INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI swim and dive teams will both compete this weekend in their respective championships. Four divers represent the Jags at the NCAA Zone C Championships while 13 swimmers will compete in individual races at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship.
The NCAA Zone C Diving Championships, located in Louisville, Kentucky this year begins tomorrow, March 14 and will last until Saturday, March 16.
Alaina Heyde will represent the Jags on the women's side, competing in the women's 1-meter and 3-meter dive.
Sadie Smith also qualified for the meet but due to injury, she will not be able to compete.
On the men's side, all three Jaguars qualified for the meet.
Sebastian Otero,
Adam Schmehl and Blake VanderJeugdt will all compete in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives.
While the divers compete for their spot in the NCAA Championships in Louisville, the swimmers will be competing in Ocala, Florida at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship.
For the women's swim team,
Malayna Mancinelli,
Emmaleigh Zietlow,
Lillian Brandt and
Victoria Surdyka will each compete in individual races. Mancinelli is set to swim in the 50 back while Surdyka will swim in the 50 breast. Brandt is entered in the 50 fly and 100 fly while Zietlow will swim in three different events. The Horizon League Swimmer of the Meet will compete in the 500 free, 200 IM and 200 free.
On the men's side, nine swimmers will compete in individual races.
Keiran Rahmaan will swim in the 50 back, 50 fly and 100 back while
Isaac Wilson will swim in the 50 fly and 200 IM. Freshman
Youssef Magdy and
Nathan Rariden will both represent the Jags in the 200 free and 500 free.
Jack Gallob and
Ben Kimmel are both set to swim in the 50 back and 100 back while
David Niemiec will join them in the 50 back. Niemiec will also swim in the 50 fly and 50 free.
Luke Dibley represents IUPUI in the 400 IM.
Logan Kelly will also swim in three events as he is entered to swim in the 50 breast, 100 breast and 100 fly.
The Jags will also have four relays in the competition. The women's team will swim in the 200 free relay. The men's squad will swim in the 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay.
Both events will kick off tomorrow, March 14 and conclude on Saturday, March 16.
