INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - On Wednesday, February 22nd, the NCAA announced the list of athletes that have qualified for the 2017 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving National Championships. This year's championship will be held March 8th - 11th at CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama. A total of 55 Sunshine State Conference swimmers will compete at the national meet.
Of the student-athletes representing the SSC, 29 are male and 26 are female. Forty-three relay teams also qualified for the 2017 championships.
Nova Southeastern leads the league with 16 (7 male / 9 female) qualifying swimmers. Florida Southern is second with 14 (10 male / 4 female) swimmers who qualified to compete. Next is Tampa with 11 qualifiers (5 male / 6 female). Saint Leo had a total of five qualifiers (2 male / 3 female). Florida Tech had a total of five male qualifiers and Lynn and Rollins will both send two female qualifiers.
The 2017 SSC Championship Swimmers of the Meet, Frando Lupoli (NSU) and Courtney (DeVeny), have qualified to swim in four events. Thiago Sickert (NSU), Marco Aldabe (NSU), Emma Wahlstrom (NSU), and Mckenzie Street (UT) have also qualified to swim in four events. Seven athletes have qualified for three events, they are: Marco Palacios (FSC), Victor Furtado Rocha (FIT), Blake Woodrow (NSU), Malin Westman (NSU), Natalia Garriock (SLU), Annie Lindstrom (SLU), and Sophie Long (UT).
Below is a list of the SSC swimmers competing at the national meet (by school):
Florida Southern Men (10 Swimmers / 5 Relays)
Nico Campbell - 200 FR
Evan Coleman - 100 BK, 200 BK
Noah Franz - 100 FR, 200 FR
Diego Gimenez - 100 FL, 100 BK
Matthew Holmes - 200 IM, 400 IM
Luis Jasso - 100 BR, 200 BR
Luka Matacin - 200 FR
Antonio Alvarez-Nunez - 200 FL
Marco Palacios - 100 FL, 100 BK, 200 BK
Luka Planinc - 500 FR, 1650 FR
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Florida Southern Women (4 Swimmers / 5 Relays)
Peyton Beault - 200 FR, 200 BK
Haley Degrace - 100 BR, 200 BR
Krystal Karas - 50 FR
Jacinda Whittenburg - 200 IM, 400 IM
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Florida Tech Men (5 Swimmers / 4 Relays)
Nir Barnea - 50 FR
Adi Davidov - 200 FL
Matthew Gallene - 50 FR
Victor Furtado Rocha - 50 FR, 100 FL, 100 FR
Emanuele Rossi - 500 FR
200 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Lynn Women (2 Swimmers)
Catalina Galea Berraud - 1650 FR
Sarah Hughes - 400 IM
Nova Southeastern Men (7 Swimmers / 5 Relays)
Marco Aldabe - 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 BK, 200 BK
Julian Coster - 100 FL
Anton Lobanov - 100 BR, 200 BR
Franco Lupoli - 1000 FR, 200 FR, 500 FR, 1650 FR
Thiago Sickert - 50 FR, 100 FL, 200 FL, 100 FR
Victor Tarin - 200 FR, 500 FR
Blake Woodrow - 1000 FR, 500 FR, 1650 FR
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Nova Southeastern Women (9 Swimmers / 5 Relays)
Georgina Allin - 1000 FR, 500 FR
Courtney DeVeny - 200 IM, 400 M, 200 FL, 200 BK
Madeline McCloskey - 1000 FR, 1650 FR
Brooke Munion - 1000 FR
Caroline Oster - 200 FL
Sydney Panzarino - 50 FR, 200 FR
Emma Wahlstrom - 200 FR, 500 FR, 100 BK, 100 FR
Malin Westman - 200 IM, 100 BR, 200 BR
Madison Yelle - 1000 FR, 1650 FR
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Rollins Women (2 Swimmers)
Grace Hansen - 400 IM
Taylor Wilks - 100 BR
Saint Leo Men (2 Swimmers / 5 Relays)
Hunter Bains - 200 FR, 100 FR
Milosz Mikicin - 100 BK
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Saint Leo Women (3 Swimmers / 4 Relays)
Natalia Garriock - 50 FR, 100 FL, 100 FR
Annie Lindstrom - 50 FR, 100 FL, 100 FR
Nicole Weber - 200 BR
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
Tampa Men (5 Swimmers / 5 Relays)
Martin Hammer - 50 FR
Ethan Harrington - 100 BK, 200 BK
Richard Reminger - 1000 FR, 1650 FR
Sean Rodney - 200 FL
Brett Saunders - 400 IM
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Tampa Women (6 Swimmers / 5 Relays)
Marisa Barton - 50 FR, 100 FR
Brittany Bayes - 500 FR
Victoria Horsman - 200 FL
Sophie Long - 200 IM, 100 FL, 200 FR
Isabelle Spalding - 200 FL
Mckenzie Street - 200 IM, 100 FL, 100 BR, 200 BR
200 Medley Relay
400 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Freestyle Relay
800 Freestyle Relay