Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Everything You Need to Know about Nationals

Tomorrow morning is the first day of the 2013 NCAA DIII National Championships!  This is a four-day long meet.  Each day, prelims will start at 10am Central Time, finals at 6pm Central Time.  Click here to go to the live video stream for tomorrow!  I will post a link to live the live results page as soon as one becomes available.  Here is the order of events, as well as who is in each event

Wednesday
  • Events 1-2: 500 freestyle (Galen)
  • Events 3-4: 200 IM (Claire)
  • Events 5-6: 50 freestyle  
  • Event 7: Women's 3 meter diving
  • Events 8-9: 200 medley relay
Thursday
  • Events 10-11: 200 freestyle relay
  • Events 12-13: 400 IM
  • Events 14-15: 100 butterfly (Karl)
  • Events 16-17: 200 freestyle (Galen)
  • Event 18: Men's 1 meter diving
  • Events 19-20: 400 yard medley relay
Friday
  • Events 21-22: 200 butterfly (Karl)
  • Events 23-24: 100 backstroke 
  • Events 25-26: 100 breaststroke (Claire)
  • Event 27: Women's one meter diving
  •  Events 28-29: 800  freestyle relay
Saturday
  • Events 32-33: 100 freestyle (Karl)
  • Events 34-35: 200 backstroke
  • Events 36-37: 200 breaststroke (Claire)
  • Events 30-31: 1650 freestyle (Galen)

Before this meet gets under way, I would like to say thank you to all of our Whitman swimmers--past and present--our Whitman Swimming parents and families, and all the other supporters of our team.  Your support has shaped our team into what it is today.  Without you, we would not be here.