No. 3 IU Swimming & Diving Ready for NCAA Championships

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The No. 3-ranked Indiana University men’s swimming & diving team heads to Minneapolis, Minn. this week for the 2018 NCAA Championships, hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.

The four-day meet gets underway on Wednesday night at the IU Natatorium with the finals of the 800 freestyle relay at 7:00 p.m. ET. The next three days will feature prelims beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET, with finals following at 7:00 p.m. ET. Diving trials and consolation finals will begin following swimming prelims Thursday through Saturday.

Live results for swimming this week can be at IUHoosiers.com, while results for diving can be found at DiveMeets.com.

Streaming Schedule

All prelim sessions and finals on Wednesday and Thursday night will be streamed live for free on BTN2Go.com. Thursday and Friday night finals will be streamed live on WatchESPN.

Qualified Hoosiers

Indiana will send a total of 14 swimmers and divers to Minneapolis, Minn. this week for the NCAA Championships. Along with the individual events, the Hoosiers will also swim in all five relays.

IU has posted some of the best times in the nation this year, earning an impressive 12 top-16 marks in individual events, including 10 top-five times. Leading the way is Ian Finnerty, who will be the top-seed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and the No. 16 seed in the 200 IM.

Vini Lanza earned the No. 1 seed in the 200 butterfly, the No. 2 seed in the 100 butterfly and the No. 4 seed in the 200 IM for the Hoosiers. Blake Pieroni will be the No. 2 seed in the 200 freestyle and the No. 4 seed in the 100 freestyle, while Levi Brock is the second-best qualifier in the 100 breast and the seventh-best in the 200 breast.

Freshman Gabriel Fantoni earned the No. 3 seed in the 100 backstroke, while Mohamed Samy is the No. 5 seed in the 200 freestyle and the No. 8 in the 200 backstroke. Freshman Bruno Blaskovic will be the No. 14 seed in the 100 free.