecast on Wednesday, April 10 at 8 p.m. ET.
Live results will be available at NCAA.com. In addition, fans can follow @ArizonaSwimming on Twitter for updates throughout the week.
LAST YEAR'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The men traveled north to Federal Way, Wash. with a maximum roster. The Wildcats placed fourth overall and produced 15 All-Americans. Four individuals won championships for Arizona, as senior Cory Chitwood defended his two-time title in the 200 back to become only the third men's swimmer in Wildcat history to win three or more national titles. Additionally, Grado became the first Arizona diver to win a national title after capturing the platform championship. Senior Austen Thompson also won a title in the 400 IM. Cordes not only won his first NCAA title in the 100 breast as a freshman, but set an American record with his time of 51.32. The men's 200 medley relay team also set an American record in their championship win behind sophomores Mitchell Friedemann and Giles Smith, senior Adam Small and Cordes.
ARIZONA'S CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER
A total of 17 swimmers and one diver will represent Arizona at the 2013 NCAA Championships
Seniors (3): Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, Carl Mickelson, Nick Popov
Juniors (8): Mitchell Friedemann, Matt Barber, Kevin Steel, Woody Joye, Jeff Amlee, Ellis Miller, Giles Smith, Michael Sheppard
Sophomores (3): Brian Stevens, Kevin Cordes, Eric Solis
Freshmen (4): Rafael Quintero, Andrew Porter, Kelly Moodie
TOP TIMES
Several Wildcats both individually and in relays have top-10 times nationally in their respective events.
Giles Smith - 100 free (42.63 / 6th)
Mitchell Friedemann - 100 back (45.93 / 6th)
Kevin Cordes - 100 breast (51.10 / 1st)
Carl Mickelson - 100 breast (52.19/ 5th)
Kevin Cordes - 200 breast (1:50.73 / 1st)
Giles Smith - 100 fly (45.81 / 4th)
200 free relay - 1:17.95 (9th)
400 free relay - 2:51.21 (5th)
200 medley relay - 1:24.83 (7th)
400 medley relay - 3:05.69 (2nd)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, March 28
11 a.m. -- Prelims
-200 freestyle relay
-500 freestyle
-200 individual medley
-50 freestyle
-400 medley relay
- 1-meter diving
7 p.m. -- Finals
-200 freestyle relay
-500 freestyle
-200 individual medley
-1-meter diving
-400 medley relay
Friday, March 29
11 a.m. -- Prelims
-200 medley relay
-400 individual medley
-100 butterfly
-200 freestyle
-100 breaststroke
-100 backstroke
7 p.m. -- Finals
-200 medley relay
-400 individual medley
-100 butterfly
-200 freestyle
-100 breaststroke
-100 backstroke
-3-meter diving
-800 freestyle relay (timed finals)
Saturday, March 30
11 a.m. -- Prelims
-200 backstroke
-100 freestyle
-200 breaststroke
-200 butterfly
-400 freestyle relay
TBA -- 1650 freestyle (all but fastest heat)
7 p.m. -- Finals
-1650 freestyle (fastest heat)
-200 backstroke
-100 freestyle
-200 breaststroke
-200 butterfly
-Platform diving
-400 freestyle relay
For continued coverage of Arizona Wildcat swimming and diving, visit ArizonaWildcats.com and be sure to follow the team on Twitter @ArizonaSwimming.
