CHICAGO – The University of Chicago will be sending a school-record 32 swimmers and divers to the upcoming NCAA Division III Championships.
The Maroons will be represented by 17 women and 15 men at the four-day national meet. UChicago has the fifth-most swimmers selected among all Division III schools. The six diving qualifiers is also a new school record.
The NCAA Championships will be hosted from March 18-21 in Greensboro, N.C.
Senior Byrne Litschgi comes into the meet as the No. 1 seed in the men's 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke. First-year Arthur Kiselnikov is the top seed in the men's 200-yard freestyle. For the women, Morgan Simon is the No. 2 seed in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
Last year, 30 Maroons qualified for NCAAs and earned 52 total All-American awards. The UChicago women finished sixth while the men were eighth in the final team standings.
UChicago Men's Qualifiers
- Taye Baldinazzo (Sr.) – 400 Freestyle Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
- Andrew Chen (Fr.) – 1-meter & 3-meter Dive
- Winston Chen (Fr.) – 200 Medley Relay
- Nick Ding (So.) – 800 Freestyle Relay
- Jota Iwase (Fr.) – 200 Butterfly
- Arthur Kiselnikov (Fr.) – 100 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
- Byrne Litschgi (Sr.) – 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay
- Jonathan Mendley (Jr.) – 50 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay
- Sam Nickson (So.) – 200 Freestyle Relay
- Justin Park (Fr.) – 400 IM
- John Paul Phillips (So.) – 200 Backstroke
- George Reuter (Sr.) – 200 Butterfly, 400 Medley Relay
- Logan Sherwin (Fr.) – 1-meter & 3-meter Dive
- Keda Song (Jr.) – 200 IM, 200 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
- Reona Yamaguchi (Sr.) – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
UChicago Women's Qualifiers
- Hadley Ackerman (Jr.) – 400 Medley Relay
- Ayisha Afrik (Fr.) – 200 Freestyle Relay
- Elizabeth Cron (So.) – 1-meter & 3-meter Dive
- Yunfan Dong (Fr.) – 200 Backstroke
- Gillian Gagnard (Jr.) – 100 Backstroke, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay
- Nicole Garcia (Sr.) – 200 Medley Relay
- Chanell Kann (Fr.) – 200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
- Filippa Kolokotsa (Fr.) – 200 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
- Agnes Lo (Sr.) – 1-meter & 3-meter Dive
- Tyler Mandrell (So.) – 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay
- Audrey Mason (Sr.) – 800 Freestyle Relay
- Evanna Peng (Fr.) – 1-meter & 3-meter Dive
- Alice Saparov (So.) – 1-meter & 3-meter Dive
- Grace Schwieters (Fr.) – 400 Freestyle Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay
- Morgan Simon (Fr.) – 800 Freestyle Relay, 1,650 Freestyle
- Margaret Wolfson (Jr.) – 200 Breaststroke
- Alice Ye (So.) – 200 Butterfly, 400 IM