[Swimming & Diving] SAU swimmers and divers prepare for NAIA National Championships
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 62nd Annual Men's and 38th Annual Women's Swimming & Diving National Championships begin competition Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Columbus Aquatic Center in Columbus, Ga. This is the third straight season the National Championship has been held in Columbus, Ga.
Slated for an 10 a.m. CST start on Wednesday, the 800-yard freestyle relay in a timed field will kick off the event. The National Championship continues throughout the week, with the preliminaries beginning at 8 a.m. CST and finals starting at 4 p.m. CST each evening.
Twenty-three men's programs and Twenty-nine women's programs will compete in the open field this year with a chance to make their mark in NAIA Swimming & Diving history. Last season saw the Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) men claim their second straight red banner and the ONU women claim their first.
Keiser (Fla.) enters the championships as the No. 1-ranked men's program and SCAD Savannah (Ga.) enters as the No. 1-ranked program on the women's side.
St. Ambrose is well represented, sending nine men and nine women to nationals in just their first season as a competitive program.
Men
800-yard freestyle relay - Justin Fales, Noah Hoogestraat, Nathan Kuszynski, Jonathan Whittle
200-yard freestyle relay - Mitch Berendes, Josh Fleming, Jason Schuler, Jonathan Whittle
500-yard freestyle - Nathan Kuszynski, Justin Fales
50-yard freestyle - Jonathan Whittle, Josh Fleming, Mitch Berendes
400-yard medley relay - Mitch Berendes, Josh Fleming, David Hall, Jonathan Whittle
200-yard medley relay - Mitch Berendes, David Hall, Jason Schuler, Jonathan Whittle
400-yard IM - Nathan Kuszynski
100-yard butterfly - Josh Fleming
200-yard freestyle - Justin Fales
100-yard backstroke - David Hall
1650-yard freestyle - Nathan Kuszynski, Justin Fales
200-yard backstroke - David Hall
100-yard freestyle - Jonathan Whittle, Josh Fleming, Jason Schuler
400-yard freestyle relay - Josh Fleming, Alec Schanz, Jason Schuler, Jonathan Whittle
Women
1-meter diving - Andrea Adam, Taylor Madison
3-meter diving - Andrea Adam, Taylor Madison
800-yard freestyle relay - Mallory Krpan, Shraddha Sudhir, Kelsey Sullivan, Shelby Thede
200-yard freestyle relay - Andrea Adam, Mallory Krpan, Shelby Thede, Laura Williams
200-yard IM - Shraddha Sudhir
50-yard freestyle - Mallory Krpan
400-yard medley relay - Mallory Krpan, Kyndel McCloy, Maddie Seutter, Shraddha Sudhir
200-yard medley relay - Kyndel McCloy, Maddie Seutter, Shraddha Sudhir, Laura Williams
400-yard IM - Shraddha Sudhir
1650-yard freestyle - Shraddha Sudhir
400-yard freestyle relay - Mallory Krpan, Maddie Seutter, Shraddha Sudhir, Shelby Thede