The No. 3-ranked Indiana University men’s swimming and diving team qualified seven individuals and one relay for Saturday night finals at the 2018 NCAA Championships at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
IU will have four individuals and one relay in Championship Finals on the final night of the NCAA Championships. The Hoosiers sit atop the team standings with a total of 325 points. Texas is second with 306 points, while California is third with 291.5.
200 Backstroke
IU’s Mohamed Samy qualified 13th overall and will swim in the Consolation Final of the 200 backstroke after touching the wall with a time of 1:40.01.
100 Freestyle
Senior Blake Pieroni continued his record-breaking week at the NCAA Championships, crushing his own Big Ten and school record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 41.16. Pieroni will be the No. 2 seed for the Championship Final.
Freshman Bruno Blaskovic posted a personal-best time of 41.99 to qualify for the Consolation Final of the 100 freestyle. Blaskovic’s time is the seventh-best in school history.
